Tuneable luminescence properties of EDTA-assisted ZnS:Mn nanocrystals from a yellow-orange to a red emission band

Luminescence : the Journal of Biological and Chemical Luminescence
R ViswanathS Yallappa

Abstract

Luminescence technology has been improved with the help of semiconductor nanoparticles that possess novel optical and electrical properties compared with their bulk counterpart. The aim of this study was to design semiconductor nanocrystals in their pure (ZnS) or doped form (ZnS:Mn) with different concentrations of Mn2+ ions by a wet chemical route stabilized by ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) and to evaluate their luminescence properties. The nanocrystals were characterized by physicochemical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), selected area electron diffraction (SEAD), EDS, and ultraviolet (UV)-visible light and photoluminescence (PL) studies. These results showed the presence of cubic phase and spherically shaped nanocrystals. A blue shift with respect to their bulk counterpart was observed. PL emission spectra were observed with a fixed blue peak and the yellow-orange bands were red shifted towards the red region under the same excitation wavelength. The orange-red bands were attributed to the radiation transition of electrons in 3d5 unfilled shells of Mn2+ ions [4 T1 (4 G)-6 A1 (6 S)]; the ZnS matrix varied with Mn2+ concentration. Shift and increas...Continue Reading

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