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Zhai Z, Wang W, Chai Z, Yuan Y, Zhu Q, Ge J, Li Z. A ratiometric fluorescence platform based on WS 2 QDs/CoOOH nanosheet system for α-glucosidase activity detection. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2024; 310:123959. [PMID: 38290280 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2024.123959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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In this study, we have constructed a ratiometric fluorescence sensor for sensitive sensing of α-glucosidase activity based on WS2 QDs/ CoOOH nanosheet system. In this system, as an oxidase-imimicking nanomaterial, CoOOH nanosheet could convert o-phenylenediamine into 2,3-diaminophenazine (DAP), which had a high fluorescence emission at 575 nm. The DAP subsequently could quench the fluorescence of WS2 QDs via the inner filter effect (IFE). L-Ascorbic acid-2-O-α-D-glucopyranose could be hydrolyzed by α-glucosidase to yield ascorbic acid. CoOOH nanosheet can be converted to Co2+ ions by ascorbic acid, leading to the fluorescence decrease of DAP and the fluorescence recovery of WS2 QDs. Therefore, a novel ratio fluorescence sensing strategy was established for α-glucosidase detection based on WS2 QDs/CoOOH nanosheet system. This WS2 QDs/CoOOH nanosheet system has a low detection limit of 0.009 U/mL for α-Glu assay. The proposed strategy succeeded in detecting α-Glu in human serum samples.
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- Zhiyao Zhai
- College of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, PR China.
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Chen Z, Sui X, Li Z, Li Y, Liu X, Zhang Y. Quantum-sized topological insulators/semimetals enable ultrahigh and broadband saturable absorption. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2023; 8:1686-1694. [PMID: 37702034 DOI: 10.1039/d3nh00282a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Two-dimensional topological insulators/semimetals have recently attracted much attention. However, quantum-sized topological insulators/semimetals with intrinsic characteristics have never been reported before. Herein, we report the high-yield production of topological insulator (i.e., Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3) and semimetal (i.e., TiS2) quantum sheets (QSs) with monolayer structures and sub-4 nm lateral sizes. Both linear and nonlinear optical performances of the QSs are investigated. The QS dispersions present remarkable photoluminescence with excitation wavelength-, concentration-, and solvent-dependence. The solution-processed QSs-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) hybrid thin films demonstrate exceptional nonlinear saturation absorption (NSA). Particularly, Bi2Se3 QSs-PMMA enables record-high NSA performance with a broadband feature. Specifically, the (absolute) modulation depths up to 71.6 and 72.4% and saturation intensities down to 1.52 and 0.49 MW cm-2 are achieved at 532 and 800 nm, respectively. Such a phenomenal NSA performance would greatly facilitate their applications in mode-locked lasers and related fields.
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- Zhexue Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Busch RT, Sun L, Austin D, Jiang J, Miesle P, Susner MA, Conner BS, Jawaid A, Becks ST, Mahalingam K, Velez MA, Torsi R, Robinson JA, Rao R, Glavin NR, Vaia RA, Pachter R, Joshua Kennedy W, Vernon JP, Stevenson PR. Exfoliation procedure-dependent optical properties of solution deposited MoS 2 films. NPJ 2D MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS 2023; 7:12. [PMID: 38665486 PMCID: PMC11041683 DOI: 10.1038/s41699-023-00376-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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The development of high-precision large-area optical coatings and devices comprising low-dimensional materials hinges on scalable solution-based manufacturability with control over exfoliation procedure-dependent effects. As such, it is critical to understand the influence of technique-induced transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) optical properties that impact the design, performance, and integration of advanced optical coatings and devices. Here, we examine the optical properties of semiconducting MoS2 films from the exfoliation formulations of four prominent approaches: solvent-mediated exfoliation, chemical exfoliation with phase reconversion, redox exfoliation, and native redox exfoliation. The resulting MoS2 films exhibit distinct refractive indices (n), extinction coefficients (k), dielectric functions (ε1 and ε2), and absorption coefficients (α). For example, a large index contrast of Δn ≈ 2.3 is observed. These exfoliation procedures and related chemistries produce different exfoliated flake dimensions, chemical impurities, carrier doping, and lattice strain that influence the resulting optical properties. First-principles calculations further confirm the impact of lattice defects and doping characteristics on MoS2 optical properties. Overall, incomplete phase reconfiguration (from 1T to mixed crystalline 2H and amorphous phases), lattice vacancies, intraflake strain, and Mo oxidation largely contribute to the observed differences in the reported MoS2 optical properties. These findings highlight the need for controlled technique-induced effects as well as the opportunity for continued development of, and improvement to, liquid phase exfoliation methodologies. Such chemical and processing-induced effects present compelling routes to engineer exfoliated TMDC optical properties toward the development of next-generation high-performance mirrors, narrow bandpass filters, and wavelength-tailored absorbers.
