Wurtzite ZnO nanocrystals capped with trioctylphosphine oxide or alkylamine
s are synthesized and characterized. These ZnO nanocrystals can be made n-t
ype either by electron transfer doping from reducing species in solution or
by above band gap photoexcitation with a UV lamp. The n-type nanocrystals
exhibit a strong intraband infrared absorption, an extensive bleach of the
interband band-edge absorption, and a complete quenching of the photolumine
scence.