Colloidal quantum dot molecules manifesting quantum coupling at room temperature

Jiabin Cui; Yossef E. Panfil; Somnath Koley; Doaa Shamalia; Nir Waiskopf; Sergei Remennik; Inna Popov; Meirav Oded; Uri Banin

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13349-1

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Colloidal quantum dot molecules manifesting quantum coupling at room temperature

Jiabin Cui,
Yossef E. Panfil,
Somnath Koley,
Doaa Shamalia,
Nir Waiskopf,
Sergei Remennik,
Inna Popov,
Meirav Oded,
Uri Banin

Affiliations

Jiabin Cui: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yossef E. Panfil: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Somnath Koley: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Doaa Shamalia: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Nir Waiskopf: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sergei Remennik: The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Inna Popov: The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Meirav Oded: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Uri Banin: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13349-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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In analogy to the coupling of atoms into molecules, the authors fuse colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals into quantum dot dimers. These nanocrystal ‘molecules’ exhibit significant quantum coupling effects, making them promising for applications in devices and potential quantum technologies.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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