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    Pixelated Microsized Quantum Dot Arrays Using Surface-Tension-Induced Flow
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    • Taeyang Han
      Taeyang Han
      Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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      Orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3932-4526
    • Jaebum Noh
      Jaebum Noh
      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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    • Moo Hwan Kim
      Moo Hwan Kim
      Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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    • Junsuk Rho*
      Junsuk Rho
      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
      Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
      POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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      HangJin Jo
      Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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    Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconducting nanoparticles that exhibit unique fluorescent characteristics when excited by an ultraviolet light source. Owing to their highly saturated emissions, display panels using QDs as pixels have been presented. However, the complications of the nanofabrication procedure limit the industrial application of QDs. This study suggests a method to arrange high-aspect-ratio QD pixels by inducing both Laplace-pressure-driven capillary flow and thermally driven Marangoni flow. The evaporation of colloidal QDs induces a capillary flow that drives the QDs toward the inner tips of V-shaped structures. Additionally, the Marangoni flow arranges the gathered QDs at the tip; thus, they could form a high dune, overcoming the limitations of the existing capillary assembly method using evaporation. Using these phenomena, clover-shaped (assembly of V-shaped edges) templates were made to gather numerous QDs, and the clover with a 30° angle afforded the highest brightness among all the angle structures. Finally, by demonstrating a 100-cm2-sized QD microarray with high uniformity (98.6%), our method shows the feasibility of large-area fabrication, which has extensive application in manufacturing QD displays, anti-counterfeiting labels, and other QD-based optical devices.

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    • Derivation process of the model; schematic diagrams for the model; optical images of the microstructures before and after the hard baking process; schematic diagrams of the surface fabrication process; and optical image of a large QD microarray (PDF)

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