Biomedical subjects

Brian L Wehrenberg

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PubMed2005

Conduction in charged PbSe nanocrystal films.

Conduction in thin films of PbSe nanocrystals doped by electrochemical gating has been studied. Charging the film, with either electrons or holes, increases the conductance by orders of magnitude. The electrons in the 1S(e) state of nanocrystals in these films have a mobility as high as 5.0 x 10(-3) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1). Electrons in the 1P(e) state were found to have a differential mobility up to 3-5 times greater than the electrons in the 1S(e) state, and a mobility minima was found corresponding to the complete filling of the 1S(e) state. The temperature and electric field dependence of conductance in the film, measured between 4.3 and 135 K, were both well described by a variable range hopping model.

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PubMed2004

Variable range hopping conduction in semiconductor nanocrystal solids.

The temperature and electrical field dependent conductivity of n-type CdSe nanocrystal thin films is investigated. In the low electrical field regime, the conductivity follows sigma approximately exp([-(T(*)/T)(1/2)] in the temperature range 10<T<120 K. At high electrical field, the conductivity is strongly field dependent. At 4 K, the conductance increases by 8 orders of magnitude over one decade of bias. At a very high field, conductivity is temperature independent with sigma approximately exp([-(E(*)/E)(1/2)]. The complete behavior is very well described by variable range hopping with a Coulomb gap.

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PubMed2003

Electron and hole injection in PbSe quantum dot films.

Electrochemical methods are used to inject charge into films of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals of PbSe. The injection of electrons and holes into quantum confined states is confirmed by monitoring changes in the IR absorption spectrum. Holes are injected into the 1Sh state, causing a bleach of the 1Sh-1Se and 1Sh-1Pe interband transitions and inducing a 1Sh-1Ph intraband absorption. Electrons can be sequentially injected into the 1Se and 1Pe states, first bleaching the 1Sh-1Se and 1Ph-1Se interband transitions and inducing a 1Se-1Pe intraband absorption, and then bleaching the 1Sh-1Pe transition and inducing a 1Pe-1De intraband absorption.

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