Quantum confinement in silver selenide semiconductor nanocrystals

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jun 4;48(44):5458-60. doi: 10.1039/c2cc30539a. Epub 2012 Apr 26.

Abstract

We prepare Ag(2)Se nanocrystals with average diameters between 2.7 and 10.4 nm that exhibit narrow optical absorption features in the near to mid infrared. We demonstrate that these features are broadly tunable due to quantum confinement. They provide the longest wavelength absorption peaks (6.5 μm) yet reported for colloidal nanocrystals.