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Multicolor Luminescent Patterning via Photoregulation of Electron and Energy Transfer Processes in Quantum Dots
摘要： Ability to create high-contrast multicolor luminescent patterns is essential to realize the full potential of quantum dots (QDs) in display technologies. The idea of using a non-emissive state is adopted in the present work to enhance the color-contrast of QD based photopatterns. This is achieved at a multicolor level by the photoregulation of electron and energy transfer processes in a single QD nanohybrid film, comprising of one QD donor and two dye acceptors. The dominance of photoinduced electron transfer over energy transfer process generates a non-luminescent QD nanohybrid film, which provides the black-background for multicolor patterning. The superior photostability of QDs over dyes is used for the photoregulation of electron and energy transfer processes. Selective photodegradation of electron acceptor dye triggered the onset of energy transfer process, thereby imparting a luminescent color to QD nanohybrid film. Further, a controlled photoregulation of energy transfer process paved the way for multicolor patterning.
关键词： Energy and electron transfer,Thin films,Quantum dots,Multicolor photopatterning,Light harvesting
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Wetting-Layer-Free AlGaN Quantum Dots for Ultraviolet Emitters
摘要： We exhibit both experimentally and theoretically a novel growth mode for the epitaxy of AlGaN quantum dots (QD), where they are eventually produced without their usual surrounding wetting layer. If the generic evolution of QD is ruled by the elastic relaxation and capillary effects, evaporation occurs here on a time scale similar to that of growth. Using a dedicated surface diffusion model accounting for elasticity, wetting and anisotropy, we evidence numerically different kinetic regimes as a function of the evaporation flux, that rationalize the experimental outcome. The resulting QD are characterized by enhanced optical properties compared to the common QD with a wetting layer. These nanostructures are promising candidates for deep ultraviolet light emitting diodes.
关键词： epitaxy,ultra-violet emitters,evaporation,quantum dots,wetting-layer
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Synergistic interactions of cadmium-free quantum dots embedded in a photosensitised polymer surface: efficient killing of multidrug-resistant strains at low ambient light levels
摘要： Cadmium-free quantum dots (QD) were combined with crystal violet photosensitising dye and incorporated into medical grade polyurethane via a non-covalent dipping process known as ‘swell-encapsulation-shrink’. The antibacterial efficacy of the prepared quantum dot-crystal violet polyurethane substrates (QD + CV PU) was investigated under low power visible light illumination at similar intensities (500 lux) to those present in clinical settings. The antibacterial performance of QD + CV PU was superior to the constituent polymer substrates, eliminating ~99.9% of an environmental P. aeruginosa strain, a clinical P. aeruginosa strain from a cystic fibrosis patient and a clinical E. coli strain. The nature of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) involved in antibacterial activity of the QD + CV PU surface was investigated using ROS inhibitors and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. The photo-physical interaction of the green-emitting QDs with CV lead to a combination of Type I and II electron transfer and energy transfer processes, with the highly potent ROS singlet oxygen playing a dominant role. This study is the first to demonstrate highly efficient synergistic killing of clinical and environmental strains of intrinsically resistant and multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria using light-activated surfaces containing biocompatible cadmium-free QDs and crystal violet dye at ambient light levels.
关键词： photodynamic therapy,antibacterial,reactive oxygen species,surfaces,quantum dots
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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A broadband ultraviolet light source using GaN quantum dots formed on hexagonal truncated pyramid structures
摘要： Broadband ultraviolet (UV) emission has been achieved from the GaN quantum dots grown on different facets of hexagonal truncated pyramidal structures. The GaN-based structures include both semipolar and polar facets, on which the intrinsic piezoelectric fields and the growth rates are different. In addition, a strain is locally suppressed at the boundaries of the truncated pyramid structure. As a result, the emission wavelength of quantum dots on various facets and boundaries becomes quite different, rendering a solid-state broadband UV light source with homogenerous intensity in a wide wavelength range.
关键词： broadband ultraviolet emission,GaN quantum dots,solid-state broadband UV light source,hexagonal truncated pyramid structures
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Quantitative Understanding of the Ultra-Sensitive and Selective Detection of Dopamine using Graphene Oxide/WS2 Quantum Dot Hybrid
摘要： Herein, we report on the ultra-high sensitive and selective detection of dopamine (DA) at pico-molar level by a low cost sensing platform based on graphene oxide (GO) sheets anchored with tungsten disulfide quantum dots (WS2 QDs). The liquid phase exfoliated WS2 QDs are mostly bilayer type with an average particle size ~2.0 ± 0.3 nm, while the GO sheets are of few-layer thickness. The WS2 QDs are highly luminescent with photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield of ~15% and they exhibit excitation wavelength dependent spectral shift in PL due to the high degree of edge/defect states. In presence of GO, the PL intensity of WS2 QDs partially quenches due to van der Waals interaction and excited-state charge transfer from WS2 to GO. However, in the presence of DA, drastic quenching of PL occurs for WS2/GO hybrid and this enables selective detection of DA as low as 10 pM, which is the lowest among the reported values. We present a new model to quantitatively explain the GO mediated efficient charge transfer and unusual quenching of PL as a function of the DA concentration. Finally, the WS2/GO based sensor is utilized for the detection of DA in the river water and blood serum with a satisfactory recovery, which establishes its practical utility as an efficient environmental/biochemical sensor.