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- Robert T. Busch
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
- UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton Xenia Road, Dayton, OH 45432 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
- Azimuth Corporation, 2970 Presidential Drive, Suite 200, Beavercreek, OH 45324 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
- UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton Xenia Road, Dayton, OH 45432 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
- UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton Xenia Road, Dayton, OH 45432 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- National Research Council, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, DC 20001 USA
- Sensors Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
- UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton Xenia Road, Dayton, OH 45432 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
- UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton Xenia Road, Dayton, OH 45432 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
- UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton Xenia Road, Dayton, OH 45432 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
- UES, Inc., 4401 Dayton Xenia Road, Dayton, OH 45432 USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Research Institute, Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Research Institute, Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics, Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH 45433 USA
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Karmakar R, Mandal D, Shrivastava M, Adarsh KV. Defect-mediated carrier dynamics and third-order nonlinear optical response of WS 2 quantum dots. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:5196-5199. [PMID: 36181220 DOI: 10.1364/ol.468120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this Letter, we report the third-order absorptive and refractive nonlinear optical response of highly luminescent WS2 quantum dots (QDs) in the off-resonant femtosecond and nanosecond pulses, which is beneficial for optical limiting and quantum information processing. For 800 nm femtosecond excitation, QDs show two-photon absorption (β = (107 ± 2)×10-3 cm/GW) with positive nonlinearity originating from bound carriers. This picture changes significantly for 532 nm nanosecond excitation, where it shows reverse saturable absorption with negative nonlinearity primarily originating from the sequential absorption of two single photons through the shallow defects, creating free carriers. Our results provide a promising route toward low-dimensional optoelectronic devices.
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Zhu H, Zan W, Chen W, Jiang W, Ding X, Li BL, Mu Y, Wang L, Garaj S, Leong DT. Defect-Rich Molybdenum Sulfide Quantum Dots for Amplified Photoluminescence and Photonics-Driven Reactive Oxygen Species Generation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2200004. [PMID: 35688799 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202200004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) quantum dots (QDs) with defects have attracted interesting chemistry due to the contribution of vacancies to their unique optical, physical, catalytic, and electrical properties. Engineering defined defects into molybdenum sulfide (MoS2 ) QDs is challenging. Herein, by applying a mild biomineralization-assisted bottom-up strategy, blue photoluminescent MoS2 QDs (B-QDs) with a high density of defects are fabricated. The two-stage synthesis begins with a bottom-up synthesis of original MoS2 QDs (O-QDs) through chemical reactions of Mo and sulfide ions, followed by alkaline etching that creates high sulfur-vacancy defects to eventually form B-QDs. Alkaline etching significantly increases the photoluminescence (PL) and photo-oxidation. An increase in defect density is shown to bring about increased active sites and decreased bandgap energy; which is further validated with density functional theory calculations. There is strengthened binding affinity between QDs and O2 due to lower gap energy (∆EST ) between S1 and T1 , accompanied with improved intersystem crossing (ISC) efficiency. Lowered gap energy contributes to assist e- -h+ pair formation and the strengthened binding affinity between QDs and 3 O2 . Defect engineering unravels another dimension of material properties control and can bring fresh new applications to otherwise well characterized TMD nanomaterials.
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- Houjuan Zhu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, Singapore, 138634, Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 034000, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, Singapore, 138634, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 034000, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Singapore
- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117542, Singapore
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583, Singapore
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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Low Temperature Step Annealing Synthesis of the Ti2AlN MAX Phase to Fabricate MXene Quantum Dots. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12094154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We present the synthesis of the Ti2AlN MAX phase using two-step annealing at temperatures of 600 °C and 1100 °C, the lowest synthesis temperatures reported so far. After the successful synthesis of the Ti2AlN MAX phase, two-dimensional Ti2N MXene was prepared through wet chemical etching and further fragmented into light emitting MXene quantum dots (MQDs) with a size of 3.2 nm by hydrothermal method. Our MQDs displayed a 6.9% quantum yield at a 310 nm wavelength of excitation, suggesting promising nanophotonic applications.
