Table 1

Summary of the main synthesis conditions, mean diameter, as well as parameters of the lowest excitonic of the NCs studied in this work

Sample

Cd/Te

Injection time^a, s

Time of NCs growth, s

1st abs max (E₁) in ODE/hex, nm/eV

NC d, nm (based on E₁)

#621

7:1

5

10

621/2.00

3.9

#641

2:1

5

10

641/1.93

4.2

#642

1:1

20

10

642/1.93

4.2

#582

3.5:1

20

10

582/2.13

3.5

^aTime period between the occurrence of Cd⁰ precipitate and the injection of TeTOP.

Dzhagan et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:79   doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-79