水相中CdTe纳米晶的制备及其光学性质

用不同稳定剂(巯基乙酸(TGA)、巯基丙酸(MPA)、L-半胱氨酸(L-Cys)、3-巯基-1,2-丙二醇(TG))在水相中制备了CdTe纳米晶, 并用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和X射线粉末衍射(XRD)等技术对其进行了表征. 研究了不同水相合成条件对CdTe纳米晶光学性质的影响, 结果表明, n(Cd):n(Te)、溶液pH值、回流时间以及稳定剂的性质, 对纳米晶的光学性质具有显著影响. 制得的CdTe纳米晶发射峰窄且对称(半高全宽达38 nm), 用不同稳定剂制备的纳米晶发光量子效率有所不同, 用不同的激发波长对纳米晶进行激发时, 发射峰并未表现出明显的移动.     

利用水相合成的CdTe纳米晶构建超晶格结构研究--纳米晶聚集体的调控

用巯基丙酸作稳定剂,在水溶液中制备了CdTe纳米晶.通过加入Cd2+、聚丙烯酸(PAA)以及长期放置分别得到了CdTe纳米晶的聚集体,改变Cd2+浓度或PAA加入量可以调控聚集体的尺寸.过量的Cd2+加速了聚集体的形成,通过与纳米晶表面羧酸根的静电相互作用,Cd2+成为连接不同CdTe纳米晶的“桥梁”.PAA链上大量的羧基与CdTe纳米晶有较强的配位相互作用,可以诱导纳米晶聚集.新制CdTe纳米晶在长期放置时,表面的羧基与Cd2+的相互作用导致纳米晶逐渐聚集.在聚集过程中纳米晶表面结构得到改善,并引起荧光增强.这些结果表明通过控制各种聚集条件,可以得到不同尺寸的聚集体.     

CdTe纳米晶与苯丙氨酸相互作用的研究

以巯基乙酸为稳定剂,在水相中合成了CdTe纳米晶,通过考察红外光谱、紫外光谱和光致发光光谱的变化,确定了苯丙氨酸(Phe)对CdTe纳米晶的光致发光效率以及稳定性的影响.结果表明苯丙氨酸与CdTe纳米晶之间存在着较强的相互作用,这种作用导致CdTe纳米晶的发光强度增大,稳定性增强,苯丙氨酸不仅是配位剂,它同时又起到了稳定剂的作用,并初步确认这种加强和稳定作用来自于苯丙氨酸和CdTe纳米晶之间所形成的配位键和静电作用以及苯丙氨酸与巯基乙酸之间形成的氢键.此外,苯丙氨酸的特殊结构对防止纳米晶的聚集有很大作用.     

碲化镉纳米晶的制备及应用

基于自身的量子限域效应、尺寸效应、介电限域效应、宏观量子隧道效应和表面效应,碲化镉(CdTe)纳米晶独特的性质在非线性光学、磁介质、催化、医药及功能材料等方面得到了广泛的应用,并且展现出极为广阔的应用前景,同时对生命科学和信息技术的持续发展以及物质领域的基础研究也产生了深刻的影响。本文以 CdTe 纳米晶为对象,详细介绍了其5种典型的制备方法和应用的最新进展。在制备方面,5种典型的制备方法各有利弊,如何在温和的条件下制备出形貌和尺寸可控的 CdTe 纳米晶仍是一个值得追求的目标。通过自组装技术可以制备形貌独特,性能优异的 CdTe 纳米材料,进而实现 CdTe 半导体纳米器件的研制,具有重要的科学意义,是今后研究的热门方向。在应用方面,CdTe纳米晶不但实现了其在光电器件、生物学等领域的应用,而且将会在这些领域继续深化和延伸,开发出新的应用领域。本文同时对 CdTe 纳米晶的发展趋势也进行了展望。     

表面修饰CdTe量子点的合成及其光学特性

在水相中合成高发光性能的CdTe量子点,研究以巯基乙酸(TGA)为稳定剂对CdTe表面进行修饰,制备在水中分散性良好的纳米晶,通过对CdTe量子点合成反应条件的摸索,掌握了其合成的反应规律.同时用紫外分光光度计、荧光分光光度计和透射电子显微镜对其进行了表征.结果表明,回流时间、n(Cd²⁺):n(HTe^-)、反应物浓度、TGA用量、反应体系pH值,对纳米晶的光学性质具有显著影响.回流2 h制得的CdTe纳米粒子直径约为5 nm,其发射峰窄且对称,表现出良好稳定的光学性质.     

