Luminescent efficiency of semiconductor nanocrystals by surface treatment
US7288468B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S438/962
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for improving the luminescent efficiency of semiconductor nanocrystals by surface treatment with a reducing agent to produce an improvement in luminescent efficiency and quantum efficiency without creating changes in the luminescent characteristics of the nanocrystals such as luminescence wavelengths and the distribution thereof.
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