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Luminescent nanoparticles of doped ZnSe passivated by PVP

SUNIL KUMAR1,* , NIDHI SHARMA1, N. K.VERMA1, S. K. CHAKARVARTI2

Affiliation

  1. School of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar University, Patiala – 147004, India
  2. Department of Applied Physics, National Institute of Technology (Deemed University), Kurukshetra – 136119, India

Abstract

As one of the most important II-VI compound semiconductors with a direct wide band gap, zinc selenide (ZnSe, bulk crystal Eg = 2.7 eV at 300K) exhibits a great potential for various applications. ZnSe doped nanoparticles has been fabricated using chemical precipitation method and steric hindrance is given by polyvinylpyrrolidone. The size and morphology of the nanostructures is determined by the XRD, TEM and SAED. Laser induced photoluminescence studies were also conducted to study various optical parameters like excited state lifetime, emission wavelength and trap-depths of these chalcogenide nanostructures. ZnSe nanostructures show weak electric dipole visible transitions due to the perturbations of added dopants. These type of nanomaterials exhibit fundamentally unique properties with great potential of bringing plethora of next generation technologies in electronics, computing, optics, biotechnology, medical imaging, medicine, drug delivery, structural materials, aerospace, energy etc.

Keywords

Nanostructures, Photoluminescence, Electric dipole, Excited State lifetime, Zn Se, PVP.

Citation

SUNIL KUMAR, NIDHI SHARMA, N. K.VERMA, S. K. CHAKARVARTI, Luminescent nanoparticles of doped ZnSe passivated by PVP, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 1, 12, December 2007, pp.677-682 (2007).

Submitted at: Nov. 12, 2007

Accepted at: Nov. 27, 2007