通过静电相互作用制备CdTe/SiO2纳米复合物

以四乙氧基硅烷(TEOS)为原料,在乙醇相中制备了尺寸为80nmSiO₂纳米粒子,用3-氨基丙基三乙氧基硅烷对SiO₂纳米粒子进行了氨基化.以巯基乙酸为配体,在水相中合成了CdTe纳米晶.通过静电相互作用,CdTe纳米晶被吸附到氨基化的二氧化硅球的表面上.研究了两种粒子复合后引起的CdTe纳米晶发光光谱的变化.     

水相CdTe纳米晶的合成、生长机理和应用研究

纳米晶在生物检测、光电器件、光波导、可调激光器等领域有着广泛的应用前景．本文以CdTe为例,对近年来水相纳米品合成和生长机理方面的研究进展作了简要的归纳和论述．水相合成纳米晶具有操作简单、价格低廉、在水溶液中稳定性高等优点,并可以通过静电力、范德华力等弱相互作用实现一维、二维甚至三维结构的组装．对纳米晶的生长机理的研究涵盖了热力学主导的Ostwald熟化（Ostwaldripening）机理和动力学控制的聚集机理两个主要方面．文章最后对水相合成CdTe纳米晶的应用进行了总结和展望,     

碲化镉纳米晶与聚合物复合研究进展

综述了近年来半导体纳米晶CdTe/聚合物复合材料在电致发光器件和复合发光材料方面的研究和应用进展情况,详细介绍了CdTe与水溶性高分子,非水溶性高分子以及生物大分子的复合情况,并展望了其发展前景。     

碲化镉纳米晶荧光猝灭法测定痕量铜(Ⅱ)

制备了水溶性的CdTe纳米晶。基于铜（Ⅱ）离子在pH=7,80的磷酸盐缓冲溶液中对该纳米晶的荧光具有较强的猝灭作用,建立了一种测定铜（Ⅱ）离子的新方法。在最佳条件下,体系的相对荧光强度（△F）与铜（Ⅱ）离子的浓度呈线性关系,线性范围为8．0～320．0μg／L,其线性回归方程为：△F=-8．18-0．14c（μg／L）;检出限为3．24μg／L。本方法用于实际样品中痕量铜的测定,结果令人满意。     

无机半导体纳米晶光学性质的设计、调控及其生物医学应用

半导体纳米晶由于其丰富的能带结构和光学性质,在光电器件和生物医学应用等领域展现出了广阔的应用前景,且在过去的几十年中得到了广泛关注.因此,对其光学性质进行理性设计和精确调控具有重要的研究意义.本文简要综述了本研究组近年来在不同能带隙的无机半导体纳米晶的可控制备技术以及利用DNA纳米技术和蛋白质自组装手段构建具有特异光学性质的纳米结构等方面的相关研究工作,最后对这些纳米晶和纳米结构的独特光学性质及其在生物医学领域的应用研究进行了总结.     

Band gap engineering of CdTe nanocrystals through chemical surface modification

We demonstrate band gap control of CdTe nanocrystals by selective surface modification using alkanethiol molecules. Both absorption and emission wavelengths can be tuned simply by mixing a dispersion of the nanocrystals with alkanethiol at room temperature, resulting in blue shifts in the optical spectra during reaction. The degree of blue shift depends on both the concentration of alkanethiols and the reaction time, thereby providing kinetic control over the emission peak wavelength of the nanocrystals in mild conditions. The observed spectral changes are suggested to be caused by a decrease in the size of the CdTe core through formation of CdTe1-x(SC10)x shells because of specific exchange of Te with alkanethiolates. The results reported herein provide a new band gap engineering scheme for semiconductor nanocrystals and offer opportunities for the design of ligand-stabilized semiconductor nanocrystals with tunable composition and optical properties.     

