DMREF: Collaborative Research: Tackling Disorder and Ensemble Broadening in Materials Made of Semiconductor Nanostructures

非技术描述：在现代科学技术中，半导体材料在固态照明、光电子学、光收集和电子学中发挥着巨大的作用。在这个项目中进行的工作将有助于释放纳米工程半导体的全部潜力，目前隐藏在无序的影响。拟议的工作将开发新的实验和理论技术，消除由于不均匀的颗粒尺寸和形状的负面影响。该项目开发的纳米级半导体将用于电视和电子显示器、光探测器、太阳能电池和可印刷电子电路的色彩增强和能效改进。该计划将吸引本科生和研究生，以及博士后学者，他们将接受培训并为学术和工业生涯做好准备。PI还将继续将外展活动纳入当地计划，参加科学俱乐部的活动和示范活动，重点是为公立学校学生提供实践科学体验。PI将为研究生创建并公开提供一系列讲座笔记，解释计算随机方法，以减少量子化学家使用这种形式主义时经常遇到的语言障碍。技术说明：该研究计划将侧重于胶体半导体纳米片（NPLs）的化学和物理，这是一类新型的量子限制半导体，结合了量子威尔斯和量子点的电子结构的有益方面。NPL代表了一个有前途的平台，进入一个新的制度的模块化材料，共振耦合，相干传输现象。实验和理论的努力将建立在彼此的基础上，以实现光学和电子现象的基本理解，电子-声子耦合的作用在单一的NPL，超辐射态的形成，以及在合奏水平的电荷和激子转移。将开发新的合成技术来制造前所未有的NPL异质结构。基于随机轨道概念的精确计算工具将被引入，以揭示中等和强电子空穴相关效应之间的相互作用。理论模型将基准的光学和电子性能的非线性激光器测量的稳态和瞬态技术。电荷和激子输运组件的NPL将迭代预测和测量，以获得一个深刻的理解涌现的现象。这项合作努力将提供开发新功能材料的方法，揭示它们的特性，并揭示强电子耦合机制中的涌现行为。除了NPL之外，合成方法，光学技术和大规模开发的计算工具的预期发展将影响纳米材料（石墨烯，纳米带）的广泛领域，其中强相关诱导的限制控制着新兴的电子特性。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: In modern science and technology, semiconducting materials play an enormous role in solid-state lighting, photovoltaics, light harvesting, and electronics. The work performed in this project will help unlock the full potential of nano-engineered semiconductors currently hidden by the effects of disorder. The proposed work will develop new experimental and theoretical techniques that eliminate negative effects due to non-uniform particle size and shape. The nanoscale semiconductors developed in this project will be used for color enhancement and energy efficiency improvement of television and electronic displays, light detectors, solar cells, and printable electronic circuits. The program will attract undergraduate and graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars who will be trained and prepared for academic and industrial careers. The PIs will also continue to integrate outreach into local programs, taking part in science club initiatives and demonstrations that focus on hands-on science experiences for public school students. The PIs will create and make publicly available a series of lecture notes for graduate students explaining computational stochastic methods to reduce the language barrier frequently experienced by quantum chemists working with this formalism. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: This research program will focus on the chemistry and physics of colloidal semiconducting nanoplatelets (NPLs), a novel class of quantum confined semiconductors combining beneficial aspects of the electronic structure of quantum wells and quantum dots. NPLs represent a promising platform to enter a new regime of modular materials, resonant couplings, and coherent transport phenomena. Experimental and theoretical efforts will build upon each other to achieve a fundamental understanding of optical and electronic phenomena, the role of electron-phonon coupling at the single NPL, formation of superradiant states, and charge and exciton transfer at the ensemble levels. New synthetic techniques will be developed to fabricate unprecedented NPL heterostructures. Accurate computational tools based on the notion of stochastic orbitals will be introduced to uncover the interplay between moderate and strong electron-hole correlation effects. Theoretical models will be benchmarked to the optical and electronic properties of NPLs measured by steady-state and transient techniques. Charge and exciton transport in assemblies of NPLs will be iteratively predicted and measured in order to gain a deep understanding of the emergent phenomena. The collaborative effort will provide means to develop new functional materials, uncover their properties, and reveal emergent behavior in the regime of strong electronic coupling. Beyond NPLs, the anticipated development of synthetic methods, optical techniques, and large-scale developed computational tools will impact broad areas of nanomaterials (graphene, nanoribbons) where strong correlation-induced confinement governs emergent electronic properties.