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Phys Rev Lett
; 103(13): 136802, 2009 Sep 25.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19905534
ABSTRACT
Size-controlled ZnSe nanoparticles with high extents of atomic positional order are shown to exhibit large size-dependent variations in their local electronic environments. Solid-state ;{77}Se and ;{67}Zn NMR spectra reveal increasingly broad distributions of ;{77}Se and ;{67}Zn environments with decreasing nanoparticle sizes, in contrast with high degrees of atomic positional order established by transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction. First-principles calculations of NMR parameters distinguish between atomic positional and electronic disorder that propagate from the nanoparticle surfaces and yield insights on the order and disorder present.