Optical absorption and valence band photoemission from uncapped CdTe nanocrystals

CdTe nanocrystals have been successfully fabricated by a mechanical alloying process. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns demonstrate that a single-phase CdTe compound with a zinc blende structure has been formed after ball milling elemental Cd and Te mixture powders for 27 h. The large broadening effect for the width of the {111} diffraction peak of uncapped CdTe nanocrystals on smaller size was observed in slowly scanned XRD patterns. The X-ray photoelectron spectrum was used to study the surface of the uncapped CdTe nanocrystals within both core level and valence band regions. The presence of tellurium oxide film on the surface of the uncapped CdTe nanocrystals has been detected in the X-ray photoelectron spectrum of the Te 3d core level, which was comparable to the observed amorphous oxide thin layer on the surface of uncapped CdTe nanocrystals in a high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) image. The energy of the valence band maximum for uncapped CdTe powders blue shifts to the higher energy side with smaller particle sizes. In UV-visible optical absorption spectra of the suspension solution containing uncapped CdTe nanocrystals, the absorption peaks were locating within the ultraviolet region, which shifted toward the higher energy side with prolonged ball milling time. Both blue shifts of valence band maximum energy and absorption peaks with decreasing particle size provide a unique pathway to reveal the quantum confinement effect of uncapped CdTe nanocrystals.     

Switchable photoluminescence of CdTe nanocrystals by temperature-responsive microgels

In the present study, we report a method for preparing a fluorescent thermosensitive hybrid material based on monodisperse, thermosensitive poly( N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAM) microgels covered with CdTe nanocrystals of 3.2 nm diameter. The CdTe nanocrystals were covalently immobilized on the surface of PNIPAM microgels. The chemical environment around the CdTe nanocrystals was modified by changing the temperature and inducing the microgel volume-phase transition. This change provoked a steep variation in the nanocrystal photoluminescence (PL) intensity in such a way that when the temperature was under the low critical solution temperature (LCST) of the polymer (36 degrees C) the PL of the nanocrystals was strongly quenched, whereas above the LCST the PL intensity was restored.     

Electrostatic and covalent interactions in CdTe nanocrystalline assemblies

This paper focuses on the interactions between cysteamine-stabilized CdTe nanocrystals [CdTe(CA) NCs] and thioglycolic-acid-stabilized CdTe nanocrystals [CdTe(TGA) NCs]. These interactions were examined by the absorption, continuous, and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the electrostatically mixed and the covalently linked NCs assemblies comprised of the oppositely surface charged CdTe(CA) and CdTe(TGA) NCs and by a comparison with those of the corresponding pristine NCs. The CdTe(CA)-CdTe(TGA) coupling is dictated by the surfactant spacer, ranging between 0.93 and 1.14 nm and by electrostatic and covalent interactions, enabling a F?rster resonance energy transfer (FRET) process among the NCs. The results revealed an excellent spectral overlap between the emission of the CdTe(TGA) NCs and the absorption of the CdTe(CA) NCs as well as a PL spectral red shift on the formation of electrostatic and covalent interactions. Furthermore, the measurements showed a lifetime ranging between 1.2 and 3 ns for the electrostatically mixed and the covalently linked assemblies, shorter than those of the pristine CdTe(CA) NCs and CdTe(TGA) NCs, both of which measured as approximately 5.5 ns. When CdTe(TGA) NCs performed as the most efficient donors, FRET rates of 10(10)-10(11) s(-1) were calculated for the electrostatically mixed NCs or covalently linked NCs.     

用于微生物体标记的CdTe半导体纳米晶超声波水相合成

利用超声波法制备高质量CdTe半导体纳米晶体, 采用该方法不仅降低了实验成本, 简化了实验流程, 而且还可制备出量子产率达到50%的CdTe纳米晶体, 具有较好的光谱学性质, 可用于莱姆病伯氏螺旋体(微生物)的荧光标记, 有利于提高对该病的检测效率.     

