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A new method for the preparation of semiconductor PbS quantum dot-doped Ormocer (Organically Modified Ceramic) has been developed. The Ormocer matrix was prepared through the hydrolysis and condensation of alkoxysilane precursors (sol-gel process). Formation of PbS particles took place in the porous Ormocer through H2S gas reaction with a lead precursor incorporated at the solution stage. Control of the PbS dot size was achieved through the use of organically substituted trifunctional silanes. Particle formation and growth was studied under different experimental conditions (e.g. temperature and lead precursor concentrations) where nucleation and aggregation processes occurred. Determination of the average particle size was done by XRD. Transmission electron microscopy was also used to determine particle diameter as well as particle size distribution. Optical absorption spectra were measured at the UV-VIS wavelength range. Absorption edge blue shifts showed the quantum confinement effect in these materials. The non-hydrolyzed groups bonded to the silane prevented uncontrolled nucleation and aggregation during the particle formation and growth, i.e. at the solution stage by the homogeneous distribution of the Pb salts or at the xerogel state by the capping of the growing particles.
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Del Monte, F., Xu, Y. & Mackenzie, J.D. Preparation and Characterization of PbS Quantum Dots Doped Ormocers. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 17, 37–45 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008704920403
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