Intraband relaxation in CdSe nanocrystals and the strong influence of the surface ligands

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作者
Guyot-Sionnest, P [1 ]
Wehrenberg, B [1 ]
Yu, D [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Chicago, James Franck Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1063/1.2004818
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The intraband relaxation between the 1P(e) and 1S(e) state of CdSe colloidal quantum dots is studied by pump-probe time-resolved spectroscopy. Infrared pump-probe measurements with similar to 6-ps pulses show identical relaxation whether the electron has been placed in the 1S(e) state by above band-gap photoexcitation or by electrochemical charging. This indicates that the intraband relaxation of the electrons is not affected by the photogenerated holes which have been trapped. However, the surface ligands are found to strongly affect the rate of relaxation in colloid solutions. Faster relaxation (< 8 ps) is obtained with phosphonic acid and oleic acid ligands. Alkylamines lead to longer relaxation times of similar to 10 ps and the slowest relaxation is observed for dodecanethiol ligands with relaxation times similar to 30 ps. It is concluded that, in the absence of holes or when the holes are trapped, the intraband relaxation is dominated by the surface and faster relaxation correlates with larger interfacial polarity. Energy transfer to the ligand vibrations may be sufficiently effective to account for the intraband relaxation rate. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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