Abstract
Hybrid nanocomposites of cadmium sulfide quantum dots and poly(propyleneimine) dendrimer having a 1,4-diaminobutane core have been produced by colloidal synthesis in degassed methanol at room temperature using third-, fourth-, and fifth-generation (G5.0) dendrimers, and their spectroscopic properties have been investigated. The nanoparticles fluoresced from 375 to under near-ultraviolet excitation, and their absorption spectra exhibited a strong blueshift of the band edge compared to that of the bulk . The stability of nanocomposites depended significantly, while the size and spectroscopic properties exhibited a weaker dependence, on the dendrimer generation. Most compact and stable nanoparticles were obtained with G5.0 dendrimers. Average diameter was estimated to be , assuming nanoparticles of spherical shape within an infinite well potential. The room-temperature luminescence has a fast component with lifetime and a slow component with a lifetime. The luminescence is partially polarized with an initial anisotropy of .
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