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Thomas A, Jinesh KB. Excitons and Trions in MoS 2 Quantum Dots: The Influence of the Dispersing Medium. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:6531-6538. [PMID: 35252649 PMCID: PMC8892661 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Single-layer MoS2 has been reported to exhibit strong excitonic and trionic signatures in its photoluminescence (PL) spectra. Here, we report that the emission spectra of MoS2 QDs strongly depend on the dielectric constant of the solvent and the relative difference in the electronegativity between the solvent and QDs. Due to the difference in electronegativity, electrons are either added to the QD or withdrawn from it. Consequently, depending upon the dielectric permittivity and the electronegativity of the surrounding medium, the signature peaks of excitons and trions exhibit a significant change in the PL spectra of MoS2 QDs. Our findings are helpful to understand the effect of the surrounding environment on the optical properties of QDs and the importance of the selection of solvent since MoS2 QDs are potential candidates for valleytronics applications.
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Sakthivel A, Chandrasekaran A, Soosaimanickam C, Li CZ, Alwarappan S. WS 2 quantum dots harvesting via sonication assisted liquid exfoliation for the electrochemical sensing of xanthine. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj03446h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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WS2 quantum dots (QDs) were prepared by sonication assisted liquid exfoliation in dimethyl formamide (DMF) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).
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- Arunkumar Sakthivel
- CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630 003, Tamilnadu, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, 201 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630 003, Tamilnadu, India
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- School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi 630 003, Tamilnadu, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, 201 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Zhai W, Xiong T, He Z, Lu S, Lai Z, He Q, Tan C, Zhang H. Nanodots Derived from Layered Materials: Synthesis and Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2006661. [PMID: 34212432 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202006661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Layered 2D materials, such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, transition metal oxides, black phosphorus, graphitic carbon nitride, hexagonal boron nitride, and MXenes, have attracted intensive attention over the past decades owing to their unique properties and wide applications in electronics, catalysis, energy storage, biomedicine, etc. Further reducing the lateral size of layered 2D materials down to less than 10 nm allows for preparing a new class of nanostructures, namely, nanodots derived from layered materials. Nanodots derived from layered materials not only can exhibit the intriguing properties of nanodots due to the size confinement originating from the ultrasmall size, but also can inherit some unique properties of ultrathin layered 2D materials, making them promising candidates in a wide range of applications, especially in biomedicine and catalysis. Here, a comprehensive summary on the materials categories, advantages, synthesis methods, and potential applications of these nanodots derived from layered materials is provided. Finally, personal insights about the challenges and future directions in this promising research field are also given.
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- Wei Zhai
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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Zheng SW, Wang L, Wang HY, Xu CY, Luo Y, Sun HB. Observation of quantum-confined exciton states in monolayer WS 2 quantum dots by ultrafast spectroscopy. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:17093-17100. [PMID: 34623366 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04868f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide quantum dots (TMDC QDs) could exhibit unique photophysical properties, because of both lateral quantum confinement effect and edge effect. However, there is little fundamental study on the quantum-confined exciton dynamics in monolayer TMDC QDs, to date. Here, by selective excitations of monolayer WS2 QDs in broadband transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy experiments, the excitation-wavelength-dependent ground state bleaching signals corresponding to the quantum-confined exciton states are directly observed. Compared to the time-resolved photophysical properties of WS2 nanosheets, the selected monolayer WS2 QDs only show one ground state bleaching peak with larger initial values for the linear polarization anisotropy of band-edge excitons, probably due to the expired spin-orbit coupling. This suggests a complete change of the band structure for monolayer WS2 QDs. In the femtosecond time-resolved circular polarization anisotropy experiments, a valley depolarization time of ∼100 fs is observed for WS2 nanosheets at room temperature, which is not observed for monolayer WS2 QDs. Our findings suggest a strong state-mixing of band-edge valley excitons responsible for the large linear polarization in monolayer WS2 QDs, which could be helpful for understanding the exciton relaxation mechanisms in colloidal monolayer TMDC QDs.
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- Shu-Wen Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China.
