Core size dependent hole transfer from a photoexcited CdSe/ZnS quantum dot to a conductive polymer

Huidong Zang; Prahlad K Routh; Rabeka Alam; Mathew M Maye; Mircea Cotlet

doi:10.1039/c3cc47975g

Core size dependent hole transfer from a photoexcited CdSe/ZnS quantum dot to a conductive polymer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Jun 7;50(45):5958-60. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47975g.

Authors

Huidong Zang¹, Prahlad K Routh, Rabeka Alam, Mathew M Maye, Mircea Cotlet

Affiliation

¹ Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA. cotlet@bnl.gov.

PMID: 24301881
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47975g

Abstract

Photoinduced hole transfer from a CdSe/ZnS quantum dot to a conjugated polymer is tuned by varying the quantum dot core size. Hole transfer affects the photoluminescence blinking of the quantum dot, increasing the duration of the on-states and decreasing that of the off-states.