Spin-Polarizable Excitonic Luminescence in Colloidal Mn2+-Doped CdSe Quantum Dots

Rémi Beaulac, Paul I. Archer, Xinyu Liu, Sanghoon Lee§, G. Mackay Salley, Margaret Dobrowolska, Jacek K. Furdyna and Daniel R. Gamelin*
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, and Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea
Nano Lett., 2008, 8 (4), pp 1197–1201
DOI: 10.1021/nl080195p
Publication Date (Web): March 11, 2008
Copyright © 2008 American Chemical Society
* Corresponding author. E-mail: Gamelin@chem.washington.edu., †

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington.

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Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame.

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Department of Physics, Korea University.

Abstract

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The photoluminescence of colloidal Mn2+-doped CdSe nanocrystals has been studied as a function of nanocrystal diameter. These nanocrystals are shown to be unique among colloidal doped semiconductor nanocrystals reported to date in that quantum confinement allows tuning of the CdSe bandgap energy across the Mn2+ excited-state energies. At small diameters, the nanocrystal photoluminescence is dominated by Mn2+ emission. At large diameters, CdSe excitonic photoluminescence dominates. The latter scenario has allowed spin-polarized excitonic photoluminescence to be observed in colloidal doped semiconductor nanocrystals for the first time.

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  • Published In Issue April 09, 2008
  • Article ASAPMarch 11, 2008
  • Received: January 21, 2008
    Revised: February 19, 2008

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