Fluorescent Colloidal Ferroelectric Nanocrystals

J Am Chem Soc. 2022 Feb 2;144(4):1509-1512. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c09821. Epub 2022 Jan 24.

Abstract

We report the appearance of ferroelectric behavior arising from a room-temperature cation exchange of cadmium-based semiconductor nanoparticles. Fluorescence retention was achieved through protective CdS shelling before cation exchange with tin(IV) by containing defects in the CdS shell rather than the fluorescent CdSe cores. Ferroelectric response, measured using a Sawyer-Tower circuit, was kept constant, while fluorescence retention increases with an increase in the number of CdS monolayers. At 8 monolayers, fluorescence retention reached 99%, allowing for the addition of ferroelectric applications to the already ever-growing list of quantum dot applications.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.