Search

Your search keyword '"Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6)"' showing total 262 results
Start Over Author "Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6)"
262 results on '"Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6)"'

1. Coupled Effects of Spreading Solvent Molecules and Electrostatic Repulsions on the Behavior of PS-b-PAA Monolayers at the Air–Water Interface

Author

Patrick Perrin, Fabrice Cousin, Philippe Fontaine, Denis Limagne, Michel Goldmann, Zineb Guennouni, Marie-Claude Fauré, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB - UMR 12), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris Descartes - Faculté des Sciences Fondamentales et Biomédicales (UPD5 Sciences), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle (SIMM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris ( INSP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire Léon Brillouin ( LLB - UMR 12 ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Paris-Saclay, Synchrotron SOLEIL ( SSOLEIL ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces ( INSP-E6 ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Université Paris Descartes - Faculté des Sciences Fondamentales et Biomédicales ( UPD5 Sciences ), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ), Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle ( SIMM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -PSL Research University ( PSL ) -ESPCI ParisTech-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-PSL Research University (PSL)-ESPCI ParisTech-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)

Subjects
Langmuir, Chemistry, Scattering, Spinodal decomposition, Analytical chemistry, 02 engineering and technology, Surfaces and Interfaces, 010402 general chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics, Surface pressure, [ CHIM ] Chemical Sciences, 01 natural sciences, 0104 chemical sciences, Solvent, Monolayer, Electrochemistry, [CHIM]Chemical Sciences, Grazing-incidence small-angle scattering, Molecule, General Materials Science, 0210 nano-technology, Spectroscopy
Abstract

International audience; We describe the surface behavior of PS-b-PAA monolayers at the air/water interface using N,N-dimethyformamide (DMF) as spreading solvent. At low pH, when the PAA blocks are neutral, the surface pressure versus molecular area isotherm shows a pseudoplateau associated with the presence of remaining solvent spreading molecules in the monolayer, as we described in a former study (Guennouni et al, Langmuir, 2016). We show here that the width of the plateau decreases when increasing pH up to its complete disappearance at high pH, when PAA blocks are fully charged, although there still exist two regimes of compressibilities on the isotherm. A refined structural study at pH 9 combining Specular Neutron Reflectivity (SNR), Grazing-Incidence Small-Angle X-rays Scattering (GISAXS) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in liquid measurements show that: (i) PAA blocks are stretched in solution, as expected from polyelectrolyte brushes in osmotic regime; (ii) the system undergoes a spinodal decomposition during deposit at the air/water interface in presence of DMF. Upon compression, the Qxy* position of the peak associated with the spinodal structure remains almost constant but its intensity evolves strongly and passes through a maximum at intermediate pressures. This reveals two operating processes in the system: strong electrostatic repulsions between chains that prevent in-plane reorganizations and force such reorganizations to occur from the surface to the volume and progressive expulsion of the DMF molecules from the monolayer. These processes have antagonist effects on the intensity of the peak: the increase of the repulsions makes it more pronounced whereas the expulsion of solvent makes it vanish due to the loss of contrast.

Published
2017

2. Short Wave Infrared Devices Based on HgTe Nanocrystals with Air Stable Performances

Author

Amardeep Jagtap, Nicolas Goubet, Audrey Chu, Junling Qu, Charlie Gréboval, Nadine Witkowski, Sandrine Ithurria, Benoit Dubertret, Mathieu G. Silly, Bertille Martinez, Erwan Dandeu, Clément Livache, Fabrice Mathevet, Loïc Becerra, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces ( INSP-E6 ), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris ( INSP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux ( LPEM ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -ESPCI ParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Chimie des polymères ( LCP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire ( IPCM ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Synchrotron SOLEIL ( SSOLEIL ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), matisse, ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02/10-LABX-0067,MATISSE,MATerials, InterfaceS, Surfaces, Environment ( 2011 ), European Project : 756225,blackQD, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Chimie des polymères (LCP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-11-IDEX-0004,SUPER,Sorbonne Universités à Paris pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche(2011), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Materials science, Infrared, Annealing (metallurgy), 02 engineering and technology, 010402 general chemistry, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, HgTe, law.invention, nanocrystal, law, Short wave infrared, photodiode, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], [PHYS]Physics [physics], [ PHYS ] Physics [physics], business.industry, Photoconductivity, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 0104 chemical sciences, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Photodiode, Ambient air, General Energy, photodetction, Nanocrystal, [ CHIM.MATE ] Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, infrared, Optoelectronics, 0210 nano-technology, business, [ PHYS.COND ] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], Dark current
Abstract

International audience; Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are candidates of interest for the design of low cost IR detector especially in the short wave infrared (SWIR; 0.8-3 µm), where the vicinity of the visible range makes the high cost of available technologies even more striking. HgTe nanocrystals are among the most promising candidates to address SWIR since their spectrum can be tuned all over this range while demonstrating photoconductive properties. However, several main issues have been kept under the rug, which prevents further development of active materials and devices. Here we address two central questions, which are (i) the stability of the device under ambient air condition and (ii) the reduction of dark current. Encapsulation of HgTe CQDs is difficult because of their extreme sensitivity to annealing, we nevertheless demonstrate an efficient encapsulation method based on a combination of O2 and H2O repellant layers leading to stability over >100 days. Finally, we demonstrate that the dark current reduction can be obtained by switching from a photoconductive geometry to a photovoltaic (PV) device, which is fabricated using solution and low temperature based approach. We demonstrate fast photoresponse (>10 kHz) and detectivity enhancement by 1 order of magnitude in the PV configuration at room temperature. These results pave the way for narrow bandgap CQD based cost-effective optoelectronic devices in developing next generation SWIR photonic systems.

Published
2018

3. Wavefunction engineering in HgSe/HgTe colloidal heterostructures to enhance mid infrared photoconductive properties

Author

Nicolas Goubet, Sébastien Royer, Sandrine Ithurria, Bertille Martinez, Hervé Cruguel, Xiang Zhen Xu, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Clément Livache, Mathieu G. Silly, Gilles Patriarche, Benoit Dubertret, Abdelkarim Ouerghi, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Marcoussis] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-11-IDEX-0004,SUPER,Sorbonne Universités à Paris pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche(2011), ANR-15-CE24-0016,H2DH,Hétérostructures bi-dimendionnelles hybrides pour l'optoélectronique(2015), ANR-15-CE09-0014,NanoDoSe,Dopage de Nanocristaux Semiconducteurs par chimie douce(2015), European Project: 756225,blackQD, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces ( INSP-E6 ), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris ( INSP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux ( LPEM ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -ESPCI ParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Marcoussis] ( C2N ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Synchrotron SOLEIL ( SSOLEIL ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02/10-LABX-0067,MATISSE,MATerials, InterfaceS, Surfaces, Environment ( 2011 ), ANR : H2DH, ANR : nanodose, European Project : 756225,blackQD, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

Subjects
Materials science, nanpocrystal, Infrared spectroscopy, Bioengineering, intraband transition, 02 engineering and technology, Photodetection, 010402 general chemistry, intraband, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Condensed Matter::Materials Science, HgSe/HgTe heterostructures, Condensed Matter::Superconductivity, General Materials Science, heterostrcture, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], Wave function, narrow band gap nanocrystals, [PHYS]Physics [physics], [ PHYS ] Physics [physics], business.industry, Mechanical Engineering, Photoconductivity, Doping, Heterojunction, General Chemistry, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics, Thermal conduction, Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect, mid infrared, 0104 chemical sciences, Wavelength, [ CHIM.MATE ] Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, infrared, Optoelectronics, Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons, 0210 nano-technology, business, [ PHYS.COND ] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]
Abstract

The use of intraband transition is an interesting alternative path for the design of optically active complex colloidal materials in the mid-infrared range. However, so far, the performance obtained for photodetection based on intraband transition remains much smaller than the one relying on interband transition in narrow-band-gap materials operating at the same wavelength. New strategies have to be developed to make intraband materials more effective. Here, we propose growing a heterostructure of HgSe/HgTe as a means of achieving enhanced intraband-based photoconduction. We first tackle the synthetic challenge of growing a heterostructure on soft (Hg-based) material. The electronic spectrum of the grown heterostructure is then investigated using a combination of numerical simulation, infrared spectroscopy, transport measurement, and photoemission. We report a type-II band alignment with reduced doping compared with a core-only object and boosted hole conduction. Finally, we probe the photoconductive properties of the heterostructure while resonantly exciting the intraband transition by using a high-power-density quantum cascade laser. Compared to the previous generation of material based on core-only HgSe, the heterostructures have a lower dark current, stronger temperature dependence, faster photoresponse (with a time response below 50 μs), and detectivity increased by a factor of 30.