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- Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Haidian, Beijing 100084, China
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Xu Y, Wang W, Chen Z, Sui X, Wang A, Liang C, Chang J, Ma Y, Song L, Jiang W, Zhou J, Liu X, Zhang Y. A general strategy for semiconductor quantum dot production. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:8004-8011. [PMID: 33956919 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr09067k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Mass production of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) from bulk materials is highly desired but far from being satisfactory. Herein, we report a general strategy to mechanically tailor semiconductor bulk materials into QDs. Semiconductor bulk materials are routinely available via simple chemical precipitation. From their bulk materials, a variety of semiconductor (e.g., lead sulfide (PbS), cadmium sulfide (CdS), copper sulfide (CuS), ferrous sulfide (FeS), and zinc sulfide (ZnS)) QDs are successfully produced in high yields (>15 wt%). This is achieved by a combination of silica-assisted ball-milling and sonication-assisted solvent treatment. The as-produced QDs show intrinsic characteristics and outstanding water solubility (up to 5 mg mL-1), facilitating their practical applications. The QD dispersions present remarkable photoluminescence (PL) with exciton-dependence and nanosecond (ns)-scale lifetimes. The QDs-poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) hybrid thin films demonstrate exciting solid-state fluorescence and exceptional nonlinear saturation absorption (NSA). Absolute modulation depths of up to 58% and saturation intensities down to 0.40 MW cm-2 were obtained. Our strategy could be applied to any semiconductor bulk materials and therefore paves the way for the construction of the complete library of semiconductor QDs.
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- Yuanqing Xu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
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Sun Y, Terrones M, Schaak RE. Colloidal Nanostructures of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:1517-1527. [PMID: 33662209 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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ConspectusLayered transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are intriguing two-dimensional (2D) compounds where metal and chalcogen atoms are covalently bonded in each monolayer, and the monolayers are held together by weak van der Waals forces. Distinct from graphene, which is chemically inert, layered TMDs exhibit a wide range of electronic, optical, catalytic, and magnetic properties dependent upon their compositions, crystal structures, and thicknesses, which make them fundamentally and technologically important. TMD nanostructures are traditionally synthesized using gas-phase chemical deposition methods, which are typically limited to small-scale samples of substrate-bound planar materials. Colloidal synthesis has emerged as an alternative synthesis approach to enable the scalable synthesis of free-standing TMDs. The judicious selection of precursors, solvents, and capping ligands together with the optimization of synthesis parameters such as concentrations and temperatures leads to the fabrication of colloidal TMD nanostructures exhibiting tunable properties. In addition, understanding the formation and transformation of TMD nanostructures in solution contributes to the discovery of important structure-function relationships, which may be extendable to other anisotropic systems.In this Account, we summarize recent progress in the colloidal synthesis, characterization, and applications of TMD nanostructures with tunable compositions, structures, and thicknesses. On the basis of the preparation of Mo- and W-based disulfide, diselenide, and ditelluride nanostructures, we discuss examples of phase engineering where various metastable TMD compounds can be directly accessed at low temperatures in solution. We also analyze the chemistry involved in broadly tuning the composition across the MoSe2-WSe2, WS2-WSe2, and MoTe2-WTe2 solid solutions as well as atomic-level microscopic characterization and the resulting composition-tunable properties. We then highlight how the high densities of defects in the colloidally synthesized TMD nanostructures enable unique catalytic properties, including their ability to facilitate the selective hydrogenation of substituted nitroarenes using molecular hydrogen. Finally, using this library of colloidal TMD nanostructures as substrates, we discuss the pathways by which noble metals deposit onto them in solution. We highlight the importance of the relative strengths of the interfacial metal-chalcogen bonds in determining the sizes and morphologies of the deposited noble metal components. These synthesis capabilities for colloidal TMD nanostructures, which have been generalized to a library of composition-tunable phases, enable new systematic studies of structure-property relationships and chemical reactivity in this important class of 2D materials.
