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Figure 6 Normalized FLN spectra for CdSe NCs with radii between 12 and 56 Å.The mean radii of the dots are determined from SAXS and TEM measurements. A10-Hz Q-switched Nd: YAG/dye laser system (f7 ns pulses) serves as the excitationsource. Detection of the FLN signal is accomplished using a time-gated opticalmultichannel analyzer (OMA). The laser line is included in the figure (dotted line) forreference purposes. <strong>All</strong> FLN spectra are taken at 10 K.shift is the difference in energy between the F1 L state and the dark F2 state;this difference increases with decreasing NC size.The good agreement between the experimental data for the sizedependentStokes shift and the values derived from the theory was found.Figure 7 compares experimental and theoretical results. The only parametersused in the theoretical calculation are taken from the literature: a ex = 56 A˚[7], tx ST = 0.13 meV [18], and b = 0.28 [15,37]. The comparison shows thatthere is good quantitative agreement between experiment and theory forlarge sizes. For small crystals, however, the theoretical splitting based on thesize-dependent exchange interaction begins to underestimate the observedStokes shift. This discrepancy may be explained, in part, <strong>by</strong> an additionalcontribution to the Stokes shift <strong>by</strong> phonons or dangling bonds that could<strong>Copyright</strong> <strong>2004</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Marcel</strong> <strong>Dekker</strong>, <strong>Inc</strong>. <strong>All</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Reserved</strong>.

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