Published
2018

4. Special interphase orientation relationships and locked lamellar growth in thin In-In 2 Bi eutectics

Author

Silvère Akamatsu, Oriane Senninger, Gabriel Faivre, Sabine Bottin-Rousseau, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris ( INSP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces ( INSP-E6 ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux (CEMEF), and MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Materials science, Polymers and Plastics, [ PHYS.COND.CM-MS ] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, Tetragonal crystal system, 0103 physical sciences, Lamellar structure, Texture (crystalline), [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Eutectic system, Directional solidification, 010302 applied physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], [ PHYS ] Physics [physics], Condensed matter physics, Metals and Alloys, Hexagonal phase, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Surface energy, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Ceramics and Composites, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], Interphase, 0210 nano-technology, [ PHYS.COND ] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]
Abstract

Lamellar eutectic alloys have two main types (floating or locked) of growth patterns depending on the orientations of the two eutectic phases. Recent theoretical studies have suggested that the existence of locked lamellar patterns is linked to that of deep minima in the surface energy plot of the interphase boundaries [Ghosh et al., Phys. Rev. E 91, 022407 (2015)]. We present an experimental study aiming at testing this prediction. We used a near-eutectic In-In2Bi alloy that solidifies into a tetragonal phase e (In-11.5 at % Bi) and a hexagonal phase δ ( In 2 Bi ). Thin samples of this alloy were solidified using a rotating directional solidification stage and analyzed for crystallographic texture by X-ray diffraction. A series of large eutectic grains with low (1 to 3°) mosaic spreads were found to contain either of the following coincidence relationships: A = { 2 1 ¯ 1 ¯ 0 } δ ∥ { 111 } e or E = { 1 1 ¯ 02 } δ ∥ { 111 } e . A-type eutectic grains exhibited a locked type of growth, and E-type eutectic grains a floating type of growth. Given that according to standard crystallographic criteria A-type interphase boundaries have a much smaller surface energy than E-type ones, these findings are in agreement with the theoretical predictions.

Published
2018

5. Mapping the Energy Landscape from a Nanocrystal-Based Field Effect Transistor under Operation Using Nanobeam Photoemission Spectroscopy

Author

Mariarosa Cavallo, Erwan Bossavit, Huichen Zhang, Corentin Dabard, Tung Huu Dang, Adrien Khalili, Claire Abadie, Rodolphe Alchaar, Dario Mastrippolito, Yoann Prado, Loïc Becerra, Michael Rosticher, Mathieu G. Silly, James K. Utterback, Sandrine Ithurria, José Avila, Debora Pierucci, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), QUAD : Physique Quantique et Dispositifs, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Dipartimento di Fisica [L'Aquila], Università degli Studi dell'Aquila = University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Acoustique pour les nanosciences (INSP-E3), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-22-CE09-0018,QuickTera,Nanocristaux de HgTe une nouvelle plateforme pour l'optoélectronique THz(2022), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
nanocrystals, energy landscape, Mechanical Engineering, field-effect transistor, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], General Materials Science, Bioengineering, General Chemistry, X-ray photoemission, [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics, Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract

International audience; As the field of nanocrystal-based optoelectronics matures, more advanced techniques must be developed in order to reveal the electronic structure of nanocrystals, particularly with devicerelevant conditions. So far, most of the efforts have been focused on optical spectroscopy, and electrochemistry where an absolute energy reference is required. Device optimization requires probing not only the pristine material but also the material in its actual environment (i.e., surrounded by a transport layer and an electrode, in the presence of an applied electric field). Here, we explored the use of photoemission microscopy as a strategy for operando investigation of NC-based devices. We demonstrate that the method can be applied to a variety of materials and device geometries. Finally, we show that it provides a direct access to the metal-semiconductor interface band bending as well as the distance over which the gate effect propagates in field-effect transistors.

Published
2023

6. Epitaxial growth and structural properties of silicene and other 2D allotropes of Si

Author

Laurence Masson, Geoffroy Prévot, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), and Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], General Engineering, General Materials Science, Bioengineering, General Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract

International audience; Since the breakthrough of graphene, considerable efforts have been made to search for two-dimensional (2D) materials composed of other group 14 elements, in particular silicon and germanium, due to their valence electronic configuration similar to that of carbon and their widespread use in the semiconductor industry. Silicene, the silicon counterpart of graphene, has been particularly studied, both theoretically and experimentally. Theoretical studies were the first to predict a low-buckled honeycomb structure for free-standing silicene possessing most of the outstanding electronic properties of graphene. From an experimental point of view, as no layered structure analogous to graphite exists for silicon, the synthesis of silicene requires the development of alternative methods to exfoliation. Epitaxial growth of silicon on various substrates has been widely exploited in attempts to form 2D Si honeycomb structures. In this article, we provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art review focusing on the different epitaxial systems reported in the literature, some of which having generated controversy and long debates. In the search for the synthesis of 2D Si honeycomb structures, other 2D allotropes of Si have been discovered and will also be presented in this review. Finally, with a view to applications, we discuss the reactivity and air-stability of silicene as well as the strategy devised to decouple epitaxial silicene from the underlying surface and its transfer to a target substrate.

Published
2023

7. Material Perspective on HgTe Nanocrystal-Based Short-Wave Infrared Focal Plane Arrays

Author

Huichen Zhang, Rodolphe Alchaar, Yoann Prado, Adrien Khalili, Charlie Gréboval, Mariarosa Cavallo, Erwan Bossavit, Corentin Dabard, Tung Huu Dang, Claire Abadie, Christophe Methivier, David Darson, Victor Parahyba, Pierre Potet, Julien Ramade, Mathieu G. Silly, James K. Utterback, Debora Pierucci, Sandrine Ithurria, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface (LRS), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), New Imaging Technologies (NIT), Institut Pprime (PPRIME), Université de Poitiers-ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
nanocrystal, imager, General Chemical Engineering, infrared, aging, Materials Chemistry, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, General Chemistry, HgTe
Abstract

International audience; After the use of nanocrystals as light down-converters, infrared sensing appears to be one of the first market applications where they can be used while being both electrically and optically active. Over recent years, tremendous progress has been achieved, leading to an apparent rise in the technological readiness level (TRL). So far, the efforts have been focused on PbS nanocrystals for operation in the near-infrared. Here, we focus on HgTe since its narrower band gap offers more flexibility to explore the extended shortwave and mid-wave infrared. We report a photoconductive strategy fort the design of short wave infrared focal plane array with enhanced image quality. An important aspect often swept under the rug at an early stage is the material stability. It appears that HgTe remains mostly unaffected by oxidation under air operation. The evaporation of Hg, a potentially dramatic aging process, only occurs at temperatures far beyond the focal plane array's standard working temperature. The main bottleneck appears to be the particle sintering resulting from joule heating of focal plane array. This suggests that a cooling system is required, with a first role of preventing the material from sintering even before targeting dark current reduction.

Published
2022

8. Critical Role of Water on the Synthesis and Gelling of γ-In2S3 Nanoribbons with a Giant Aspect Ratio

Author

Guillemeney, Lilian, Lermusiaux, Laurent, Davidson, Patrick, Hubley, Austin, Pierini, Stefano, Pierucci, Debora, Patriarche, Gilles, Canut, Bruno, Lhuillier, Emmanuel, Mahler, Benoît, Abécassis, Benjamin, Laboratoire de Chimie - UMR5182 (LC), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Luminescence (LUMINESCENCE), Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne] (ILM), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), INL - Matériaux Fonctionnels et Nanostructures (INL - MFN), Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL), École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon (CPE)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and European Project: 865995,SENECA

Subjects
General Chemical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, [CHIM]Chemical Sciences, General Chemistry
Abstract

International audience

Published
2022

9. On the Suitable choice of Metal for HgTe Nanocrystal-based Photodiode: to Amalgam or not to Amalgam

Author

Alchaar, Rodolphe, Dabard, Corentin, Mastrippolito, Dario, Bossavit, Erwan, Dang, Tung Huu, Cavallo, Mariarosa, Khalili, Adrien, Zhang, Huichen, Domenach, Lucile, Ledos, Nicolas, Prado, Yoann, Troadec, David, Dai, Ji, Tallarida, Massimo, Bisti, Federico, Cadiz, Fabian, Patriarche, Gilles, Avila, José, Lhuillier, Emmanuel, Pierucci, Debora, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dipartimento di Fisica [L'Aquila], Università degli Studi dell'Aquila = University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), QUAD : Physique Quantique et Dispositifs, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Centrale de Micro Nano Fabrication - IEMN (CMNF - IEMN), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), ALBA Synchrotron light source [Barcelone], Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (LPMC), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), miti cnrs, Renatech Network, CMNF, ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-22-CE09-0018,QuickTera,Nanocristaux de HgTe une nouvelle plateforme pour l'optoélectronique THz(2022), ANR-22-CE09-0037,OperaTwist,Etude in operando de la modulation de propietes electroniques des hetero-bicouche twistées(2022), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and European Project: 101086358,AQDtive

