Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 5566-5576Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c10329
Keywords
Colloidal QDs; Quantum dot molecule; Nanocrystals; Single particle spectroscopy; Time tagged time-resolved fluorescence
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Funding
- European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union [741767]
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- National Foundation for Applied and Engineering Sciences, Israel
- Planning and Budgeting Committee of the higher board of education in Israel
- European Research Council (ERC) [741767] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are essential components in modern optoelectronic devices. Recent development of coupled colloidal quantum dots molecules (CQDM) allows investigation of the interaction between charge carriers in different CQDs. Experimental and computational study reveals the complex emission spectra and coupled behavior in CQDM, which is significant for quantum technology and sensing applications based on CQDM.
Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), major building blocks in modern optoelectronic devices, have so far been synthesized with only one emission center where the exciton resides. Recent development of coupled colloidal quantum dots molecules (CQDM), where two core-shell CQDs are fused to form two emission centers in close proximity, allows exploration of how charge carriers in one CQD affect the charge carriers in the other CQD. Cryogenic single particle spectroscopy reveals that while CQD monomers manifest a simple emission spectrum comprising a main emission peak with well-defined phonon sidebands, CQDMs exhibit a complex spectrum with multiple peaks that are not all spaced according to the known phonon frequencies. Based on complementary emission polarization and time-resolved analysis, this is assigned to fluorescence of the two coupled emission centers. Moreover, the complex peak structure shows correlated spectral diffusion indicative of the coupling between the two emission centers. Utilizing Schro??dinger-Poisson self-consistent calculations, we directly map the spectral behavior, alternating between neutral and charged states of the CQDM. Spectral shifts related to electrostatic interaction between a charged emission center and the second emission center are thus fully mapped. Furthermore, effects of moving surface charges are identified, whereby the emission center proximal to the charge shows larger shifts. Instances where the two emission centers are negatively charged simultaneously are also identified. Such detailed mapping of charging states is enabled by the coupling within the CQDM and its anisotropic structure. This understanding of the coupling interactions is progress toward quantum technology and sensing applications based on CQDMs.
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