title: Growth kinetics of CdTe colloidal nanocrystals.
abstract: The growth kinetics of CdTe colloidal nanocrystals has been analyzed quantitatively by means of dynamic light scattering and photoluminescence measurements. The growth rates, size distributions, critical radii, and diffusion constants have been calculated in the framework of the Sugimoto theoretical model. A two-step diffusion-controlled growth regime has been proposed for the reported synthesis and a set of relations for the time evolution of the size distribution has been derived and discussed in the sense of the size distribution focusing concept.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, C. P. 702, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. diegolourenconi@gmail.com
authors.forename: D Lourençoni
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: F Oliveira
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: L Cristina de Souza
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Viol
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Licínio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valadares
authors.forename: L Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cury
authors.forename: M Antônio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schiavon
authors.forename: J Luiz Aarestrup
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alves