Subjects
nanocrystals, infrared, nanocrystals HgTe infrared photodiode amalgam, photodiode, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, amalgam, [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics, HgTe
Abstract

International audience; HgTe, thanks to its unique spectral tunability in the infrared is the only material able to cover near, short and mid wave infrared. Current best devices rely on diode electrodes made from transparent conductive oxides and gold, but so far none of these completely fit for purpose. Gold is not compatible with Si foundries and transparent conductive oxides are highly lossy in this spectral range, limiting electrode transparency. Metal based electrodes appear as good alternative candidates but require further investigations. While obvious constraints of work function get raised, chemical stability appears equally important. Here we screen the use of Au, Al, Ag, and Zn as possible metal and reveal that in the case of Ag dramatic transformations of Ag and HgTe are observed. Especially, a cation exchange procedure can occur over a solid-state film without intentional heating of the sample. This process has then been studied combining both structural and electronic probes. This work points out the importance of the careful choice of surrounding electrodes in the case of HgTe since the observed mechanism is likely not limited to Ag. On the other hand, both Au and Al appear stable toward this transformation.

Published
2023

10. Nondestructive Encapsulation of CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots in an Inorganic Matrix by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Author

Antoine Aubret, Julien Houel, Justine Baronnier, Christophe Dujardin, Florian Kulzer, Anne Pillonnet, Benoit Dubertret, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Antonio Pereira, Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne] ( ILM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux Luminescents ( LPCML ), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces ( INSP-E6 ), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris ( INSP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux ( LPEM ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -ESPCI ParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne] (ILM), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Pulsed laser deposition PLD, Materials science, chemistry.chemical_element, Nanotechnology, CdSe/CdS, 02 engineering and technology, 010402 general chemistry, 01 natural sciences, Pulsed laser deposition, nanocrystals, General Materials Science, business.industry, Yttrium, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 0104 chemical sciences, Amorphous solid, Semiconductor, chemistry, Nanocrystal, Quantum dot, [ CHIM.MATE ] Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, Optoelectronics, Nanorod, 0210 nano-technology, business, Luminescence
Abstract

International audience; We report the successful encapsulation of colloidal quantum dots in an inorganic matrix by pulsed laser deposition. Our technique is nondestructive and thus permits the incorporation of CdSe/CdS core/shell colloidal quantum dots in an amorphous yttrium oxide matrix (Y2O3) under full preservation of the advantageous optical properties of the nanocrystals. We find that controlling the kinetic energy of the matrix precursors by means of the oxygen pressure in the deposition chamber facilitates the survival of the encapsulated species, whose well-conserved optical properties such as emission intensity, luminescence spectrum, fluorescence lifetime, and efficiency as single-photon emitters we document in detail. Our method can be extended to different types of nanoemitters (e.g., nanorods, dots-in-rods, nanoplatelets) as well as to other matrices (oxides, semiconductors, metals), opening up new vistas for the realization of fully inorganic multilayered active devices based on colloidal nano-objects.

Published
2016

11. In situ observation of solidification patterns in diffusive conditions

Author

Henri Nguyen-Thi, Silvère Akamatsu, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces ( INSP-E6 ), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris ( INSP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence ( IM2NP ), Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) -Université de Toulon ( UTLN ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence (IM2NP), Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
In situ, Convection, Work (thermodynamics), Materials science, Polymers and Plastics, Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, Pattern formation, Nanotechnology, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, Physics::Fluid Dynamics, 0103 physical sciences, Eutectic system, 010302 applied physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], [ PHYS ] Physics [physics], metallurgy, nonlinear physics, Metals and Alloys, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Microstructure, microgravity, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, in situ experimentation, Chemical physics, microstructures, Ceramics and Composites, solidification, 0210 nano-technology, Focus (optics)
Abstract

We present a review of recent in situ experimentation studies of solidification front patterns and microstructures in alloys. Front-tracking diagnostics and real-time observation methods using high-resolution optical or X-ray imaging devices currently apply to model transparent systems as well as metallic alloys in thin and bulk samples. On a theoretical basis that spans the physics of nonequilibrium pattern formation and materials science, in combination with time-resolved numerical simulations, conclusive results of both fundamental- and applied-science interest have been obtained on major problems relative to multiscale microstructure selection, morphological transitions, and crystallographic effects during single- and multi-phase solidification. We will mainly focus on the dynamics of cellular, dendritic, and eutectic growth patterns in diffusive-growth conditions, that is, in the absence of convection in the liquid. This can be achieved in (semi-)thin samples, or, for bulk solidification, in the reduced-gravity environment of orbiting facilities. A selection of emerging work on, e.g., faceted growth and adaptive control of solidification patterns will furthermore be reported. We conclude by pointing out open questions and new perspectives for future research.

Published
2016

12. Nanocrystal-Based Active Photonics Device through Spatial Design of Light-Matter Coupling

Author

Tung Huu Dang, Adrien Khalili, Claire Abadie, Charlie Gréboval, Mariarosa Cavallo, Huichen Zhang, Erwan Bossavit, James K. Utterback, Erwan Dandeu, Yoann Prado, Gregory Vincent, Sandrine Ithurria, Yanko Todorov, Carlo Sirtori, Angela Vasanelli, Emmanuel Lhuillier, QUAD : Physique Quantique et Dispositifs, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Acoustique pour les nanosciences (INSP-E3), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
MOBILITE, INFRAROUGE, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, CHAMP ELECTROMAGNETIQUE, PHOTONIQUE, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, active photonics, nanocrystals, infrared, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, RADIATION, light matter coupling, SEMICONDUCTEUR, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], Electrical and Electronic Engineering, carrier mobility, Biotechnology
Abstract

International audience; Integration of photonic structures in nanocrystal-based photodetectors has been demonstrated to improve device performances. Furthermore, bias-dependent photoresponse can be observed in such devices as a result of the interplay between hopping transport and inhomogeneous electromagnetic field. Here, we investigate the main physical concepts leading to a voltage-dependent photoresponse. We first bring evidence of bias-dependent carrier mobilities in a nanocrystal array over a wide range of temperatures. Then, we realize an infrared sensing device using HgTe nanocrystals, where the electrodes also play the role of a grating, inducing a spatially inhomogeneous absorption. The obtained device exhibits a significant bias-dependent photoresponse while possessing a competitive detection performance in the extended shortwave and mid-wave infrared, with detectivity reaching 7x10 10 Jones at 80 K and a fast response time of around 70 ns. This work provides the foundation for further advancements in nanocrystal-basedactive photonics devices.

Published
2022

13. Lithium-Ion Glass Gating of HgTe Nanocrystal Film with Designed Light-Matter Coupling

Author

Stefano Pierini, Claire Abadie, Tung Huu Dang, Adrien Khalili, Huichen Zhang, Mariarosa Cavallo, Yoann Prado, Bruno Gallas, Sandrine Ithurria, Sébastien Sauvage, Jean Francois Dayen, Grégory Vincent, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Matériaux et Nanosciences Grand-Est (MNGE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-22-CE09-0018,QuickTera,Nanocristaux de HgTe une nouvelle plateforme pour l'optoélectronique THz(2022), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), European Project: 756225,blackQD, European Project: 853049,ne2dem, and European Project: 101086358,AQDtive

Subjects
solid electrolyte, field effect transistor, HgTe, nanocrystals, nanophotonics, light resonator, infrared detection, General Materials Science, [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics
Abstract

Nanocrystals’ (NCs) band gap can be easily tuned over the infrared range, making them appealing for the design of cost-effective sensors. Though their growth has reached a high level of maturity, their doping remains a poorly controlled parameter, raising the need for post-synthesis tuning strategies. As a result, phototransistor device geometry offers an interesting alternative to photoconductors, allowing carrier density control. Phototransistors based on NCs that target integrated infrared sensing have to (i) be compatible with low-temperature operation, (ii) avoid liquid handling, and (iii) enable large carrier density tuning. These constraints drive the search for innovative gate technologies beyond traditional dielectric or conventional liquid and ion gel electrolytes. Here, we explore lithium-ion glass gating and apply it to channels made of HgTe narrow band gap NCs. We demonstrate that this all-solid gate strategy is compatible with large capacitance up to 2 µF·cm−2 and can be operated over a broad range of temperatures (130–300 K). Finally, we tackle an issue often faced by NC-based phototransistors:their low absorption; from a metallic grating structure, we combined two resonances and achieved high responsivity (10 A·W−1 or an external quantum efficiency of 500%) over a broadband spectral range.

