Light-emitting nanoparticles comprising octanol as a passivating agent, and method of making same
US7722953B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 25, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2993
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for the production of a robust, chemically stable, crystalline, passivated nanoparticle and composition containing the same, that emit light with high efficiencies and size-tunable and excitation energy tunable color. The methods include the thermal degradation of a precursor molecule in the presence of a capping agent at high temperature and elevated pressure. A particular composition prepared by the methods is a passivated silicon nanoparticle composition displaying discrete optical transitions.
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