Photochemistry and photophysics in silica-based materials: ultrafast and single molecule spectroscopy observation

N Alarcos, B Cohen, M Ziółek, A Douhal - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Silica-based materials (SBMs) are widely used in catalysis, photonics, and drug delivery.
Their pores and cavities act as hosts of diverse guests ranging from classical dyes to drugs …

Quantum shells versus quantum dots: suppressing Auger recombination in colloidal semiconductors

J Beavon, J Huang, D Harankahage… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have attracted a great deal of attention in recent
decades. The quantum efficiency of many optoelectronic processes based on these …

Two mechanisms determine quantum dot blinking

G Yuan, DE Gómez, N Kirkwood, K Boldt, P Mulvaney - ACS nano, 2018 - ACS Publications
Many potential applications of quantum dots (QDs) can only be realized once the
luminescence from single nanocrystals (NCs) is understood. These applications include the …

Correlated fluorescence blinking in two-dimensional semiconductor heterostructures

W Xu, W Liu, JF Schmidt, W Zhao, X Lu, T Raab… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract 'Blinking', or 'fluorescence intermittency', refers to a random switching between
'ON'(bright) and 'OFF'(dark) states of an emitter; it has been studied widely in zero …

Colossal Core/Shell CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Emitters

HA Nguyen, BF Hammel, D Sharp, J Kline… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Single-photon sources are essential for advancing quantum technologies with scalable
integration being a crucial requirement. To date, deterministic positioning of single-photon …

Electrically-driven single-photon sources based on colloidal quantum dots with near-optimal antibunching at room temperature

X Lin, X Dai, C Pu, Y Deng, Y Niu, L Tong… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Photonic quantum information requires high-purity, easily accessible, and scalable single-
photon sources. Here, we report an electrically driven single-photon source based on …

Direct observation of higher multiexciton formation and annihilation in CdSe quantum dots

DP Strandell, A Ghosh, D Zenatti… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Most experiments on multiexcitons (MX) in quantum dots focused on the biexciton (XX),
which is now well-understood. In contrast, there is little understanding of higher MX in …

Quantum shell in a shell: engineering colloidal nanocrystals for a high-intensity excitation regime

D Harankahage, J Cassidy, J Beavon… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Many optoelectronic processes in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) suffer an
efficiency decline under high-intensity excitation. This issue is caused by Auger …

Excitons and Biexciton Dynamics in Single CsPbBr3 Perovskite Quantum Dots

B Li, H Huang, G Zhang, C Yang, W Guo… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Colloidal lead halide perovskite quantum dots, due to their optical versatility and facile
solution processability, have been recently recognized as components of various …

Near‐Field Energy Transfer Using Nanoemitters For Optoelectronics

B Guzelturk, HV Demir - Advanced Functional Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Effective utilization of excitation energy in nanoemitters requires control of exciton flow at the
nanoscale. This can be readily achieved by exploiting near‐field nonradiative energy …