Published
2023
Full Text
View/download PDF

14. Guided-Mode Resonator Coupled with Nanocrystal Intraband Absorption

Author

Khalili, Adrien, Weis, Mateusz, Mizrahi, Simon Gwénaël, Chu, Audrey, Dang, Tung Huu, Abadie, Claire, Gréboval, Charlie, Dabard, Corentin, Prado, Yoann, Xu, Xiang Zhen, Péronne, Emmanuel, Livache, Clément, Ithurria, Sandrine, Patriarche, Gilles, Ramade, Julien, Vincent, Grégory, Boschetto, Davide, Lhuillier, Emmanuel, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (LOA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique et Propriétés des Nanostructures PPNa (PPNa), Département Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux (Département Physique et Mécanique des Matériaux), Institut Pprime (PPRIME), Université de Poitiers-ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers-ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pprime (PPRIME), Université de Poitiers-ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers-ENSMA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and European Project: 853049,ne2dem

Subjects
intraband absorption, optical resonator, mid-infrared, mercury chalcogenides, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], Electrical and Electronic Engineering, doped nanocrystals, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biotechnology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Abstract

International audience; Intraband absorption in doped nanocrystals offers an interesting alternative to narrow band gap materials to explore mid infrared optoelectronic device designs. However, the performance of such device clearly lags behind the ones relying on intrinsic materials. Livache et al. have proposed a dye sensitized approach to overcome the limitations observed from intraband materials (high dark current, slow response, low activation energy), where the intraband absorber is coupled to an undoped material which takes care of the charge conduction. Here, we unveil the coupling between both materials using mid-infrared transient reflectivity (TR) measurement. We show that hybrid material displays a unique feature in the TR signal that we attribute to a charge transfer and for which the dynamic matches the hopping time. We then developed a strategy to enhance the photodetection performances of the hybrid material by coupling for the first time intraband absorption to a light resonator. The latter is used to enhance the absorption by a factor 4 and enables an increase of the operating temperature by 80 K compared to the reference device. The obtained device matches the performance of best devices relying on intraband absorption.

Published
2022

15. Anomalous Absorption in Arrays of Metallic Nanoparticles: A Powerful Tool for Quantum Dot Optoelectronics

Author

Caillas, Augustin, Suffit, Stéphan, Filloux, Pascal, Lhuillier, Emmanuel, Degiron, Aloyse, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques (MPQ (UMR_7162)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), and European Project: 771688,FORWARD

Subjects
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], Mechanical Engineering, Physics::Optics, FOS: Physical sciences, General Materials Science, Bioengineering, General Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
Abstract

International audience; Periodic arrays of noble metal nanoparticles are emblematic nanostructures in photonics. Their ability to sustain localized surface plasmon resonances has been used throughout the years to demonstrate a variety of passive and active functionalities such as enhanced luminescence in dipolar media and LEDs as well as higher responsivities in photoconductive detectors. Here, we show that additional magnetic resonances, associated with inductive current loops between the nanoparticles and accessible with transverse electric waves, emerge in the limit of dense arrays with subwavelength periods. Moreover, their interplay with the plasmons of the system results in spectrally sharp analogues of electromagnetically induced absorption (EIA). We use these metasurfaces to induce changes and enhancements in the emission, absorption, photoconduction, and polarization properties of active layers of PbS nanocrystals, illustrating the potential of EIA beyond the passive functionalities demonstrated so far in literature.

Published
2022

16. Narrow band gap nanocrystals for infrared cost-effective optoelectronics

Author

Lhuillier, Emmanuel, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
[PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, Aerospace Engineering, [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics
Abstract

International audience; Infrared optoelectronics is driven by epitaxially grown semiconductors and the introduction of alternative materials is often viewed with some suspicion until the newcomer has demonstrated a high degree of viability. Infrared nanocrystals have certainly reached this degree of maturity switching from the demonstration of absorption by chemists to their integration into increasingly complex systems. Here, we review some of the recent developments relative to the integration of nanocrystal devices in the 1-5 µm range.

Published
2022

17. Visible and Infrared Nanocrystal-based Light Modulator with CMOS Compatible Bias Operation

Author

Huichen Zhang, Victor Guilloux, Erwan Bossavit, Ningyuan Fu, Corentin Dabard, Mariarosa Cavallo, Tung Huu Dang, Adrien Khalili, Claire Abadie, Rodolphe Alchaar, Charlie Gréboval, Xiang Zhen Xu, James K. Utterback, Debora Pierucci, Sandrine Ithurria, Juan I. Climente, Thierry Barisien, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Photonique et cohérence de spin (INSP-E12), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), QUAD : Physique Quantique et Dispositifs, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat Jaume I, Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and European Project: 101086358,AQDtive

Subjects
nanocrystal, [CHIM.THEO]Chemical Sciences/Theoretical and/or physical chemistry, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], nanoplatelets, light modulator, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics, device, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biotechnology, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Abstract

International audience; Nanocrystals are now established light sources, and as synthesis and device integration have gained maturity, new functionalities can now be considered. So far, the emitted light from a nanocrystal population remains mostly driven by the structural properties (composition, size, shape) of the particle, and only limited post-synthesis tunability has been demonstrated. Here, we explore the design of light amplitude modulators using a nanocrystal-based light-emitting diode operated under reverse bias. We demonstrate strong photoluminescence modulations for devices operating in the visible and near telecom wavelengths using low bias operations (

Published
2023

18. Phonon modes and exciton-phonon interactions in CsPbCl3 single nanocrystals

Author

Victor Guilloux, Thierry Barisien, Frédérick Bernardot, Mathieu Bernard, Florent Margaillan, Silbé Majrab, Ingrid Stenger, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Christophe Testelin, Maria Chamarro, Laurent Legrand, Photonique et cohérence de spin (INSP-E12), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe d'Etude de la Matière Condensée (GEMAC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Sorbonne Université (SU), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
[PHYS.QPHY]Physics [physics]/Quantum Physics [quant-ph], perovskite nanocrystals, acoustic phonons, excitonphonon couplings, quantum dots, CsPbCl3, Condensed Matter Physics, single object emission, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, optical phonons, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Abstract

International audience; Micro-photoluminescence measurements have been performed on single cubic-shaped CsPbCl3 nanocrystals (NCs) with side lengths of nearly twice the Bohr diameter, i.e. in the intermediate confinement regime. We observed two peaks, linearly polarized and spectrally separated by 1 to 3 meV associated to the bright states of the exciton fine structure. We took advantage of these emission polarization properties to track the energy and the linewidth broadening of individual peaks with increasing temperature. Two regimes exist in the broadening of emission peaks, at low and high temperature, dominated respectively by acoustic or longitudinal optical phonons couplings. We deduce the respective strengths of the interactions. We also measured micro-Raman spectra of an ensemble of CsPbCl3 NCs. The energy of the mean optical phonon responsible for the high temperature broadening of the emission peaks is in good agreement with the highlighted longitudinal phonon modes observed in the Raman spectra. Finally, we compare our results to previous experimental works done on other lead halide perovskites emitting at lower energy.

Published
2023

19. Inside a nanocrystal-based photodiode using photoemission microscopy

Author

Mariarosa Cavallo, Rodolphe Alchaar, Erwan Bossavit, Huichen Zhang, Tung Huu Dang, Adrien Khalili, Yoann Prado, Mathieu G. Silly, James K. Utterback, Sandrine Ithurria, Pavel Dudin, José Avila, Debora Pierucci, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CNRS - MITI-Within, ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-22-CE09-0018,QuickTera,Nanocristaux de HgTe une nouvelle plateforme pour l'optoélectronique THz(2022), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and European Project: 101086358,AQDtive

Subjects
nanocrystals, pn junction, General Materials Science, photodiode, [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics, electronic structure, HgTe, photoemission
Abstract

International audience; As nanocrystal-based devices gain maturity, a comprehensive understanding of their electronic structure is necessary for further optimization. Most spectroscopic techniques typically examine pristine materials and disregard the coupling of the active material to its actual environment, the influence of an applied electric field, and possible illumination effects. Therefore, it is critical to develop tools that can probe device in situ and operando. Here, we explore photoemission microscopy as a tool to unveil the energy landscape of a HgTe NC-based photodiode. We propose a planar diode stack to facilitate surface-sensitive photoemission measurements. We demonstrate that the method gives direct quantification of the diode's built-in voltage. Furthermore, we discuss how it is affected by particle size and illumination. We show that combining SnO2 and Ag2Te as electron and hole transport layers is better suited for extended-short-wave infrared materials than materials with larger bandgaps. We also identify the effect of photodoping over the SnO2 layer and propose a strategy to overcome it. Given its simplicity, the method appears to be of utmost interest for screening diode design strategies.

