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Synthesis, structural, optical and morphological properties of CdSe:Zn/CdS core–shell nanoparticles

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CdSe:Zn/CdS core–shell nanoparticles have been synthesized through the chemical precipitation method. The structural, optical and morphological properties of the synthesized core–shell nanoparticles were characterized by an X-ray diffraction, UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy techniques. The X-ray diffraction analysis of the synthesized core–shell nanoparticles confirms the formation of cubic phase. The absorption and emission spectra of the synthesized core–shell nanoparticles show the red shift with respect to the CdS shell thickness on Zn-doped CdSe core. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy images display the synthesized core–shell nanoparticles were in spherical shape.

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The original version of this article was revised: The minor textual correction in Section 2.4 and the legend in x-axis has been misspelled as Wavelemgth instead of Wavelength in Fig. 5. These have been corrected in this version.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10971-017-4324-0.

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Thirugnanam, N., Govindarajan, D., Dinesh, S. et al. Synthesis, structural, optical and morphological properties of CdSe:Zn/CdS core–shell nanoparticles. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 82, 109–118 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-016-4299-2

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