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Copyright 2004 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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ster energy transfer, and nonradiative decay (including trapping) all competewith charge transfer. In addition, not all of these processes are rigorouslydistinct or mutually exclusive. Trapped charges can still transfer to moreenergetically favorable acceptors or even recombine radiatively (giving rise todeep-trap luminescence). Likewise, a reasonantly transferred excitation canstill undergo charge separation or radiative recombination on the energyacceptorsite. For illustration, several energetically permissible paths tocharge generation at a conjugated polymer–CdSe nanocrystal interface aredepicted in Fig. 7.It is the possibility of rationally controlling these processes <strong>by</strong> sizetuning the energy levels of the quantum dots that is particularly exciting.Decreasing the size of a semiconductor nanoparticle alters its electron affinityFigure 7 Possible paths to charge generation at an interface between a quantumdot and a conjugated polymer (MEH-PPV). (a) Electron transfer from photoexcitedpolymer to quantum dot; (b) Fo¨rster transfer of exciton from polymer to dot, followed<strong>by</strong> hole transfer to polymer; (c) hole transfer from photoexcited dot to polymer.Over each path, radiative and nonradiative recombination will compete with thecharge and exciton transfer processes.<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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