Abstract
The photoluminescence (PL) properties of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of CdSe and CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) were investigated. From measurements of the temperature dependence of PL spectra, it is demonstrated that the thiol group, which is a constituent of the reagent for formation of the SAM, degrades the PL properties during the SAM formation process. With an additional dipping treatment in a Cd(ClO4)2 aqueous solution with pH = 10, the band-edge PL intensity is increased remarkably. The improvement of PL properties is attributed to QD surface modification with a Cd(OH)2 layer. On the other hand, the defect-related PL band is not observed at all, even at 10 K, in the SAMs of CdSe/ZnS core/shell QDs. This fact indicates that the ZnS shell layer prevents degradation of the PL properties during the SAM process.
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