Exciton delocalization and hot hole extraction in CdSe QDs and CdSe/ZnS type 1 core shell QDs sensitized with newly synthesized thiols.

@article{Singhal2016ExcitonDA,
  title={Exciton delocalization and hot hole extraction in CdSe QDs and CdSe/ZnS type 1 core shell QDs sensitized with newly synthesized thiols.},
  author={Pallavi Singhal and Prashant Vasantrao Ghorpade and Ganapati Subray Shankarling and Nancy Singhal and Sanjay K. Jha and Raj M. Tripathi and Hirendra Nath Ghosh},
  journal={Nanoscale},
  year={2016},
  volume={8 4},
  pages={
          1823-33
        }
}
The present work describes ultrafast thermalized and hot hole transfer processes from photo-excited CdSe quantum dots (QDs) and CdSe/ZnS core-shell QDs (CSQDs) to newly synthesized thiols. Three thiols namely 2-mercapto-N-phenylacetamide (AAT), 3-mercapto-N-phenylpropanamide (APT) and 3-mercapto-N-(4-methoxyphenyl) propanamide (ADPT) were synthesized and their interaction with both CdSe QDs and CdSe/ZnS CSQDs was monitored. Steady state absorption study suggests the exciton delocalization from… 
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