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Madhu M, Lu CY, Tseng WL. Phosphorescent MoS 2 quantum dots as a temperature sensor and security ink. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:661-667. [PMID: 36133843 PMCID: PMC9417700 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00730g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Currently, few phosphorescent materials (PMs) possess a long phosphorescence lasting time and have potential for application in chemical sensors. Herein, we disclose that the incorporation of few-layer molybdenum disulfide quantum dots (FL-MoS2 QDs) into poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) matrices leads to the emission of bright green phosphorescence with a long lasting time of 3.0 s and a phosphorescence quantum yield of 20%. This enhanced phosphorescence originates from the formation of O-H⋯S hydrogen bonding networks between the rich sulfur sites of the FL-MoS2 QDs and the hydroxyl groups of the PVA molecules, which not only rigidifies the vibration modes of the FL-MoS2 QDs but also provides an oxygen barrier. Further investigations reveal that the FL-MoS2 QD/PVA composites exhibit a longer phosphorescence lasting time than N,S-doped carbon dots, few layer tungsten disulfide quantum dots, Rhodamine 6G, and Rhodamine B in PVA matrices. Since heat efficiently induced the removal of water moisture from PVA matrices, the FL-MoS2 QD/PVA composites could be implemented for phosphorescence turn-on and naked-eye detection of temperature variations ranging from 30 to 70 °C. By contrast, the carbon dot/PVA composites were incapable of sensing environmental temperature due to their weak hydrogen bonding with the hydroxyl groups of PVA matrices. Additionally, this study reveals the potential of the FL-MoS2 QD/PVA composites as an advanced security ink for anti-counterfeiting and encryption applications. The given results could open a new direction for potential application of two-dimensional quantum dots in phosphorescence-based sensors and security inks.
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- Manivannan Madhu
- Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University No. 70, Lien-hai Road, Gushan District Kaohsiung 80424 Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University No. 100, Shiquan 1st Road, Sanmin District Kaohsiung 80708 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University No. 70, Lien-hai Road, Gushan District Kaohsiung 80424 Taiwan
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung 80708 Taiwan
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Xu Y, Chang J, Liang C, Sui X, Ma Y, Song L, Jiang W, Zhou J, Guo H, Liu X, Zhang Y. Tailoring Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes into Graphene Quantum Sheets. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:47784-47791. [PMID: 32985171 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c11702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Transformation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into sub-10 nm pieces is highly required but remains a great challenge. Herein, we report a robust strategy capable of mechanically tailoring pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) into graphene quantum sheets (M-GQSs) with an extremely high yield of up to 44.6 wt %. The method combines silica-assisted ball-milling and sonication-assisted solvent exfoliation and therefore enables reproducible high-yield production of M-GQSs directly from MWCNTs. Remarkable solvent diversity and extraordinary solvability (up to 7 mg/mL) are demonstrated facilitating the solution processing of the M-GQSs. The M-GQSs are essentially monolayers with intrinsic curvature, which could be determinative to their outstanding performances in both dispersions and thin films. Besides the excitation wavelength-, concentration-, and solvent-dependent photoluminescence in dispersions, the solid-state fluorescence and exceptional nonlinear saturation absorption (NSA) in thin films are demonstrated. Particularly, NSA with relative modulation depth up to 46% and saturation intensity down to 1.53 MW/cm2 are achieved in M-GQS/poly(methyl methacrylate) hybrid thin films with a loading content of merely 0.2 wt %. Our method opens up a new avenue toward conversion and utilization of CNTs.
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- Yuanqing Xu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Cheng OHC, Qiao T, Sheldon M, Son DH. Size- and temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectra of strongly confined CsPbBr 3 quantum dots. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:13113-13118. [PMID: 32584332 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr02711a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Lead-halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) are receiving much attention as a potential high-quality source of photons due to their superior luminescence properties in comparison to other semiconductor NCs. To date, research has focused mostly on NCs with little or no quantum confinement. Here, we measured the size- and temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) from strongly confined CsPbBr3 quantum dots (QDs) with highly uniform size distributions, and examined the factors determining the evolution of the energy and linewidth of the PL with varying temperature and QD size. Compared to the extensively studied II-VI QDs, the spectral position of PL from CsPbBr3 QDs shows an opposite dependence on temperature, with weaker dependence overall. On the other hand, the PL linewidth is much more sensitive to the temperature and size of the QDs compared to II-VI QDs, indicating much stronger coupling of excitons to the vibrational degrees of freedom both in the lattice and at the surface of the QDs.
