Abstract
Hydrophilic silicon (0.9nm) and germanium (2.7nm) quantum dots (QDs), synthesized utilizing micelles to control particle size, were coated with silica using liquid phase deposition. The use of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide as a surfactant yielded uniform spheres (Si@SiO2=57nm; Ge@SiO2=32nm), which could then be arrayed in three dimensions using a vertical deposition method on quartz plates. The silica coated QDs were characterized by UV–visible spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The thin films were characterized by UV–visible spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and the measurement of a photocurrent.
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