Dynamic lattice distortions driven by surface trapping in semiconductor nanocrystals

Dynamic lattice distortions driven by surface trapping in semiconductor nanocrystals

Charge trapping can lead to severe nonradiative losses in colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs). The authors report femtosecond electron diffraction measurements on photoexcited NCs to reveal atomic-scale insights into how localization of charges at trap sites induce surface deformations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burak Guzelturk, Benjamin L. Cotts, Dipti Jasrasaria, John P. Philbin, David A. Hanifi, Brent A. Koscher, Arunima D. Balan, Ethan Curling, Marc Zajac, Suji Park, Nuri Yazdani, Clara Nyby, Vladislav Kamysbayev, Stefan Fischer, Zach Nett, Xiaozhe Shen, Michael E. Kozina, Ming-Fu Lin, Alexander H. Reid, Stephen P. Weathersby, Richard D. Schaller, Vanessa Wood, Xijie Wang, Jennifer A. Dionne, Dmitri V. Talapin, A. Paul Alivisatos, Alberto Salleo, Eran Rabani, Aaron M. Lindenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22116-0

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