Published
2023

20. Hybridization and localized flat band in the WSe2/MoSe2 heterobilayer

Author

Lama Khalil, Debora Pierucci, Emilio Velez-Fort, José Avila, Céline Vergnaud, Pavel Dudin, Fabrice Oehler, Julien Chaste, Matthieu Jamet, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Marco Pala, Abdelkarim Ouerghi, Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SPINtronique et TEchnologie des Composants (SPINTEC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-17-CE24-0030,RhomboG,Propriétés electroniques de couches minces de graphite rhombohedrique(2017), ANR-18-CE24-0007,MAGICVALLEY,Polarisation de vallée induite par couplage d'échange magnétique dans les matériaux 2D à grande échelle(2018), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), and ANR-10-LABX-0035,Nano-Saclay,Paris-Saclay multidisciplinary Nano-Lab(2010)

Subjects
perovskite oxides, [PHYS]Physics [physics], MBE, Mechanical Engineering, quantum materials, ferroelectrics, Bioengineering, General Chemistry, 2D materials, heterostructures, Mechanics of Materials, transition-metal dichalcogenides, General Materials Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, XPS/ARPES, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]
Abstract

Nearly localized moiré flat bands in momentum space, arising at particular twist angles, are the key to achieve correlated effects in transition-metal dichalcogenides. Here, we use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) to visualize the presence of a flat band near the Fermi level of van der Waals WSe2/MoSe2 heterobilayer grown by molecular beam epitaxy. This flat band is localized near the Fermi level and has a width of several hundred meVs. By combining ARPES measurements with density functional theory calculations, we confirm the coexistence of different domains, namely the reference 2H stacking without layer misorientation and regions with arbitrary twist angles. For the 2H-stacked heterobilayer, our ARPES results show strong interlayer hybridization effects, further confirmed by complementary micro- Raman spectroscopy measurements. The spin-splitting of the valence band at K is determined to be 470 meV. The valence band maximum (VBM) position of the heterobilayer is located at the Γ point. The energy difference between the VBM at Γ and the K point is of −60 meV, which is a stark difference compared to individual single monolayer WSe2 and monolayer WSe2, showing both a VBM at K.

Published
2023

21. Electroluminescence from nanocrystals above 2 µm

Author

Junling Qu, Mateusz Weis, Eva Izquierdo, Simon Gwénaël Mizrahi, Audrey Chu, Corentin Dabard, Charlie Gréboval, Erwan Bossavit, Yoann Prado, Emmanuel Péronne, Sandrine Ithurria, Gilles Patriarche, Mathieu G. Silly, Grégory Vincent, Davide Boschetto, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'optique appliquée (LOA), École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA Paris), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and European Project: 853049,ne2dem

Subjects
narrow band-gap nanocrystals, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, 02 engineering and technology, 010402 general chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, HgTe, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, electroluminescence, 0104 chemical sciences, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], 0210 nano-technology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, short wave infrared
Abstract

International audience; Visible nanocrystal-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are about to become commercially available. However, their infrared counterparts suffer from two key limitations. First, III–V semiconductor technologies are strong competitors. Second, their potential for operation beyond 1.7 µm remains unexplored. The range from 1.5 to 4 µm corresponds to a technological gap in which the efficiency of interband quantum-well-based devices vanishes and quantum cascade lasers are not efficient enough. Powerful infrared LEDs in this range are needed for applications such as active imaging, organic molecule sensing and airfield lighting. Here we report the design of a HgTe nanocrystal-based LED with luminescence between 2 and 2.3 µm. With an external quantum efficiency of 0.3% and radiance up to 3 W Sr−1 m−2, these HgTe LEDs already present a competitive performance for emission above 2 µm.

Published
2021

22. Helmholtz Resonator Applied to Nanocrystal-Based Infrared Sensing

Author

Claire Abadie, Laura Paggi, Alice Fabas, Adrien Khalili, Tung Huu Dang, Corentin Dabard, Mariarosa Cavallo, Rodolphe Alchaar, Huichen Zhang, Yoann Prado, Nathalie Bardou, Christophe Dupuis, Xiang Zhen Xu, Sandrine Ithurria, Debora Pierucci, James K. Utterback, Baptiste Fix, Grégory Vincent, Patrick Bouchon, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
nanocrystal, Mechanical Engineering, Helmholtz resonator, infrared, General Materials Science, Bioengineering, photoconduction, General Chemistry, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], Condensed Matter Physics, photonic cavity
Abstract

International audience; While the integration of nanocrystals as an active medium for optoelectronic devices progresses, light management strategies become required. Over recent years, several photonic structures (plasmons, cavities, mirrors, etc.) have been coupled to nanocrystal films to shape the absorption spectrum, tune the directionality, and so on. Here, we explore a photonic equivalent of the acoustic Helmholtz resonator and propose a design that can easily be fabricated. This geometry combines a strong electromagnetic field magnification and a narrow channel width compatible with efficient charge conduction in spite of hopping conduction. At 80 K, the device reaches a responsivity above 1 A•W-1 and detectivity above 10 11 Jones (3 µm cutoff) while offering a significantly faster time-response than vertical geometry diodes.

Published
2022

23. Formation of locked-lamellar grains in a slightly hypoeutectic Al-Al2Cu alloy during thin-sample directional solidification

Author

Medjkoune, M, Bottin-Rousseau, S, Carroz, L, Prévot, G, Croset, B, Micha, J, Akamatsu, S, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Industeel, ArcelorMittal, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), and Akamatsu, Silvère

Subjects
[NLIN.NLIN-PS]Nonlinear Sciences [physics]/Pattern Formation and Solitons [nlin.PS], [NLIN.NLIN-PS] Nonlinear Sciences [physics]/Pattern Formation and Solitons [nlin.PS], [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], [PHYS.COND.CM-MS] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
Abstract

We studied the formation and growth of locked-lamellar microstructures in a thin sample of a slightly hypoeutectic Al-Al2Cu alloy. The coupled-growth dynamics, including early stages and steady-state regimes, was observed optically in real time during directional solidification. The orientation of the a (Al) and q (Al2Cu) crystals was measured ex situ in a series of eutectic grains by X-ray Laue microdiffraction. A nucleation event of a q crystal on a pre-existing a crystal, and the subsequent growth of a eutectic grain with a type-C orientation relationship, that is, with a coincidence of {123}-a and {100}-q planes, were observed in situ. In type-C eutectic grains, lamellar locking occurred parallel to the low-energy coincidence plane. A regular (floating) coupled-growth dynamics was observed in misoriented eutectic grains.

Published
2022

24. Growth of Si ultrathin films on silver surfaces: Evidence of an Ag(110) reconstruction induced by Si

Author

Haik Jamgotchian, Houda Sahaf, Eric Moyen, Margrit Hanbücken, Alain Ranguis, Axel Wilson, Thomas Leoni, Frédéric Leroy, Laurence Masson, Yves Borensztein, Romain Bernard, Loïc Assaud, Conrad Becker, Tony Lelaidier, Geoffroy Prévot, Lionel Santinacci, Fabien Cheynis, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces ( INSP-E6 ), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris ( INSP ), Sorbonne Université-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Sorbonne Université-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ), Synchrotron SOLEIL ( SSOLEIL ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille ( CINaM ), Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), L'Oréal Recherche France ( L'Oréal Recherche ), L'OREAL, MATOP Matériaux Organisation et Propriétés, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), L'Oréal Recherche France (L'Oréal Recherche), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)

Subjects
Diffraction, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Materials science, Silicene, [ PHYS.COND.CM-MS ] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, law.invention, 81.07.−b, 61.05.cp, 68.37.Ef, 68.47.De, Crystallography, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-CHEM-PH ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Chemical Physics [physics.chem-ph], law, 0103 physical sciences, X-ray crystallography, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-CHEM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Chemical Physics [physics.chem-ph], Scanning tunneling microscope, 010306 general physics, 0210 nano-technology, Layer (electronics), Surface reconstruction
Abstract

International audience; We report here in situ measurements of the evolution of the Ag(110) surface during Si growth, using scanning tunneling microscopy and grazing incidence x-ray diffraction. We provide compelling evidence of an Ag(110) surface reconstruction associated with the release of Ag atoms induced by the growth of Si nanoribbons. Our results are in agreement with a missing row reconstruction of the Ag layer underneath the nanoribbons. This challenges the current understanding of the Si growth on nonreconstructed Ag(110), interpreted within the framework of silicene models.

