Photoactivation of luminescence in CdS nanocrystals

• Valentyn Smyntyna,
• Bogdan Semenenko,
• Valentyna Skobeeva and
• Nikolay Malushin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 355–359, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.40

• cadmium sulfide nanocrystals (NCs) synthesized by colloid chemistry in a gelatinous matrix. The photostimulation of the short-wavelength emission band with λmax = 480 nm has been detected. It is shown that the determining factor of the photostimulation effect is the adsorption of the water molecules on

• the surface of NC. The observed effect is explained by the recombination mechanism that is responsible for the short-wavelength emission band. Keywords: cadmium sulfide (CdS); luminescence; nanoparticles; short-wavelength emission band; surface modification; Introduction Semiconductor nanocrystals