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Metal-semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructures are model systems for understanding the interplay between the localized surface plasmon resonances in the metal domain and the relaxation of the excited carriers in the semiconductor domain. Here we report the synthesis of colloidal Au₂Cd (core)/CdSe (shell) nanocrystal heterostructures, which were characterized extensively with several structural and optical techniques, including time-resolved fluorescence and broad-band transient absorption spectroscopy (both below and above the CdSe band gap). The dynamics of the transient plasmon peak was dominated by the relaxation of hot carriers in the metal core, its spectral shape was independent of the pump wavelength, and the bleaching lifetime was about half a picosecond, comparable with the value found in the AuCd seeds used for the synthesis.

Original publication

DOI

10.1021/nn303764k

Type

Journal article

Journal

ACS Nano

Publication Date

26/02/2013

Volume

7

Pages

1045 - 1053