The influence of ligand type on self-organization and optical properties of cadmium selenide quantum dots

Abstract

A method for successive replacement of organic shells of colloidal cadmium selenide quantum dots (QDs) of different sizes is proposed. It is found that the spectral parameters of QD samples depend on the type of organic shells. It is shown that the structural morphology is independent of the QD size and is determined by the chemical composition of the organic shell. Spectral analysis of the luminescence of QD-based superstructures shows that the luminescence wavelength and intensity strongly depend on the degree of QD surface passivation.