Kinetic Control over Self-Assembly of Semiconductor Nanoplatelets

Semiconductor nanoplatelets exhibit spectrally pure, directional fluorescence. To make polarized light emission accessible and the charge transport effective, nanoplatelets have to be collectively oriented in the solid state. We discovered that the collective nanoplatelets orientation in monolayers...

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Published in:Nano letters 2020-06, Vol.20 (6), p.4102-4110
Main Authors: Momper, Rebecca, Zhang, Heng, Chen, Shuai, Halim, Henry, Johannes, Ewald, Yordanov, Stoyan, Braga, Daniele, Blülle, Balthasar, Doblas, David, Kraus, Tobias, Bonn, Mischa, Wang, Hai I, Riedinger, Andreas
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Summary:Semiconductor nanoplatelets exhibit spectrally pure, directional fluorescence. To make polarized light emission accessible and the charge transport effective, nanoplatelets have to be collectively oriented in the solid state. We discovered that the collective nanoplatelets orientation in monolayers can be controlled kinetically by exploiting the solvent evaporation rate in self-assembly at liquid interfaces. Our method avoids insulating additives such as surfactants, making it ideally suited for optoelectronics. The monolayer films with controlled nanoplatelets orientation (edge-up or face-down) exhibit long-range ordering of transition dipole moments and macroscopically polarized light emission. Furthermore, we unveil that the substantial in-plane electronic coupling between nanoplatelets enables charge transport through a single nanoplatelets monolayer, with an efficiency that strongly depends on the orientation of the nanoplatelets. The ability to kinetically control the assembly of nanoplatelets into ordered monolayers with tunable optical and electronic properties paves the way for new applications in optoelectronic devices.
ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b05270