Efficient Heterotransfer between Visible Quantum Dots

We fabricated green-red (GR) and blue-red (BR) bilayer stacked quantum dots (QDs) using electrospray deposition. Along with steady state and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL), subnanosecond donor PL decay and corresponding acceptor PL rise signals were observed, which are ascribed to the energy transfer between different visible QDs (heterotransfer). The heterotransfer rates were estimated as (0.57 +/- 0.01 ns)(-1) and (0.65 0.02 ns)(-1) for GR and BR systems, respectively, which agree well with theoretical calculations. Owing to their geometrical proximity, mixed QD layers with GR and BR showed qualitatively higher heterotransfer efficiencies of 64% and 81%, compared to stacked QD layers, which have efficiencies of 23% and 64%, respectively.