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Structural origin of light emission in germanium quantum dots.


ABSTRACT: We used a combination of optically-detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy with molecular dynamics simulations to explore the origins of light emission in small (5?nm to 9?nm) Ge nanoparticles. Two sets of nanoparticles were studied, with oxygen and hydrogen terminated surfaces. We show that optically-detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy shows sufficient sensitivity to reveal the different origins of light emission in these two sets of samples. We found that in oxygen terminated nanoparticles its the oxide-rich regions that are responsible for the light emission. In hydrogen terminated nanoparticles we established that structurally disordered Ge regions contribute to the luminescence. Using a combination of molecular dynamics simulations and optically-detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy we show that these disordered regions correspond to the disordered layer a few Å thick at the surface of the simulated nanoparticle.

SUBMITTER: Little W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4260222 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural origin of light emission in germanium quantum dots.

Little W W   Karatutlu A A   Bolmatov D D   Trachenko K K   Sapelkin A V AV   Cibin G G   Taylor R R   Mosselmans F F   Dent A J AJ   Mountjoy G G  

Scientific reports 20141209


We used a combination of optically-detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy with molecular dynamics simulations to explore the origins of light emission in small (5 nm to 9 nm) Ge nanoparticles. Two sets of nanoparticles were studied, with oxygen and hydrogen terminated surfaces. We show that optically-detected x-ray absorption spectroscopy shows sufficient sensitivity to reveal the different origins of light emission in these two sets of samples. We found that in oxygen terminated nanoparticles i  ...[more]

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