Journal
SMALL
Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages 788-794Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200701097
Keywords
cadmium selenide; nanocrystalline materials; photoluminescence; pressure; quantum dots
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The application of static high pressure provides a means to precisely control and investigate many fundamental and unique properties of nanoparticles. CdSe is a model quantum-dot system, the behavior of which under high pressure has been extensively studied; however, the effect of nonuniform stresses on this system has not been fully appreciated. Photoluminescence data obtained from CdSe quantum-dot solids in different stress environments varying from purely uniform to highly nonuniform are presented. Small deviations from a uniform stress distribution profoundly affect the electronic Properties of this system. In nonuniform stress environments, a pronounced flattening of the photoluminescence energy is observed above 3 GPa. The observations are validated with theoretical calculations obtained using an all-atom semiempirical pseudopotential technique. This effect must be considered when investigating other potentially pressure-mediated phenomena.
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