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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yasemin Gundogdu, Hamdi Sukur Kilic, Musa Cadirci
Summary: The study synthesized CdTe/CdSe Quasi Type-II Colloidal Quantum Dots with different shell thicknesses and found that Quantum dots with thicker shells exhibit slightly higher nonlinear absorption coefficients compared with thinner shells. Additionally, the pump power affects the nonlinear optical properties of the core/shell nanostructures.
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Caitlin R. McGranahan, Guy E. Wolfe, Alejandro Falca, David F. Watson
Summary: The study utilized N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) coupling chemistry to synthesize heterostructures of CdSe and CdTe quantum dots in colloidal dispersions, as well as immobilizing them on metal oxide thin films. The DCC-mediated formation of amide bonds between terminal carboxylic acid and amine groups of ligands on different QDs drove the formation of heterostructures, selectively yielding dispersed or immobilized structures with programmable compositions and energetic offsets. The results showed that the carbodiimide coupling chemistry can efficiently tether colloidal QDs selectively and covalently, enabling excited-state interfacial electron transfer.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
A. M. Smirnov, M. O. Nestoklon, E. A. Shirshin, K. V. Ezhova, A. V. Gayer, R. B. Vasiliev, V. S. Dneprovskii, V. N. Mantsevich
Summary: The peculiarities of exciton dynamics in tetrapod-shaped CdTe/CdSe nanocrystals are revealed under different optical excitation conditions. The photoluminescence spectra show well-resolved excitonic bands from CdTe and CdSe parts of the tetrapod arms, as well as PL caused by indirect transitions of spatially separated charge carriers. The giant blue shift of the indirect transition emission band, caused by the exciton's space filling effect and modification of the energy level structure by the induced internal electric field, is demonstrated.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Ali Reza Amani-Ghadim, Mahtab Mousavi, Farzaneh Bayat
Summary: In this study, a novel sensitizer for QDSSCs was developed using CdTe@Dy-doped CdS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) cosensitized with CdSe QDs. The CdTe/CdS type-II core/shell structure QDs exhibited a wide absorption range, fast electron injection, and slower recombination rate.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2022)
Review
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Um e Kalsoom, Rongxing Yi, Junle Qu, Liwei Liu
Summary: Recent research has shown that low-dimensional materials, such as quantum dots and core-shell quantum dots, exhibit strong nonlinear optical behavior and have potential applications in photo-electronics, photovoltaic nonlinear optics, light-emitting diode fabrication, and laser protections. Variations in core-shell shape and size, as well as the chemical composition of quantum dots, define their enhanced nonlinear optical properties. Specific nonlinear optical properties, such as nonlinear refraction, optical limiting, saturable absorption, and reverse saturable absorption of CdTe and CdSe quantum dots, along with core-shell quantum dots and their applications, were assessed in this study.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Dongmei Xiang, Yulu Li, Lifeng Wang, Tao Ding, Junhui Wang, Kaifeng Wu
Summary: In this study, the electron and hole spin dynamics in CdSe colloidal nanoplatelets of varying thicknesses were investigated using circularly polarized transient absorption spectroscopy. The results showed that hole spin-flip occurred within 200 fs, while the electron spin lifetime decreased as the platelet thickness was reduced. The findings suggest an exchange interaction between the electron and the hole, and/or surface dangling bond spins enhanced by quantum confinement.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Farzan Shabani, Pedro Ludwig Hernandez Martinez, Nina Shermet, Hilal Korkut, Ibrahim Sarpkaya, Hamed Dehghanpour Baruj, Savas Delikanli, Furkan Isik, Emek Goksu Durmusoglu, Hilmi Volkan Demir
Summary: This work presents the synthesis and optical characterization of CdSe/CdSeTe/CdTe core/crown/crown nanoplatelets (NPLs) with a stepwise gradient electronic structure. The excitonic properties of the NPLs can be finely tuned through adjusting the geometry of the intermediate crown. These NPLs exhibit long-lifetime red-shifted emission spectra and high two-photon absorption cross-sections, making them promising for designing complex heterostructures with remarkable properties.
