Scanning Probe Characterization of Heterostructured Colloidal Nanomaterials.
Scanning Probe Characterization of Heterostructured Colloidal Nanomaterials.
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DOI:
10.1021/cr500280t
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发表时间:
2015-07
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影响因子:
62.1
通讯作者:
S. Nanayakkara;J. van de Lagemaat;J. Luther
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作者:
S. Nanayakkara;J. van de Lagemaat;J. Luther
Material junctions form the basis of modern solid-state technology by controlling current flow 1− 5 and are key components in digital electronics, electronic switches, signal amplification and processing, 6− 9 sensing, light-emitting diodes, 10− 12 lasers, 13, 14 and photovoltaics. 15− 19 A heterojunction arises when dissimilar semiconductors come into contact and form an abrupt interface. The junction physics are controlled by the band gap, electron affinity, and chemical potential or Fermi level of each material as well as how the energy levels or bands align across the material interface (which can be influenced by dipoles or interfacial defects/alloying). 20, 21 Over the years, engineering the material interface and film characteristics of thin-film heterojunctions has resulted in the development of many advanced devices.Nanoscale and quantum-confined materials offer new physics for optical and optoelectronic devices and have inspired advanced synthetic methods to create multicomponent nanostructures containing material junctions by selectively arranging individual domains for complex functionalities. Some examples of heterostructuring in nanomaterials include photoluminescence manipulation in core− shell quantum dots (QDs), 22− 25 slowed cooling, 26 reduced blinking, 22, 25, 27 materials with plasmon-assisted absorption enhancement 28 and doping, 29 charge-separating interfaces, 30− 32 energy funneling, 33, 34 and strain 35 effects. Such nanoheterostructures offer promising new materials for modernizing industries such as biological sensing, 36, 37 photovoltaics, 38− 42 and photocataly-