Browsing by Author "Hickey, S. G."

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Bright White-Light Emitting Manganese and Copper Co-Doped ZnSe Quantum Dots
(Wiley, 2011) Panda, S. K.; Hickey, S. G.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Eychmuller, A.
Doubly doped quantum dots with highly efficient (17 %) white-light emission (WLE) have been directly synthesized using a one-pot hot-injection technique (see picture). The generation of WLE was due to the judicious manipulation of the synthesis strategy for the co-doping of the host material-ZnSe quantum dots-with Mn and Cu.
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Large-area (> 50 cm × 50 cm), freestanding, flexible, optical membranes of Cd-free nanocrystal quantum dots
(IEEE, 2012) Mutlugün, Evren; Hernandez Martinez, Pedro L.; Eroğlu, Cüneyt; Coşkun, Yasemin; Erdem, Talha; Sharma, Vijay K.; Ünal, Emre; Panda, S. K.; Hickey, S. G.; Gaponik, N.; Eychmuller, A.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan
Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have been extensively explored for numerous applications ranging from optoelectronics to biotechnology. This strong demand for the colloidal QDs arises because of their favorable optical and electronic properties. From the application points of view, QDs typically need to be used in their solid form, as opposed to their as-synthesized dispersion form. For immobilization of QDs and homogeneity of their films, various polymers have been used to host QDs within solid media. However, the integration of QDs into a polymeric medium is commonly complex, which requires a high level of understanding to provide optical quality. © 2012 IEEE.
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Large-Area (over 50 cm × 50 cm) Freestanding Films of Colloidal InP/ZnS Quantum Dots
(American Chemical Society, 2012) Mutlugun, E.; Hernandez Martinez, P. L.; Eroglu, C.; Coskun, Y.; Erdem, T.; Sharma, V. K.; Unal, E.; Panda, S. K.; Hickey, S. G.; Gaponik, N.; Eychmuller, A.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan
We propose and demonstrate the fabrication of flexible, freestanding films of InP/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) using fatty acid ligands across very large areas (greater than 50 cm x 50 cm), which have been developed for remote phosphor applications in solid-state lighting. Embedded in a poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix, although the formation of stand alone films using other QDs commonly capped with trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and oleic acid is not efficient, employing myristic acid as ligand in the synthesis of these QDs, which imparts a strongly hydrophobic character to the thin film, enables film formation and ease of removal even on surprisingly large areas, thereby avoiding the need for ligand exchange. When pumped by a blue LED, these Cd-free QD films allow for high color rendering, warm white light generation with a color rendering index of 89.30 and a correlated color temperature of 2298 K. In the composite film, the temperature-dependent emission kinetics and energy transfer dynamics among different-sized InP/ZnS QDs are investigated and a model is proposed. High levels of energy transfer efficiency (up to 80%) and strong donor lifetime modification (from 18 to 4 ns) are achieved. The suppression of the nonradiative channels is observed when the hybrid film is cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The lifetime changes of the donor and acceptor InP/ZnS QDs in the film as a result of the energy transfer are explained well by our theoretical model based on the exciton-exciton interactions among the dots and are in excellent agreement with the experimental results. The understanding of these excitonic interactions is essential to facilitate improvements in the fabrication of photometrically high quality nanophosphors. The ability to make such large-area, flexible, freestanding Cd-free QD films pave the way for environmentally friendly phosphor applications including flexible, surface-emitting light engines.