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Lifetime blinking in nonblinking nanocrystal quantum dots

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  • Christophe Galland

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
    Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.)

  • Yagnaseni Ghosh

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
    Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.)

  • Andrea Steinbrück

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
    Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.)

  • Jennifer A. Hollingsworth

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
    Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.)

  • Han Htoon

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
    Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.)

  • Victor I. Klimov

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
    Center for Advanced Solar Photophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.)

Abstract

Nanocrystal quantum dots are attractive materials for applications as nanoscale light sources. One impediment to these applications is fluctuations of single-dot emission intensity, known as blinking. Recent progress in colloidal synthesis has produced nonblinking nanocrystals; however, the physics underlying blinking suppression remains unclear. Here we find that ultra-thick-shell CdSe/CdS nanocrystals can exhibit pronounced fluctuations in the emission lifetimes (lifetime blinking), despite stable nonblinking emission intensity. We demonstrate that lifetime variations are due to switching between the neutral and negatively charged state of the nanocrystal. Negative charging results in faster radiative decay but does not appreciably change the overall emission intensity because of suppressed nonradiative Auger recombination for negative trions. The Auger process involving excitation of a hole (positive trion pathway) remains efficient and is responsible for charging with excess electrons, which occurs via Auger-assisted ionization of biexcitons accompanied by ejection of holes.

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  • Christophe Galland & Yagnaseni Ghosh & Andrea Steinbrück & Jennifer A. Hollingsworth & Han Htoon & Victor I. Klimov, 2012. "Lifetime blinking in nonblinking nanocrystal quantum dots," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 3(1), pages 1-7, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:3:y:2012:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms1916
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1916
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