Mike T. Harrison, Steve V. Kershaw, Mike G. Burt, Andrey Rogach, Alex Eychmüller and Horst Weller
We report the effect of varying the experimental conditions on the synthesis of colloidal HgTe nanocrystals in aqueous solution, and by using deuterated water (D2O) as a solvent, demonstrate strong luminescence over the full range of the strategic 1.3 and 1.5 µm telecoms windows.