Chemiluminescence of CdTe nanocrystals induced by direct chemical oxidation and its size-dependent and surfactant-sensitized effect

CdTe nanocrystals (NCs) capped with thioglycolic acid (TGA) were synthesized via a microwave-assisted method. The chemiluminescence (CL) of CdTe NCs induced by directly chemical oxidation and its size-depended and surfactant-sensitized effect in aqueous solution were then investigated. It was found that oxidants, especially hydrogen peroxide and potassium permanganate, could directly oxidize CdTe NCs to produce strong CL emission in basic conditions. The oxidized CL of CdTe NCs displayed size-dependent effect and its intensity increased along with increasing the sizes of the NCs. Moreover, the CL intensity could, if surfactants CTAB or beta-cyclodextrin were added to the above CL system, be sensitized to some degree. The sensitized CL induced by CTAB and beta-cyclodextrin is mainly contributing to the formation of aggregate nanostructure and the micellar micronanoenvironment, respectively. The possible oxidized CL mechanisms were further examined by means of photoluminescence spectra, CL spectra, and transmission electron microscopy studies. The CL properties of CdTe NCs not only will be helpful to study physical chemistry properties of semiconductor nanocrystals but also are expected to find use in many fields such as luminescence devices, bioanalysis, and multicolor labeling probes.     

Effect of CdS Interlayer on Properties of CdTe Based Quantum Dots

Highly luminescent thioglycolic acid-capped CdTe-based core/shell quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized through encapsulating CdTe QDs in various inorganic shells including CdS, ZnS and CdZnS. CdTe/CdS core/shell QDs exhibited a significant redshift of emission peaks (a maximum emission peak of 652 nm for the core/shell QDs and 575 nm for CdTe cores) with increasing shell thickness. In contrast, the redshift of photoluminescence (PL) peak wavelength of CdTe/ZnS QDs was less than 15 nm. The PL peak wavelengths of the core/shell QDs depended strongly on core size and shell thickness. The PL quantum yields (QYs) of the CdTe/CdS core/shell QDs are up to 67 % while that of CdTe/ZnS core/shell QDs is 45 %. A composite CdZnS shell made CdTe cores a high PL QY up to 51 % and broadly adjusted PL spectra (a maximum PL peak wavelength of 664 nm). The epitaxial growth of the shell was confirmed by X-ray powder diffraction analysis and luminescence decay experiments. Because of high PL QYs, tunable PL spectra, and low toxicity from a ZnS surface layer, CdTe/CdZnS core/shell QDs will be great potential for bioapplications.     

Silica Coating of Water-Soluble CdTe/CdS Core-Shell Nanocrystals by Microemulsion Method

"Using Te powder as a tellurium source and Na2S as a sulfur source, core-shell CdTe/CdS NPs were synthesized at 50 oC. UV-visible and photoluminescence (PL) spectra were used to probe the effect of CdS passivation on the CdTe quantum dots. As the thickness of CdS shell increases, there is a red-shift in the optical absorption spectra, as well as the PL spectra. The broadening absorption peaks and PL spectra indicate that the size distributions of CdTe/CdS NPs widen increasingly with the increase of CdS coverage. The PL spectra also show that the fluorescence intensity of CdTe QDs will increase when the particles are covered with CdS shell with ratio of S/Te less than 1.0, otherwise it will decrease if the ratio of S/Te is larger than 1.0. Furthermore, the (CdTe/CdS)@SiO2 particles were prepared using a water-in-oil microemulsion method at room temperature in which hydrolysis of tetraethyl orthosilicate leads to the formation of monodispersed silica nanospheres. The obtained (CdTe/CdS)@SiO2 particles show bright photoluminescence with their fluorescence intensity being enhanced 18.5% compared with that of CdTe NPs. TEM imaging shows that the diameter of these composite particles is 50 nm. These nanoparticles are suitable for biomarker applications since they are much smaller than cellular dimensions."     

Prototype of immunochromatographic assay strips using colloidal CdTe nanocrystals as biological luminescent label

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals have attracted considerable attention as a novel biological luminescent label. The bioinorganic conjugates of luminescent CdTe nanocrystals and protein, including CdTe/BSA (bovine serum albumin) and CdTe/MAB (mouse monoclonal antibody against hepatities B surface antigen), were formed via electrostatic/coordination self-assembly. Pure CdTe nanocrystals, CdTe/BSA and CdTe/MAB were used in the immunochromatographic assay experiments, respectively. And the results indicated that CdTe nanocrystals could be used and developed as a novel label with good stability, high sensitivity and facile determination of several analytes in immunochromatographic assay strips.