Published
2013

25. Critical role of water on the synthesis and gelling of gamma-In2S3 nanoribbons with giant aspect ratio

Author

Lilian Guillemeney, Laurent Lermusiaux, Patrick Davidson, Austin Hubley, Stefano Pierini, Debora Pierucci, Gilles Patriarche, Bruno Canut, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Benoit Mahler, Benjamin ABECASSIS, Laboratoire de Chimie - UMR5182 (LC), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Luminescence (LUMINESCENCE), Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne] (ILM), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), INL - Matériaux Fonctionnels et Nanostructures (INL - MFN), Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL), École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon (CPE)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), and Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry
Abstract

We report the synthesis of ultrathin indium sulfide In2S3 nanoribbons which display a giant aspect ratio using a simple and fast solvothermal method. They have a sub-nanometer thickness controlled at the atomic level, a width of (8.7 ± 0.1) nm and a length which can reach several micrometers. We determine the atomic composition of the inorganic core by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and measure by X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS) an oleylamine surface coverage of 2.3 ligands per nm2. X-ray diffraction experiments and simulations as well as high-resolution dark-field STEM point toward a P3m1 trigonal crystallographic structure (g phase). Transport measurements show that the nanoribbons display n-type semiconductor unipolar behavior. Their lateral dimensions can be tuned by reaction time, temperature and by the amount of water present in the reaction medium: anhydrous synthesis conditions lead to hexagonal nanoplates, whereas controlled addition of water induces a symmetry break yielding long rectangular nanoribbons. Depending on the dispersion solvent, these long ribbon-like nanoparticles can form either well-dispersed colloids or bundles in which they stack face-to-face. Their large aspect ratio induces the formation of gels at volume fractions as low as 1.3 × 10-4 making them supergelators. The kinetics of gelation is strongly accelerated by an increase in the relative humidity of the ambient atmosphere.

Published
2022

26. The Vanishing Confinement Regime in THz HgTe Nanocrystals Studied Under Extreme Conditions of Temperature and Pressure

Author

Stefano Pierini, Francesco Capitani, Michael Scimeca, Sergei Kozlov, Debora Pierucci, Rodolphe Alchaar, Claire Abadie, Adrien Khalili, Mariarosa Cavallo, Tung Huu Dang, Huichen Zhang, Erwan Bossavit, Charlie Gréboval, José Avila, Benoit Baptiste, Stefan Klotz, Ayaskanta Sahu, Cheryl Feuillet-Palma, Xiang Zhen Xu, Abdelkarim Ouerghi, Sandrine Ithurria, James K. Utterback, Sebastien Sauvage, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), New York University [New York] (NYU), NYU System (NYU), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique des systèmes simples en conditions extrêmes [IMPMC] (IMPMC_PHYSIX), Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie (IMPMC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR206-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR206-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
terahertz, pressure, nanocrystals, phase transition, General Materials Science, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], electronic structure, HgTe
Abstract

While HgTe nanocrystals (NCs) in the mid-infrared region have reached a high level of maturity, their far-infrared counterparts remain far less studied, raising the need for an in-depth investigation of the material before efficient device integration can be considered. Here, we explore the effect of temperature and pressure on the structural, spectroscopic, and transport properties of HgTe NCs displaying an intraband absorption at 10 THz. The temperature leads to a very weak modulation of the spectrum as opposed to what was observed for strongly confined HgTe NCs. HgTe NC films present ambipolar conduction with a clear prevalence of electron conduction as confirmed by transistor and thermoelectric measurements. Under the application of pressure, the material undergoes phase transitions from the zinc blende to cinnabar phase and later to the rock salt phase which we reveal using joint X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy measurements. We discuss how the pressure existence domain of each phase is affected by the particle size.

Published
2022

27. Mercury Chalcogenide Quantum Dots: Material Perspective for Device Integration

Author

Clément Livache, Nicolas Goubet, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Sandrine Ithurria, Charlie Gréboval, Audrey Chu, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), De la Molécule aux Nanos-objets : Réactivité, Interactions et Spectroscopies (MONARIS), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-11-IDEX-0004,SUPER,Sorbonne Universités à Paris pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche(2011), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and European Project: 853049,ne2dem

Subjects
light detection, optoelectronics, 010405 organic chemistry, Chemistry, Band gap, Infrared, Chalcogenide, Nanotechnology, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, General Chemistry, Photodetection, Electronic structure, 010402 general chemistry, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, 0104 chemical sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, nanocrystals, Quantum dot, Infrared window, infrared, Light emission, mercury chalcogenides, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]
Abstract

International audience; Nanocrystals (NCs) are one of the few nanotechnologies to have attained mass market applications with their use as light sources for displays. This success relies on Cd-and In-based wide bandgap materials. NCs are likely to be employed in more applications as they provide a versatile platform for optoelectronics, specifically, infrared optoelectronics. The existing material technologies in this range of wavelengths are generally not cost effective, which limits the spread of technologies beyond a few niche domains, such as defense and astronomy. Among the potential candidates to address the infrared window, mercury chalcogenide (HgX) NCs exhibit the highest potential in terms of performance. In this review, we discuss how material developments have facilitated device enhancements. Because such NCs are primarily used because of their infrared optical features, we first review the strategies for the associated colloidal growth and electronic structure. The review is organized considering three main device-related applications: light emission, electronic transport and infrared photodetection.

Published
2021

28. Toward nanocrystal-based active nanophotonic devices

Author

Tung Dang Huu, Angela Vasanelli, Yanko Todorov, Carlo Sirtori, Yoann Prado, Christophe Delerue, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS [École Normale Supérieure] (LPTENS), Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Physique - IEMN (PHYSIQUE - IEMN), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), and Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6)

Subjects
[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics], Physics::Optics
Abstract

Contributed talk, presentation 029; International audience; Optical properties tunability is one of the essential characteristics of nanocrystals (NCs). Nonetheless, obtaining reconfigurable spectral response in NC-based optoelectronic devices remains a hardly explored domain. This is because the conventional strategies, such as exploiting Stark effect or integrating NCs into MEMS structures, are not straightforward to apply for NC-based devices due to high electrostatic field requirement and fabrication incompatibility. Here, we demonstrate optical tunability with bias in a device coupling HgTe1 NCs with a plasmonic structure. Bias tunability can be obtained thanks to the interplay between absorption inhomogeneity due to the plasmonic cavity2 and the NC hopping transport. As a result, 15 meV blueshift can be observed under the application of 3 V bias voltage for a device working in the extended short-wave infrared3. We show that hopping transport, which is usually seen as a limitation of NCs, can be combined with inhomogeneous absorption to obtain an active photonic NC-based device.

Published
2022

29. Electroluminescence from HgTe Nanocrystals and Its Use for Active Imaging

Author

Xavier Marie, Sandrine Ithurria, Audrey Chu, Prachi Rastogi, Corentin Dabard, Adrien Khalili, Mathieu G. Silly, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Delphine Lagarde, Junling Qu, Simon Ferré, Charlie Gréboval, Xiang Zhen Xu, Hervé Cruguel, Cedric Robert, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique et chimie des nano-objets (LPCNO), Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes (IRSAMC), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT-FR 2599), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-11-IDEX-0004,SUPER,Sorbonne Universités à Paris pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche(2011), European Project: 756225,blackQD, European Project: 853049,ne2dem, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT-FR 2599), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Atomiques et Moléculaires Complexes (IRSAMC), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), and Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Materials science, Infrared Rays, Infrared, Terahertz radiation, Bioengineering, 02 engineering and technology, Electroluminescence, HgTe, 7. Clean energy, electroluminescence, active imaging, law.invention, chemistry.chemical_compound, law, General Materials Science, Lead sulfide, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), Lighting, short wave infrared, narrow band gap nanocrystals, business.industry, Mechanical Engineering, Mercury telluride, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, General Chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics, Indium tin oxide, chemistry, Nanoparticles, Optoelectronics, Gold, Zinc Oxide, 0210 nano-technology, business, Light-emitting diode
Abstract

International audience; Mercury telluride (HgTe) nanocrystals are among of the most versatile infrared (IR) materials with the absorption of first optical absorption which can be tuned from visible to the THz range. Therefore, they have been extensively considered as near IR emitters and as absorbers for low-cost IR detectors. However, the electroluminescence of HgTe remains poorly investigated in spite of its ability to go toward longer wavelengths compared to traditional lead sulfide (PbS). Here, we demonstrate a light emitting diode (LED) based on an indium tin oxide (ITO)/zinc oxide (ZnO)/ZnO-HgTe/PbS/gold stacked structure, where the emitting layer consists of a ZnO/HgTe bulk heterojunction which drives the charge balance in the system. This LED has low turn-on voltage, long lifetime, and high brightness. Finally, we conduct short wavelength infrared (SWIR) active imaging, where illumination is obtained from a HgTe NC-based LED, and demonstrate moisture detection.