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Chemistry, Physical
Arun Ashokan, Paul Mulvaney
Summary: Solution-phase spectroelectrochemistry was used to study electron injection into colloidal CdSe quantum dots in THF. The results showed reversible optical changes on a time-scale of minutes, with the injection of electrons leading to quenching of photoluminescence. The number of electrons injected into the QDs depended on the electrode potential and QD size, with most injection occurring below the band edge.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Optics
Hongyu Yang, Wenbin Xiang, Xinting Zhao, Xuefeng Ge, Baohua Zhu, Yiping Cui, Jiayu Zhang
Summary: In this study, 4.5 monolayers thick CdSe nanoplatelets extended with CdS were synthesized, and their third-order nonlinear optical properties were measured. The effective passivation of CdSe boundary improved the quantum yield and third-order nonlinearity. These core/crown nanoplatelets exhibited excellent two-photon absorption property due to their quasi-type II band structure.
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Junzi Li, Zhihang Guo, Shuyu Xiao, Yudi Tu, Tingchao He, Wenjing Zhang
Summary: In this study, we synthesized core/shell hybrid perovskite nanocrystals with optimized optical stability and enhanced two-photon absorption, making them promising for application in nonlinear optoelectronic devices.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Zhen Wu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Rongrong Hu, Meizhen Jiang, Pan Liang, Qing Yang, Li Deng, Tianqing Jia, Zhenrong Sun, Donghai Feng
Summary: The electron spin dynamics in CdSe quantum dots with hole acceptors were investigated using time-resolved ellipticity spectroscopy. Two types of hole acceptors, Li[Et3BH] and 1-octanethiol, resulted in distinctly different electron spin dynamics. Differences were observed in electron g factors, spin dephasing/relaxation times, and mechanisms.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lorenz Pulgar-Velasquez, Jose Sierra-Ortega, Juan A. Vinasco, David Laroze, Adrian Radu, Esin Kasapoglu, Ricardo L. Restrepo, John A. Gil-Corrales, Alvaro L. Morales, Carlos A. Duque
Summary: By using the effective mass approximation in a parabolic two-band model, this study investigated the influence of geometrical parameters on electron and hole states in two types of truncated conical quantum dots. The presence of a magnetic field and shallow donor impurities were found to be significant factors affecting the optoelectronic properties of the quantum dots. Additionally, in CdSe-CdTe quantum dots, a switch between direct and indirect excitons can be controlled through geometry while maintaining axial symmetry.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Wenke Li, Xiujian Zhao, Francois-Xavier Coudert, Chao Liu
Summary: In this study, the effects of calcium on the atomic and electronic structures of CdSe quantum dots (QDs) were investigated. It was found that the increase in CaO content in glass breaks the linkage between Na and O atoms, but interactions between Cd atoms and nonbridging oxygen atoms remain intact. CdSe QDs promote the migration of Na atoms to the interface and even the interior of QDs, while Ca atoms are only found at the QD/glass interface and in glass matrices far from the QDs. However, the influence of CdSe QDs on the glass structure is limited to a short range near the interface according to the radial concentration distribution. The increase in CaO content also results in an increase in the highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) gap of CdSe QD-embedded glasses. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the effects of calcium on the structural and luminescence properties of CdSe QD-embedded glasses.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Jannik Rebmann, Hans Werners, Florian Johst, Marcel Dohrmann, Yannic U. Staechelin, Christian Strelow, Alf Mews, Tobias Kipp
Summary: Cation exchange occurs during the synthesis of colloidal semiconductor heteronanoparticles, affecting their band gap and optoelectronic properties. The role of cation exchange during the growth of anisotropic dot-in-rod structures was studied. The dominant process in the initial stages of the shell-growth reaction was found to be cation exchange from ZnSe to CdSe.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiaoqi Hou, Haiyan Qin, Xiaogang Peng
Summary: Auger recombination is effectively reduced in high-quality quantum dots by enhancing dielectric screening of band-edge carriers with additional ZnS shells. The volume scaling of negative-trion Auger lifetime is achieved with ZnS shells, which can be less than half the volume of QDs without these shells, while also enhancing the biexciton emission quantum yield. The engineering of Auger effects through dielectric screening presents new opportunities for improving emission properties in multicarrier states of quantum dots.
