Title: Optical properties of thiol-stabilised CdTe nanoparticles

Authors: M.S. Abd El-Sadek, J. Ram Kumar, S. Moorthy Babu

Addresses: Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai 600 025, India. ' Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai 600 025, India. ' Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai 600 025, India

Abstract: Thiol-capped CdTe nanocrystals with cubic zinc blende structure were synthesised in aqueous solution by wet chemical route and microwave assisted method. A series of cadmium telluride (CdTe) nanoparticles capped with mercaptoacetic acid were prepared using different pH values. The synthesised nanoparticles have been characterised with Raman, FT-IR, ultraviolet visible (UV-Vis) absorption, fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) studies.

Keywords: cadmium telluride; CdTe nanoparticles; wet chemical route; microwave assisted method; optical properties; Raman aspectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy; thiol capped nanocrystals; nanotechnology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2009.028730

International Journal of Nanoparticles, 2009 Vol.2 No.1/2/3/4/5/6, pp.20-29

Published online: 30 Sep 2009 *

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