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US 7,060,243 B2Granted
Tellurium-containing nanocrystalline materials
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsMoungi G. Bawendi, Frederic V. Mikulec, Sungjee Kim
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Abstract
Tellurium-containing nanocrystallites are produced by injection of a precursor into a hot coordinating solvent, followed by controlled growth and annealing. Nanocrystallites may include CdTe, ZnTe, MgTe, HgTe, or alloys thereof. The nanocrystallites can photoluminesce with quantum efficiencies as high as 70%.
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A method of manufacturing nanocrystallites, comprising
- injecting into a coordinating solvent an M-containing compound, M being selected from the group consisting of Cd, Zn, Mg, and Hg, and a Te-containing compound of the form
- wherein one of Z, Z′, and Z″ comprises an amide, to form a mixture;
- and
- heating the mixture to grow the nanocrystallites.
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