Subashini Asokan et al 2005 Nanotechnology 16 2000 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/16/10/004
Subashini Asokan1, Karl M Krueger1, Ammar Alkhawaldeh2,5, Alessandra R Carreon2, Zuze Mu2,6, Vicki L Colvin1,2,3, Nikos V Mantzaris2,3,4 and Michael S Wong1,2,3,7
Show affiliationsFluorescent semiconductor nanoparticles, or quantum dots, have potential uses as an optical material, in which the optoelectronic properties can be tuned precisely by particle size. Advances in chemical synthesis have led to improvements in size and shape control, cost, and safety. A limiting step in large-scale production is identified to be the raw materials cost, in which a common synthesis solvent, octadecene, accounts for most of the materials cost for a batch of CdSe quantum dots. Thus, less expensive solvents are needed. In this paper, we identify heat transfer fluids, a class of organic liquids commonly used in chemical process industries to transport heat between unit operations, as alternative solvents for quantum dot synthesis. We specifically show that two heat transfer fluids can be used successfully in the synthesis of CdSe quantum dots with uniform particle sizes. We show that the synthesis chemistry for CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots and CdSe quantum rods can also be performed in heat transfer fluids. With the aid of a population balance model, we interpret the effect of different HT fluids on QD growth kinetics in terms of solvent effects, i.e., solvent viscosity, CdSe bulk solubility in the solvent, and surface free energy.
Issue 10 (October 2005)
Received 19 May 2005
Published 3 August 2005
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