Size Tunable Visible Luminescence from Individual Organic Monolayer Stabilized Silicon Nanocrystal Quantum Dots

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Abstract

Quantum confinement in nanostructured silicon can lead to efficient light emission. However, the photoluminescence (PL) lifetimes in nanostructured silicon are typically very long−approximately 3 orders of magnitude longer than those of direct band gap semiconductors. Herein, we show that organic monolayer coated silicon nanocrystals ranging from 1 to 10 nm in diameter emit with nanosecond-scale lifetimes and high quantum yields, making it possible to measure the PL spectra of single Si quantum dots. The Si quantum dots demonstrate stochastic single-step “blinking” behavior and size-dependent PL spectra with line widths approximately only three times greater than those measured for CdSe nanocrystals at room temperature.

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