关键词： Fluorescence Quenching,Dopamine,Biosensor,Graphene Oxide,WS2 Quantum Dots
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Colloidal Quantum-Dots/Graphene/Silicon Dual-Channel Detection of Visible Light and Short-Wave Infrared
摘要： Integration of infrared detectors with current silicon-based imagers would not only extend their spectral sensing range but also enables numerous applications including thermal imaging, machine vision, and spectrometers. Here, we report the development of a dual-channel photodetector by depositing a colloidal quantum dot (CQDs) infrared photodiode onto a graphene/p-Silicon Schottky diode to provide simultaneous visible and infrared photoresponse channels. The HgTe photodiode is patterned into a semitransparent mesh-structure so that the visible light reaches the Silicon substrate with varying fill factors. The graphene/silicon Schottky junction has a responsivity of ~0.9 A/W in the visible and the infrared CQDs photodiode has a detectivity of ~5×109 Jones at 2.4μm, for a filling factor of 0.1.
关键词： Photodetectors,Graphene/silicon Schottky junction,Visible/infrared,Colloidal quantum dots
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Solution-processed upconversion photodetectors based on quantum dots
摘要： Upconversion photodetectors convert photons from the infrared to the visible light spectrum and are of use in applications such as infrared detection and imaging. High-performance upconversion devices are, however, typically based on vacuum-deposited materials, which are expensive and require high operating voltages, which limits their implementation in flexible systems. Here we report solution-processed optical upconversion photodetectors with a high photon-to-photon conversion efficiency of 6.5% and a low turn-on voltage of 2.5 V. Our devices consist of a colloidal lead sulfide quantum dot layer for harvesting infrared light that is monolithically coupled to a cadmium selenide/zinc selenide quantum dot layer for visible-light emission. We optimized the charge-extraction layers in these devices by incorporating silver nanoparticles into the electron transport layers to enable carrier tunnelling. Our photodetectors exhibit a low dark current, high detectivity (6.4 × 1012 Jones) and millisecond response time, and are compatible with flexible substrates. We also show that the devices can be used for in vitro bioimaging.
关键词： quantum dots,infrared detection,bioimaging,flexible electronics,upconversion photodetectors
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Quantum dot based mid-infrared photodetector enhanced by a hybrid metal-dielectric optical antenna
摘要： Surface plasmon waves and Rayleigh anomaly are characteristic optical phenomena exhibited by periodic subwavelength grating structures. In this paper, a hybrid metal-dielectric metasurface is proposed to improve the photoresponse of Ge/Si quantum dot infrared photodetectors (QDIPs) with the limited absorption layer thickness. The composite metasurface consists of a regular array of silicon pillars. The pillars protrude through subwavelength holes in a perforated gold ?lm on detector top. We demonstrate that by combining e?ects of dielectric and plasmonic metal components, the QDIP photoresponse can be signi?cantly improved compared to case when all-dielectric and metal gratings work alone. We observe about 4 times photoresponse enhancement with the hybrid metasurface device relative to a common plasmonic design with the two-dimensional metal hole array. Compared with a bare QDIP, the peak responsivity of the hybrid detector at a wavelength of 4.4 μm is increased by a factor of 15. The enhanced sensitivity is supposed to arise from coupling of the surface plasmon resonance and di?ractive e?ect related to the Rayleigh anomaly.
关键词： infrared photodetection,quantum dots,surface plasmons,enhancement,near-?eld
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Mid-Wavelength Infrared Responsivity of Colloidal Quantum Dot/Organic Hybrid Photodetectors
摘要： Colloidal quantum dot/organic hybrid materials approach offer a path toward engineering solution-processed photodetectors with extended spectral responsivity in the infrared. We demonstrate this approach in the technologically important thermal infrared region of mid-wavelength infrared, utilizing a solution blend of Ag2Se colloidal quantum dots and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). We report on the device fabrication and their room temperature optical, electrical, and optoelectronic properties. At room temperature, a responsivity of 0.2 mA/W was measured under 5 μm irradiation and 5 V bias. The new hybrid optoelectronic film demonstrated the advantage of cost-effectiveness and greater fabrication versatility than the single crystal or epitaxial semiconductors that comprise today’s infrared technologies.
关键词： Colloidal quantum dots,Photodetectors,Mid-wavelength infrared,Organic hybrid,Responsivity
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Improved Color Purity of Monolithic Full Color Micro-LEDs Using Distributed Bragg Reflector and Blue Light Absorption Material
摘要： In this study, CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots (QDs) with various dimensions were used as the color conversion materials. QDs with dimensions of 3 nm and 5 nm were excited by gallium nitride (GaN)-based blue micro-light-emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) with a size of 30 μm × 30 μm to respectively form the green and red lights. The hybrid Bragg re?ector (HBR) with high re?ectivity at the regions of the blue, green, and red lights was fabricated on the bottom side of the micro-LEDs to re?ect the downward light. This could enhance the intensity of the green and red lights for the green and red QDs/micro-LEDs to 11% and 10%. The distributed Bragg re?ector (DBR) was fabricated on the QDs color conversion layers to re?ect the non-absorbed blue light that was not absorbed by the QDs, which could increase the probability of the QDs excited by the re?ected blue light. The blue light absorption material was deposited on the DBR to absorb the blue light that escaped from the DBR, which could enhance the color purity of the resulting green and red QDs/micro-LEDs to 90.9% and 90.3%, respectively.
关键词： micro-light-emitting diodes,color conversion layer,distributed Bragg re?ector,quantum dots,hybrid Bragg re?ector,blue light absorption material
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01