Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Electrical and electronic engineering

Publication Details

Nanotechnology. 2013 Aug 23;24(33):335701

Abstract

The photoluminescence response of semiconductor CdSe/ZnS quantum dots embedded in a borosilicate porous glass matrix to exposure to ammonia vapor is investigated. Formation of surface complexes on the quantum dots results in quenching of the photoluminescence and a shortening of the luminescence decay time. The process is reversible, desorption of ammonia molecules from the quantum dot surface causes the photoluminescence to recover. The sensitivity of the quantum dot luminescence intensity and decay time to the interaction time and the reversibility of the photoluminescence changes makes the CdSe/ZnS quantum dot in porous glass system a candidate for use as an optical sensor of ammonia. Keywords: Quantum dots, ammonia, porous glass, photoluminescence

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/33/335701

Funder

RFBR (Grants 12-02-01263 and 12-02-00938) and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Projects 11.519.11.3020, 11.519.11.3026, № 14.B37.21.0741 and 14.В37.21.1954).

Download


Share

COinS