Emission behaviors of colloidal quantum dots linked onto synthesized metal nanoparticles
- 15 November 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 31 (9), 095201
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab5826
Abstract
With two different residual surfactants, four different metal nanoparticles (NPs), including two Au NPs and two Ag NPs are synthesized for linking with red-emitting CdZnSeS/ZnS colloidal quantum dots (QDs) to enhance QD emission efficiency. Those metal NPs are first connected with amino polyethylene glycol thiol of different molecular weights to avoid aggregation and make them positively charged. They can attract negatively charged QDs for inducing surface plasmon (SP) coupling such that either QD absorption or emission and hence overall color conversion efficiency can be enhanced. The enhancement of QD emission efficiency is evaluated through the comparison of time-resolved photoluminescence behaviors under different QD linkage conditions. Such results are confirmed by the measurement of the emission quantum efficiency of QD. It is found that by linking QDs onto Ag NPs, the QD emission efficiency is more enhanced, when compared with Au NPs. Also, depending on the synthesis process, the residual surfactant of citrate leads to a relatively larger increment in QD emission efficiency, when compared to the surfactant of cetrimonium chloride. A more enhanced QD emission efficiency is caused by a higher QD linkage capability and a stronger SP coupling effect.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 105-2221-E-002-159-MY3, MOST 106-2221-E-002-163-MY3, MOST 107-2923-M-002-005-MY3, MOST 108-2221-E-002-160)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AOARD-17IOA087)
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