Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5350818 | Applied Surface Science | 2014 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This paper reports the enhanced photoluminescence (PL) property of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) capped Mn2+ doped ZnS nanocrystals prepared by chemical precipitation method. The surface-modified Mn2+ doped ZnS nanocrystals resulted in the multi-color property. The morphology and crystallite size were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. The crystallite size was estimated to be 5Â nm from HRTEM and calculated as 2-4Â nm from peak broadening of the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern with cubic zincblende structure. Increase in the band gap with decrease in the crystallite size was observed from the UV-visible absorption spectrum, which confirms the quantum confinement effect. The room temperature photoluminescence (PL) emission measurements revealed the presence of blue (427Â nm) and near IR reddish-orange (752Â nm) emission bands in addition to the typical yellow-orange (585Â nm) bands in all the Mn2+ doped samples, which were attributed due to transition within the 3ds configuration of Mn2+ ions incorporation in ZnS host under UV excitation at 320Â nm. As far as we know, the reddish-orange bands at 752Â nm near IR region along with the blue and yellow-orange colored PL are reported for the first time. In this way, the PL color from these ZnS nanocrystals can be tuned from UV to near infrared region (IR). The synthesized ZnS:Mn NPs can be further functionalized for using them as biolabels.
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Authors
R. Viswanath, H.S. Bhojya Naik, G.S. Yashavanth Kumar, P.N. Prashanth Kumar, K.N. Harish, M.C. Prabhakara, R. Praveen,