Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 024710-

Journal: The Journal of Chemical Physics

Volume number: 132

Issue number: 2

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3280388

Publisher: American Institute of Physics

Abstract: 

At the nanoscale, the surface becomes pivotal for the properties of semiconductors due to an increased surface-to-bulk ratio. Surface functionalization is a means to include semiconductor nanocrystals into devices. In this comprehensive experimental study we determine in detail the effect of a single thiol functional group on the electronic and optical properties of the hydrogen-passivated nanodiamond adamantane. We find that the optical properties of the diamondoid are strongly affected due to a drastic change in the occupied states. Compared to adamantane, the optical gap in adamantane-1-thiol is lowered by ∼0.6 eV" role="presentation">∼0.6 eV and UV luminescence is quenched. The lowest unoccupied states remain delocalized at the cluster surface leaving the diamondoid’s negative electron affinity intact.

Harvard Citation style: Landt, L., Staiger, M., Wolter, D., klünder, K., Zimmermann, P., Willey, T., et al. (2009) The influence of a single thiol group on the electronic and optical properties of the smallest diamondoid adamantane, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 132(2), p. 024710. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3280388

APA Citation style: Landt, L., Staiger, M., Wolter, D., klünder, K., Zimmermann, P., Willey, T., van Buuren, T., Brehmer, D., Schreiner, P., Tkachenko, B., Fokin, A., Möller, T., & Bostedt, C. (2009). The influence of a single thiol group on the electronic and optical properties of the smallest diamondoid adamantane. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 132(2), 024710. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3280388