Electrical And Optical Properties Of Colloidal Quantum Dots And Quantum Dot Networks: Role Of Surface States And Using Biomolecular Links In Network Assembly

Abstract

The objectives of this paper are to determine the role of surface states in determining the electrical and optical properties of semiconductor quantum dots in colloidal suspensions, and to use biomolecules to facilitate the chemically-directed assembly of quantum dots networks with densities approximating 10(exp 17) cu cm. Absorption spectra and photoluminescence (PL) spectra of colloidal cadmium sulfide (CdS) quantum dots are analyzed to investigate the role of surface states in determining the electrical and optical properties of these semiconductor quantum dots. In addition, this work demonstrates the utility of using glycine-glycine-glycine-cysteine (GGGC) peptides and crossing-linking chemical reactions to achieve integrated networks of ZnS-coated CdSe quantum dots and CdS quantum dots.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA433552

Entities

People

  • Akil Sethuraman
  • Amit Raichura
  • Babak Kohanpour
  • Dimitri Alexson
  • Dinakar Ramadurai
  • Jianyong Yang
  • Michael A. Stroscio
  • Mitra Dutta
  • Peng Shi
  • Vikas Saini
  • Yang Li

Organizations

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Amino Acids
  • Assembly
  • Band Gaps
  • Biomolecules
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Cysteine
  • Electrolytes
  • Electrons
  • Nanocrystals
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optical Absorption
  • Optical Properties
  • Quantum Dots
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectra

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing