Heavy Ion Irradiation Effects on Cadmium Oxide (CdO) Quantum Dots Prepared by Quenching Method

Abstract:

Cadmium oxide (CdO) quantum dots were synthesized in the laboratory by quenching method using CdO powder sintered at 9000C and ethyl alcohol kept at ice cold temperature. X-ray diffraction investigations reveal the NaCl cubic structure of CdO quantum dots. Addition of ethylenediamine to a portion of reaction mixture containing quantum dots results in the conversion of nanoparticles to nanorods. Heavy ion irradiation using 90 MeV Carbon (C+6) ion beam accelerated at 15 UD Pelletron, with fluence varying from 1011 to 1013 ions/cm2 , produced enlargement in the size of quantum dots revealed by TEM investigations. Heavy ion irradiation effects need to be investigated further, in view of industrial applications of quantum dots.

• Periodical: Journal of Nano Research (Volume 10)
• Pages: 69-76
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.10.69
• Online since: April 2010
• Authors: Hardev Singh Virk*, Poonam Sharma
• Keywords: Cadmium Oxide, Heavy Ions, Nanorod, Quantum Dot (QD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), TEM, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)

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