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Nanoscale manipulation of CdSe quantum dots in layer-by-layer films: influence of the host polyelectrolyte on the luminescent properties

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 246; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.11.044

1873-5584

Valtencir Zucolotto, Kerim M. Gattás‐Asfura, Tathyana Tumolo, Ângelo C. Perinotto, Pedro Antunes, Carlos J. L. Constantino, Maurı́cio S. Baptista, Roger M. Leblanc, Osvaldo N. Oliveira,

Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Thioglycolic acid-capped CdSe quantum dots (QDs) were assembled on glass substrates with two distinct polyelectrolytes, viz poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM), generation 4 dendrimer, via the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique. Films containing up to 30 polyelectrolyte/QD bilayers were prepared. The growth of the multilayers was monitored with UV–vis spectroscopy, which showed an almost linear increase in the absorbance of the 2.8 nm QDs at 535 nm with the number of deposited bilayers. AFM measurements estimated a film thickness of 3 nm per bilayer for the PAH/CdSe films. The adsorption process and the optical properties of the PAMAM/CdSe LbL films were further analyzed layer-by-layer using surface plasmon resonance (SPR), from which a thickness of 3.2 nm was found for a PAMAM/CdSe bilayer. Photoluminescence measurements revealed higher photooxidation of the quantum dots in PAH/CdSe than in PAMAM/CdSe films.