Synthesis and white-light emission character of CdS magic-sized nanocrystals

Family 373 and 406 of CdS magic-sized nanocrystals (MSNCs) were synthesized by a one-pot non-injection approach and white-light emission was generated from the coexistence of them. This light had excellent color characteristics, as defined by their pure white CIE (Commission International de l’Eclairage) color coordinates (0.328, 0.343), and it correlated with a color temperature of 5696 K. A probable thermodynamic equilibrium was proposed to explain the white-light emission behavior in this letter.