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Yan F, Sun Z, Xu J, Li H, Zhang Y. WS2 quantum dots-MnO2 nanosheet system for use in ratiometric fluorometric/scattered light detection of glutathione. Mikrochim Acta 2020; 187:344. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-020-04318-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Granados Del Águila A, Liu S, Do TTH, Lai Z, Tran TH, Krupp SR, Gong ZR, Zhang H, Yao W, Xiong Q. Linearly Polarized Luminescence of Atomically Thin MoS 2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals. ACS NANO 2019; 13:13006-13014. [PMID: 31577129 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b05656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Atomically thin layers of transition-metal dichalcogenides semiconductors, such as MoS2, exhibit strong and circularly polarized light emission due to inherent crystal symmetries, pronounced spin-orbit coupling, and out-of-plane dielectric and spatial confinement. While the layer-by-layer confinement is well-understood, the understanding of the impact of in-plane quantization in their optical spectrum is far behind. Here, we report the optical properties of atomically thin MoS2 colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals. In addition to the spatial-confinement effect leading to their blue wavelength emission, the high quality of our MoS2 nanocrystals is revealed by narrow photoluminescence, which allows us to resolve multiple optically active transitions, originating from quantum-confined excitons (coupled electron-hole pairs). Surprisingly, in stark contrast to monolayer MoS2, the luminescence of the lowest-energy levels is linearly polarized and persists up to room temperature, meaning that it could be exploited in a variety of light-emitting applications.
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- Andrés Granados Del Águila
- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore 637371
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore 637371
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore 637371
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- Center for Programmable Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore , Singapore 639977
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- Center for Programmable Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore , Singapore 639977
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore 637371
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- College of Physics and Energy , Shenzhen University , Shenzhen 518060 , China
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- Center for Programmable Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore , Singapore 639977
- Department of Chemistry , City University of Hong Kong , Kowloon , Hong Kong , China
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- Department of Physics , University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences , Nanyang Technological University , Singapore 637371
- MajuLab , CNRS-UNS-NUS-NTU International Joint Research Unit , UMI 3654 , Singapore 639798
- NOVITAS, Nanoelectronics Centre of Excellence, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
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Lu GZ, Wu MJ, Lin TN, Chang CY, Lin WL, Chen YT, Hou CF, Cheng HJ, Lin TY, Shen JL, Chen YF. Electrically Pumped White-Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Histidine-Doped MoS 2 Quantum Dots. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1901908. [PMID: 31165563 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201901908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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MoS2 quantum dots (QDs)-based white-light-emitting diodes (QD-WLEDs) are designed, fabricated, and demonstrated. The highly luminescent, histidine-doped MoS2 QDs synthesized by microwave induced fragmentation of 2D MoS2 nanoflakes possess a wide distribution of available electronic states as inferred from the pronounced excitation-wavelength-dependent emission properties. Notably, the histidine-doped MoS2 QDs show a very strong emission intensity, which exceeds seven times of magnitude larger than that of pristine MoS2 QDs. The strongly enhanced emission is mainly attributed to nitrogen acceptor bound excitons and passivation of defects by histidine-doping, which can enhance the radiative recombination drastically. The enabled electroluminescence (EL) spectra of the QD-WLEDs with the main peak around 500 nm are found to be consistent with the photoluminescence spectra of the histidine-doped MoS2 QDs. The enhanced intensity of EL spectra with the current increase shows the stability of histidine-doped MoS2 based QD-WLEDs. The typical EL spectrum of the novel QD-WLEDs has a Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage chromaticity coordinate of (0.30, 0.36) exhibiting an intrinsic broadband white-light emission. The unprecedented and low-toxicity QD-WLEDs based on a single light-emitting material can serve as an excellent alternative for using transition metal dichalcogenides QDs as next generation optoelectronic devices.
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- Guan-Zhang Lu
- Department of Optoelectronic and Materials Technology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, ChungLi, 32023, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, ChungLi, 32023, Taiwan
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- Institute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202, Taiwan
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- Institute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202, Taiwan
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- Institute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202, Taiwan
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- Institute of Optoelectronic Sciences, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 202, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics and Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, ChungLi, 32023, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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Zhang K, Fu L, Zhang W, Pan H, Sun Y, Ge C, Du Y, Tang N. Ultrasmall and Monolayered Tungsten Dichalcogenide Quantum Dots with Giant Spin-Valley Coupling and Purple Luminescence. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:12188-12194. [PMID: 31459293 PMCID: PMC6645324 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Monolayered tungsten dichalcogenide quantum dots (WS2 QDs) have various potential applications due to their large spin-valley coupling and excellent photoluminescence (PL) properties. What is expected is that with the decrease in lateral size of QDs, the stronger quantum confinement effect will dramatically strengthen the spin-valley coupling and widen the band gap. However, ultrasmall monolayered WS2 QDs prepared by ion intercalation unavoidably undergo the problem of structural defects, which will create defect levels and significantly change their properties. In this study, we report that by annealing defective monolayered WS2 QDs in sulfur vapor, pristine monolayered WS2 QDs with an ultrasmall lateral size of ca. 1.8-3.8 nm can be obtained. The results show that the ultrasmall monolayered WS2 QDs exhibit a giant spin-valley coupling of ca. 821 meV. Moreover, the pristine ultrasmall monolayered WS2 QDs show purple PL centered at 416 nm, and the defect PL peaks in defective WS2 QDs can be effectively removed by annealing. All of these results afford the ultrasmall monolayered QDs various applications such as in optoelectronics, spintronics, valleytronics, and so on.
