Optical Detection of Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots via Absorption Spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy

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Quantum dots are tiny semiconductor nanocrystals. Their dimensions are between about 2 and 10 nm. They have attracted much attention due to their unique electronic and optical properties. These particles can be synthesized in a variety of ways. Synthesis methods of quantum dots can be classified into top-down and bottom-up. Top-down approach is a fragmentation process of bulk material. In contrast to top-down, quantum dots are constructed from atoms and molecules of the material at bottom-up procedure. Ball milling, optical lithography, laser ablation and arc-discharge are some top-down methods. However, chemical reduction, thermal decomposition, sol-gel and ultrasonic spray pyrolysis are bottom-up methods. In this study, chemical hot-injection synthesis method of cadmium selenide quantum dots which is a kind of bottom-up procedure will be explained. Cadmium selenide quantum dots have been grown in hot solvent at 259oC. Concentration of cadmium selenide quantum dots dispersed in toluene has been adjusted by observing their first exciton peak. First excitonic absorbance peak of cadmium selenide quantum dots has been measured at around 2.18 eV. Transmission electron microscope photo of these growth quantum dots has been shown. The average diameter of cadmium selenide quantum dots has been found to be approximately 3.48 nm. Lattice fringe spacing of cadmium selenide quantum dots has been measured as ~0.35 nm.