Highly luminescent color-selective nano-crystalline materials
DCFirst Claim
1. A coated nanocrystal capable of light emission, comprising:
- a core comprising a first semiconductor material, said core being a member of a monodisperse particle population; and
an overcoating uniformly deposited on the core comprising a second semiconductor material, wherein the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material are the same or different, and wherein the monodisperse particle population is characterized in that when irradiated the population emits light in a spectral range of no greater than about 60 nm full width at half max (FWHM).
3 Assignments
Litigations
1 Petition
Reexaminations
Accused Products
Abstract
A coated nanocrystal capable of light emission includes a substantially monodisperse nanoparticle selected from the group consisting of CdX, where x=S, Se, Te and an overcoating of ZnY, where Y=S, Se, uniformly deposited thereon, said coated nanoparticle characterized in that when irradiated the particles exhibit photoluminescence in a narrow spectral range of no greater than about 60 nm, and most preferably 40 nm, at full width half max (FWHM). The particle size of the nanocrystallite core is in the range of about 20 Åto about 125 Å, with a deviation of less than 10% in the core. The coated nanocrystal exhibits photoluminescence having quantum yields of greater than 30%.
1016 Citations
31 Claims
-
1. A coated nanocrystal capable of light emission, comprising:
-
a core comprising a first semiconductor material, said core being a member of a monodisperse particle population; and
an overcoating uniformly deposited on the core comprising a second semiconductor material, wherein the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material are the same or different, and wherein the monodisperse particle population is characterized in that when irradiated the population emits light in a spectral range of no greater than about 60 nm full width at half max (FWHM). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
-
-
10. A coated nanocrystal capable of light emission, comprising:
-
a core comprising a first semiconductor material, said core being a member of a monodisperse particle population; and
an overcoating uniformly deposited on the core comprising a second semiconductor material, wherein the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material are the same or different, and wherein the monodisperse particle population is characterized in that it exhibits no more than about a 10% rms deviation in the diameter of the core. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
-
Specification