Halide, pseudohalide and halometallate ions could be a whole new class of inorganic ligands for semiconducting nanocrystals say researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory. Halide-capped cadmium selenide nanocrystals, for example, show “decent” charge transport properties with a high carrier mobility of around 12 cm2/V, which compares well with the record mobilities recently seen in the best solution-processed nanocrystal devices made to date. The nanostructures might be good for making all-inorganic field-effect transistors among other devices.
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