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- Kaiyu Zhang
- National Laboratory
of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory
for Nanotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory
of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory
for Nanotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory
of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory
for Nanotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory
of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory
for Nanotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- School of Physics & Electronic Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
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- National Laboratory
of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory
for Nanotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- School of Physics & Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing 210013, China
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- National Laboratory
of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory
for Nanotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory
of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory
for Nanotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Zhang H, He H, Jiang X, Xia Z, Wei W. Preparation and Characterization of Chiral Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Quantum Dots and Their Enantioselective Catalysis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:30680-30688. [PMID: 30113158 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b10594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) had attracted enormous interests owing to their extraordinary optical, physical, and chemical properties. Herein, we prepared for the first time a series of chiral TMD quantum dots (QDs) from MoS2 and WS2 bulk crystals by covalent modification with chiral ligands cysteine and penicillamine. The chiral TMD QDs were carefully investigated by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Their chiral optical activity was confirmed by distinct circular dichroism signals different to those of the chiral ligands. Interestingly, with the assistance of copper ions, the chiral QDs displayed strong and chiral selective peroxidase-like activity. Up to now, inorganic nanomaterials with peroxidase-like activity were tremendous but seldom examples with enantioselectivity. The enantioselectivity of our chiral TMD QDs toward chiral substrates d- and l-tyrosinol was highly up to 6.77, which was almost the best performance ever reported. The mechanisms of enantioselectivity was further investigated by quartz crystal microbalance assays. We believed that because of the extraordinary electronic and optical properties, the chiral TMD QDs should be useful for nonlinear optical materials, asymmetric catalysis, chiral and biological sensors, and so on.
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- Huan Zhang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Innovative Drug Research Centre , Chongqing University , Chongqing 401331 , P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Innovative Drug Research Centre , Chongqing University , Chongqing 401331 , P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Innovative Drug Research Centre , Chongqing University , Chongqing 401331 , P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Innovative Drug Research Centre , Chongqing University , Chongqing 401331 , P. R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Innovative Drug Research Centre , Chongqing University , Chongqing 401331 , P. R. China
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Askari MB, Seifi M, Rozati SM, Beheshti-Marnani A, Ramezan zadeh MH. One-step hydrothermal synthesis of MoNiCoS nanocomposite hybridized with graphene oxide as a high-performance nanocatalyst toward methanol oxidation. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.05.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yang L, Xie C, Jin J, Ali RN, Feng C, Liu P, Xiang B. Properties, Preparation and Applications of Low Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2018; 8:E463. [PMID: 29949877 PMCID: PMC6071048 DOI: 10.3390/nano8070463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Low-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have recently emerged as an important fundamental research material because of their unique structural, physical and chemical properties. These novel properties make these TMDs a suitable candidate in numerous potential applications. In this review, we briefly summarize the properties of low-dimensional TMDs, and then focus on the various methods used in their preparation. The use of TMDs in electronic devices, optoelectronic devices, electrocatalysts, biosystems, and hydrogen storage is also explored. The cutting-edge future development probabilities of these materials and numerous research challenges are also outlined in this review.
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- Lei Yang
- Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Sensor and Detecting Technology of Anhui Province, School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Sensor and Detecting Technology of Anhui Province, School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Sensor and Detecting Technology of Anhui Province, School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu'an 237012, China.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, CAS key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, CAS key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, CAS key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, CAS key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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Cao X, Ding C, Zhang C, Gu W, Yan Y, Shi X, Xian Y. Transition metal dichalcogenide quantum dots: synthesis, photoluminescence and biological applications. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:8011-8036. [DOI: 10.1039/c8tb02519c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We introduce the synthesis strategy, photoluminescence features and biological applications of TMD QDs.
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- Xuanyu Cao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200241
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200241
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200241
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200241
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200241
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200241
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai 200241
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