Browsing by Author "Karatay, D. U."

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    Excitonic enhancement of nonradiative energy transfer from a quantum well in the optical near field of energy gradient quantum dots
    (American Institute of Physics, 2012-06-13) Nizamoglu, S.; Hernandez-Martinez, P. L.; Mutlugun, E.; Karatay, D. U.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan
    We report strong exciton migration with an efficiency of 83.3% from a violet-emitting epitaxial quantum well (QW) to an energy gradient colloidal construct of layered green-and red-emitting nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) at room temperature, enabled by the interplay between the exciton population and the depopulation of states in the optical near field. Based on the density matrix formalization of near-field interactions, we theoretically model and demonstrate that the energy gradient significantly boosts the QW-NQDs exciton transfer rate compared to using mono-dispersed NQDs, which is in agreement with the observed experimental results.
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    Structural tuning of color chromaticity through nonradiative energy transfer by interspacing CdTe nanocrystal monolayers
    (American Institute of Physics, 2009-02-09) Cicek, N.; Nizamoglu, S.; Ozel, T.; Mutlugun, E.; Karatay, D. U.; Lesnyak, V.; Otto, T.; Gaponik N.; Eychmuller, A.; Demir, Hilmi Volkan
    We proposed and demonstrated architectural tuning of color chromaticity by controlling photoluminescence decay kinetics through nonradiative Forster resonance energy transfer in the heterostructure of layer-by-layer spaced CdTe nanocrystal (NC) solids. We achieved highly sensitive tuning by precisely adjusting the energy transfer efficiency from donor NCs to acceptor NCs via controlling interspacing between them at the nanoscale. By modifying decay lifetimes of donors from 12.05 to 2.96 ns and acceptors from 3.68 to 14.57 ns, we fine-tuned chromaticity coordinates from (x,y)=(0.575,0.424) to (0.632, 0.367). This structural adjustment enabled a postsynthesis color tuning capability, alternative or additive to using the size, shape, and composition of NCs.