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Se EXAFS study of the elevated wurtzite to rock salt structural phase transition in CdSe nanocrystals

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OSTI ID:10105202
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
High pressure Se EXAFS data has been obtained on 2.7 nm radius CdSe semiconductor nanocrystals. This system is observed to undergo a solid-solid phase transition at 6.5 GPa which is approximately twice the reported value for bulk CdSe. In combination with high pressure optical absorption experiments, EXAFS data can be used to identify the high-pressure phase structure as rock salt. EXAFS data can be fit with equations of state to yield pressure volume curves. Resultant values of bulk modulus and its derivative with respect to pressure are B{sub o} = 37 {plus_minus} 5 GPa and B{sub o}{prime} = 11 {plus_minus} 3. A thermodynamic model for the data is presented in which the internal energy in each phase is modified by a surface energy term. Differences in surface energy are used to explain the elevation in phase transition pressure. The model can be used to estimate a value for the surface energy in the rock salt phase; 1.9 {plus_minus} 0.3 N/m is obtained in comparison to 0.9 {plus_minus} 0. 1 N/m for the wurtzite phase.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Sloan (Alfred P.) Foundation, New York, NY (United States); American Chemical Society, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
10105202
Report Number(s):
LBL--34763; CONF-9306223--2; ON: DE94003247
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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