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Electrochemistry
Jiangyi Mao, Xiaoyu Zhang, Shih-Hung Liu, Zhongjin Shen, Xing Li, Wenjun Wu, Pi-Tai Chou, Jianli Hua
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
(2015)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Wen-Yi Hung, Pin-Yi Chiang, Shih-Wei Lin, Wei-Chieh Tang, Yi-Ting Chen, Shih-Hung Liu, Pi-Tai Chou, Yi-Tzu Hung, Ken-Tsung Wong
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chu-Yun Kuei, Wei-Lung Tsai, Bihai Tong, Min Jiao, Wei-Kai Lee, Yun Chi, Chung-Chih Wu, Shih-Hung Liu, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Pi-Tai Chou
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yi-Jiun Shiu, Yung-Chen Cheng, Wei-Lung Tsai, Chung-Chih Wu, Chun-Tien Chao, Chin-Wei Lu, Yun Chi, Yi-Ting Chen, Shih-Hung Liu, Pi-Tai Chou
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2016)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Shang-Wei Chou, Chien-Liang Liu, Tzu-Ming Liu, Yu-Fang Shen, Lun-Chang Kuo, Cheng-Ham Wu, Tsung-Yuan Hsieh, Pei-Chun Wu, Ming-Rung Tsai, Che-Chang Yang, Kai-Yao Chang, Meng-Hua Lu, Pai-Chi Li, Shi-Ping Chen, Yu-Hsin Wang, Chen-Wen Lu, Yi-An Chen, Chih-Chia Huang, Churng-Ren Chris Wang, Jong-Kai Hsiao, Meng-Lin Li, Pi-Tai Chou
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Biophysics
Wei-Chih Chao, Jiun-Yi Shen, Cheng-Han Yang, Yi-Kang Lan, Jui-Hung Yuan, Li-Ju Lin, Hsiao-Ching Yang, Jyh-Feng Lu, Jinn-Shyan Wang, Kevin Wee, You-Hua Chen, Pi-Tai Chou
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
(2016)
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Daniil M. Ivanov, Pavel V. Gushchin, Alexander S. Novikov, Margarita S. Avdontceva, Andrey A. Zolotarev, Galina L. Starova, Yi-Ting Chen, Shih-Hung Liu, Pi-Tai Chou, Vadim Yu. Kukushkin
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2016)
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Gomathy Chakkaradhari, Yi-Ting Chen, Antti J. Karttunen, Minh Thuy Dau, Janne Janis, Sergey P. Tunik, Pi-Tai Chou, Mei-Lin Ho, Igor O. Koshevoy
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Chi-Lin Chen, Huan-Wei Tseng, Yi-An Chen, Jun-Qi Liu, Chi-Min Chao, Kuan-Miao Liu, Tzu-Chieh Lin, Cheng-Hsien Hung, Yen-Lin Chou, Ta-Chun Lin, Pi-Tai Chou
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
(2016)
Article
Polymer Science
Chung-Hao Liu, Wei-Hsuan Tseng, Chih-Yang Cheng, Chih-I Wu, Pi-Tai Chou, Shih-Huang Tung
JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS
(2016)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Yung-Kang Peng, Shik Chi Edman Tsang, Pi-Tai Chou
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Jau-Jiun Huang, Yu-Hsiang Hung, Pei-Ling Ting, Yu-Ning Tsai, Huan-Jie Gao, Tien-Lung Chiu, Jiun-Haw Lee, Chi-Lin Chen, Pi-Tai Chou, Man-kit Leung
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Huan-Wei Tseng, Jiun-Yi Shen, Ting-Yi Kuo, Ting-Syun Tu, Yi-An Chen, Alexander P. Demchenko, Pi-Tai Chou
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
I-Chih Shih, Yu-Shan Yeh, I-Che Wu, You-Hua Chen, Jiun-Yi Shen, Yi-An Chen, Mei-Lin Ho, Pi-Tai Chou
PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY
(2015)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Junghwa Lee, Pyoungsik Shin, Pi-Tai Chou, Taiha Joo
Summary: The excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) dynamics of o-hydroxy analogs of the GFP chromophore were investigated using time-resolved spectroscopies and theoretical calculations. These compounds are an ideal system for studying the influence of electronic properties on the energetics and dynamics of ESIPT, as well as for applications in photonics. Through high-resolution time-resolved fluorescence and quantum chemical methods, the ultrafast ESIPT process was observed in 30 fs. While the ESIPT rates were not affected by the electronic properties of the substituents, the energetics, structures, dynamics following ESIPT, and possibly the product species were found to be distinct. The results suggest that fine tuning the electronic properties of these compounds can modify the molecular dynamics of ESIPT and subsequent structural relaxation to achieve brighter emitters with broad tuning capabilities.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)