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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 16, Pages 4117-4122Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/16/021
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We present steady state and time-resolved photoluminescence ( PL) characteristics of differently charged CdTe quantum dots ( QDs) adsorbed onto a polyelectrolyte ( PE) multilayer. The PE multilayer is built up using a layer-by-layer assembly technique. We find that the diffusion of the QDs into the PE multilayer is an important factor in the case of 3-mercapto-1, 2-propanediol stabilized QDs ( neutral surface charge), resulting in a similar to 31-fold enhancement in PL intensity accompanied by a blue shift in the PL spectra and an increase in decay lifetime from 3.74 ns to a maximum of 11.65 ns. These modified emission properties are attributed to the enhanced surface related emission resulting from the interaction of the QD's surface with the PE. We find that diffusion does not occur for thioglycolic acid ( TGA) stabilized QDs ( negative surface charge) or 2-mercaptoethylamine stabilized QDs ( positive surface charge), indicating localization of the QDs on top of the PE multilayer. However, the PL lifetime of the TGA stabilized QDs decreases from 9.58 to 5.78 ns with increasing PE multilayer thickness. This provides evidence for increased intrinsic exciton recombination relative to surface related emission, which results in an overall reduction in the average lifetime. Our studies indicate the importance of the QD surface charge in determining the interaction with the PE multilayers and the subsequent modification of the QD emission properties.
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