Published
2020

30. Anisotropic shape of CsPbBr3 colloidal nanocrystals: from 1D to 2D confinement effects

Author

Mathieu Bernard, Maria Chamarro, F. Bernardot, Julien Ramade, Violette Steinmetz, Christophe Testelin, Imen Saïdi, Amal Ghribi, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Thierry Barisien, Laurent Legrand, Maxime Vabre, K. Boujdaria, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Photonique et cohérence de spin (INSP-E12), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Université de Carthage - University of Carthage, ANR-11-IDEX-0004,SUPER,Sorbonne Universités à Paris pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche(2011), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
[PHYS]Physics [physics], Materials science, Photoluminescence, Absorption spectroscopy, Phonon, Exciton, 02 engineering and technology, 010402 general chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, Molecular physics, Spectral line, 0104 chemical sciences, Quantum dot, General Materials Science, Exponential decay, 0210 nano-technology, Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
Abstract

International audience; We synthesized strongly anisotropic CsPbBr3 nanocrystals with very narrow emission and absorption lines associated to confinement effects along one or two dimensions, called respectively nanoplatelets (NPLs) and nanosticks (NSTs). Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) images, absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectra taken at low temperature are very precise tools to determine which kind of confinement has to be considered and to deduce the shape, the size and the thickness of nanocrystals under focus. We show that the energy of the band-edge absorption and PL peaks versus the inverse of the square of the NPL thickness has a linear behaviour from 11 monolayers (MLs) i.e. a thickness of 6.38 nm, until 4 MLs (2.32 nm) showing that self-energy correction compensates the increase of the exciton binding energy in thin NPLs as already observed in Cadmium chalcogenides-based NPLs. We also show that slight changes in the morphology of NSTs leads to a very drastic modification of their absorption spectra. Time-resolved PL of NSTs has a non-monotonous behaviour with temperature. At 5 K, a quasi-single exponential with a lifetime of 80 ps is obtained; at intermediate temperature, the decay is bi-exponential and at 150 K, a quasi-single exponential decay is recovered (≈0.4 ns). For NSTs, the exciton interaction with LO phonons governs the broadening of the absorption and PL peaks at room temperature and is stronger than in chalcogenides quantum dots and NPLs.

Published
2020

31. Complex Optical Index of PbS Nanocrystal Thin Film and their Use for Short Wave Infrared Sensor Design

Author

Bilal Chehaibou, Eva Izquierdo, Audrey Chu, Claire Abadie, Mariarosa Cavallo, Adrien Khalili, Tung Huu Dang, Charlie Gréboval, Xiang Zhen Xu, Sandrine Ithurria, Grégory Vincent, Bruno Gallas, Gabriel Mugny, Arthur Arnaud, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Christophe Delerue, Physique - IEMN (PHYSIQUE - IEMN), Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), STMicroelectronics [Grenoble] (ST-GRENOBLE), STMicroelectronics [Crolles] (ST-CROLLES), ANR-11-IDEX-0004,SUPER,Sorbonne Universités à Paris pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche(2011), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
General Materials Science, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]
Abstract

International audience; As nanocrystals (NCs) gain maturity, they become central building blocks for optoelectronics in devices such as solar cells and, more recently, infrared focal plane arrays. Now that proof of concept of these devices has been established, their optimization requires a deeper understanding of their electronic and optical features to engineering their optoelectronic properties accurately. Though PbS NCs have been extensively investigated, the complex optical index of PbS NC thin films remains mostly unknown. Some previous works have unveiled the optical index for this type of material optimized for solar cells (excitonic peak at 940 nm), but longer wavelengths remain scarce and surface chemistry effects, which are known to be of central importance for the layer doping, are simply unexplored. Here, we conduct a systematic investigation of the complex optical index of PbS NC thin films using broadband spectrally resolved ellipsometry. The obtained results are then compared with simulations combining Tight-Binding (TB) modeling at the NC level and Bruggeman model to expand the results to the film scale. While TB calculation gives the NC optical indices, we extract keys NC film parameters as the NC volume fraction and ligand indices by fitting Bruggeman formula to ellipsometry measurement. We also bring evidence that this joint modeling method can be conducted without the need for ellipsometry data while preserving the main feature of the experimental result. Finally, the unveiled optical indices are used to model the absorption of short-wave infrared diode stack based on PbS NCs and are relevant for state-of-the-art devices. Our electromagnetic modeling shows that the absorption within the contact is now a major limitation of the current device operated at telecom wavelength

Published
2022

32. Broadband enhancement of mid-wave infrared absorption in a multi resonant nanocrystal-based device

Author

Dang, Tung Huu, Abadie, Claire, Khalili, Adrien, Gréboval, Charlie, Zhang, Huichen, Prado, Yoann, Xu, Xiang Zhen, Gacemi, Djamal, Descamps‐Mandine, Armel, Ithurria, Sandrine, Todorov, Yanko, Sirtori, Carlo, Vasanelli, Angela, Lhuillier, Emmanuel, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de microcaractérisation Raimond Castaing (Centre Castaing), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-10-LABX-0067,MATISSE,MATerials, InterfaceS, Surfaces, Environment(2010), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
photodetection, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], NANOCRISTAL, infrared sensor, resonances, cavities, ABSORPTION INFRAROUGE, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], surface plasmon mode, PLASMON, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, DETECTEUR INFRAROUGE, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Abstract

International audience; Light management is one of the main challenges to address when designing a sensor from a nanocrystal (NC) array. Indeed, the carrier diffusion length, limited by hopping mechanism, is much shorter than the absorption depth. Several types of resonators (plasmon, Bragg mirror, guided mode, Fabry-Perot cavity) have been proposed to reduce the volume where light is absorbed. All of them are inherently narrow bands, while imaging applications focus on broadband sensing. Here, we propose an infrared sensor in the short and mid-wave infrared (SWIR and MWIR) that combines three different photonic modes to achieve broadband enhancement of the light absorption. Moreover, we show that these three modes can be obtained from a simple structure where the NC film is coupled only to a grating and a top metallic layer. The obtained device achieves a high responsivity of >700 mA.W-1 , a detectivity up to 2x10 10 Jones at 80 K, and a short response time of 11 µs.

Published
2022

33. Extended Short-Wave Photodiode based on CdSe/HgTe/Ag2Te Stack with High Internal Efficiency

Author

Prachi Rastogi, Eva Izquierdo, Charlie Gréboval, Mariarosa Cavallo, Audrey Chu, Tung Huu Dang, Adrien Khalili, Claire Abadie, Rodolphe Alchaar, Stefano Pierini, Herve Cruguel, Nadine Witkowski, James K. Utterback, Thibault Brule, Xiang Zhen Xu, Philippe Hollander, Abdelkarim Ouerghi, Bruno Gallas, Mathieu G. Silly, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HORIBA Scientific [France], Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
General Energy, nanocrystals, time resolved photoemission, detection, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], HgTe, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, short wave infrared
Abstract

International audience; Nanocrystal integration into focal plane arrays requires the development of new photodiode designs combining an efficient charge dissociation with a low dark current. Previously reported architectures based on HgTe/Ag2Te stacks appear to be sub-optimal for cutoff wavelengths below 2.5 µm. Here, we show that the introduction of a thin and strongly coupled CdSe layer acting as an electron transport layer and a unipolar barrier drastically improves the electrical performances. This diode achieves a responsivity as high as 0.8 A•W-1 , corresponding to an internal efficiency above 90 % for a 2 µm cutoff wavelength. The specific detectivity is close to 10 11 Jones at room temperature and reaches 9x10 11 Jones at 200 K, the highest value reported for HgTe nanocrystal-based photodiode with operation around 2 µm. The diode time response can be as short as 200 ns and appears to be limited by band bending dynamics as revealed by time-resolved photoemission measurements.

