The effect of molecular isomerism on the induced circular dichroism of cadmium sulfide quantum dots
Yoonbin A. Joh, Yuri H. Kwon, Shambhavi Tannir, Brian M. Leonard, Jan Kubelka, Krisztina Varga, Milan Baláž
Abstract
We studied CdS QDs capped with chiral epimers, structural analogs, and positional isomers and determined that match/mismatch stereo-effects together with position and type of functional group affect the optical and chiroptical properties of CdS.
Topics & Concepts
Circular dichroismMaterials scienceQuantum dotCadmium sulfideEpimerLead sulfideSulfideCrystallographyStereochemistryNanotechnologyChemistryMetallurgyQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsMolecular spectroscopy and chirality