Published
2022

34. Coexistence of rod-like and lamellar eutectic growth patterns

Author

Silvère Akamatsu, Sabine Bottin-Rousseau, V.T. Witusiewicz, José L. Fernández, Ulrike Hecht, Ana Laverón-Simavilla, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ACCESS (GERMANY), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), GDR 2799 Micropesanteur Fondamentale & Appliquée, and Akamatsu, Silvère

Subjects
Materials science, directional solidification, 01 natural sciences, Instability, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Physics::Fluid Dynamics, [NLIN.NLIN-PS]Nonlinear Sciences [physics]/Pattern Formation and Solitons [nlin.PS], 0103 physical sciences, [NLIN.NLIN-PS] Nonlinear Sciences [physics]/Pattern Formation and Solitons [nlin.PS], General Materials Science, Lamellar structure, Composite material, 010306 general physics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Directional solidification, Eutectic system, Mechanical Engineering, Metals and Alloys, Front (oceanography), Condensed Matter Physics, microgravity, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], in situ experimentation, Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter, Faceting, Transverse plane, Temperature gradient, Mechanics of Materials, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], Eutectic growth
Abstract

We present the first observations of a large-scale coexistence between rod-like and lamellar eutectic growth patterns during directional solidification of a eutectic alloy. In situ experiments with real-time optical monitoring were carried out under microgravity onboard the International Space Station (ISS). We used the transparent succinonitrile-d,camphor eutectic alloy that ordinarily forms rod-like patterns. At low growth velocity, short lamellae stabilized at the contact line with a sample glass wall. In the presence of a controlled transverse temperature gradient, the coupled-growth pattern experienced a global drift along an inclined isotherm, and a stable lamellar domain spread over the solidification front. The propagative nature of the lamellar-to-rod transition was evidenced. The advance of the lamellar/rod domain boundary was determined by a slowly amplifying varicose instability of the lamellae. On a large scale, the domain boundary underwent a dynamic faceting.

Published
2022

35. Double-crowned 2D semiconductor nanoplatelets with bicolor power-tunable emission

Author

Corentin Dabard, Victor Guilloux, Charlie Gréboval, Hong Po, Lina Makke, Ningyuan Fu, Xiang Zhen Xu, Mathieu G. Silly, Gilles Patriarche, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Thierry Barisien, Juan I. Climente, Benjamin T. Diroll, Sandrine Ithurria, Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Photonique et cohérence de spin (INSP-E12), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat Jaume I, Argonne National Laboratory [Lemont] (ANL), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and European Project: 853049,ne2dem

Subjects
Multidisciplinary, General Physics and Astronomy, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, General Chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Abstract

Nanocrystals (NCs) are now established building blocks for optoelectronics and their use as down converters for large gamut displays has been their first mass market. NC integration relies on a combination of green and red NCs into a blend, which rises post-growth formulation issues. A careful engineering of the NCs may enable dual emissions from a single NC population which violates Kasha’s rule, which stipulates that emission should occur at the band edge. Thus, in addition to an attentive control of band alignment to obtain green and red signals, non-radiative decay paths also have to be carefully slowed down to enable emission away from the ground state. Here, we demonstrate that core/crown/crown 2D nanoplatelets (NPLs), made of CdSe/CdTe/CdSe, can combine a large volume and a type-II band alignment enabling simultaneously red and narrow green emissions. Moreover, we demonstrate that the ratio of the two emissions can be tuned by the incident power, which results in a saturation of the red emission due to non-radiative Auger recombination that affects this emission much stronger than the green one. Finally, we also show that dual-color, power tunable, emission can be obtained through an electrical excitation.

Published
2022
Full Text
View/download PDF

36. HgTe Nanocrystal-Based Photodiode for Extended Short-Wave Infrared Sensing with Optimized Electron Extraction and Injection

Author

Charlie Gréboval, Eva Izquierdo, Claire Abadie, Adrien Khalili, Mariarosa Cavallo, Audrey Chu, Tung Huu Dang, Huichen Zhang, Xavier Lafosse, Michael Rosticher, Xiang Zhen Xu, Armel Descamps-Mandine, Abdelkarim Ouerghi, Mathieu G. Silly, Sandrine Ithurria, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de microcaractérisation Raimond Castaing (Centre Castaing), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
nanocrystals, detection, General Materials Science, photodiode, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics, HgTe, short wave infrared
Abstract

International audience; Thanks to their narrow band gap nature and fairly high carrier mobility, HgTe nanocrystals are of utmost interest for optoelectronics beyond the telecom window (λ>1.55 µm). In particular, they offer an interesting cost-effective alternative to the well-developed InGaAs technology. However, in contrast to PbS, far less work has been dedicated to the integrating this material in photodiodes. In the shortwave infrared, HgTe NCs have a more p-type character than in the mid wave infrared, thus promoting the development of new electron transport layers with an optimized band alignment. As for perovskites, HgTe NCs present a fairly deep band gap with respect to vacuum. Thus, we were motivated by the strategy developed for perovskite solar cells, for which SnO2 has led to the best performing devices. Here, we explore the following stack made of SnO2/HgTe/Ag2Te in which the SnO2 and Ag2Te layers behave as electron and hole extractors respectively. Using X-ray photoemission, we show that SnO2 presents a nearly optimal band alignment with HgTe to efficiently filter the hole dark current while letting the photoelectrons flow. The obtained I-V curve exhibits an increased rectifying behavior, and the diode stack presents a high internal efficiency for the diode (above 60%) and an external quantum efficiency that is mostly limited by the absorption magnitude. Furthermore, we tackle a crucial challenge for the transfer of such diode onto readout circuits which prevents backside illumination. We also demonstrate that the diode stack is reversible with a partly transparent conducting electrode on top while preserving the device's responsivity. Finally, we show that such SnO2 layer is also beneficial for electron injection and leads to enhanced electroluminescent signal as the diode is operated under forward bias. This work is an essential step toward the design of a focal plane array with an HgTe NCs-based photodiode.

Published
2022

37. Photoconductive focal plane array based on HgTe quantum dots for fast and costeffective short-wave infrared imaging

Author

Charlie Gréboval, David Darson, Victor Parahyba, Rodolphe Alchaar, Claire Abadie, Vincent Noguier, Simon Ferré, Eva Izquierdo, Adrien Khalili, Yoann Prado, Pierre Potet, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
detection, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], imaging, General Materials Science, quantum dots, [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics, HgTe, short wave infrared
Abstract

International audience; HgTe nanocrystals, thanks to quantum confinement, present a broadly tunable band gap all over the infrared spectral range. In addition, significant efforts have been dedicated to the design of infrared sensors with an absorbing layer made of nanocrystals. However, most efforts have been focused on single pixel sensors. Nanocrystals offer an appealing alternative to epitaxially grown semiconductors for infrared imaging by reducing the material growth cost and easing the coupling to the readout circuit. Here we propose a strategy to design an infrared focal plane array from a single fabrication step. The focal plane array (FPA) relies on a specifically designed readout circuit enabling in plane electric field application and operation in photoconductive mode. We demonstrate a VGA format focal plane array with a 15 µm pixel pitch presenting an external quantum efficiency of 4-5% (15 % internal quantum efficiency) for a cutoff around 1.8 µm and operation using Peltier cooling only. The FPA is compatible with 200 fps imaging full frame and imaging up to 340 fps is demonstrated by driving a reduced area of the FPA. In the last part of the paper, we discuss the cost of such sensors and show that the latter is only driven by labor costs while we estimate the cost of the NC film to be in the 10-20 € range.

Published
2022

38. Transport Properties of Methyl-Terminated Germanane Microcrystallites

Author

Davide Sciacca, Maxime Berthe, Bradley J. Ryan, Nemanja Peric, Dominique Deresmes, Louis Biadala, Christophe Boyaval, Ahmed Addad, Ophélie Lancry, Raghda Makarem, Sébastien Legendre, Didier Hocrelle, Matthew G. Panthani, Geoffroy Prévot, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Pascale Diener, Bruno Grandidier, Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Plateforme de Caractérisation Multi-Physiques - IEMN (PCMP - IEMN), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Iowa State University (ISU), Physique - IEMN (PHYSIQUE - IEMN), Centrale de Micro Nano Fabrication - IEMN (CMNF - IEMN), Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 (UMET), Centrale Lille-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), HORIBA France SAS [Villeneuve d'Ascq], HORIBA Scientific [France], Laboratoire de physique et chimie des nano-objets (LPCNO), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Fédération de recherche « Matière et interactions » (FeRMI), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), This work was supported by the French National Research Agency (Germanene project ANR-17-CE09-0021-03), the EQUIPEX program Excelsior (Grant No. ANR-11-EQPX-0015), the RENATECH network, the Region Hauts-de-France. The APC was funded by I-SITE ULNE (R-20-004). This material is based upon work by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under award number FA-9550-20-1-0018. B.J.R. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program under DGE 1744592., Renatech Network, PCMP PCP, ANR-17-CE09-0021,GERMANENE,Croissance de germanene sur substrats à bande interdite(2017), and ANR-11-EQPX-0015,Excelsior,Centre expérimental pour l'étude des propriétés des nanodispositifs dans un large spectre du DC au moyen Infra-rouge.(2011)

Subjects
resistivity, germanane, methylation, hydration, thermal robustness, General Chemical Engineering, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], General Materials Science
Abstract

International audience; Germanane is a two-dimensional material consisting of stacks of atomically thin germanium sheets. It’s easy and low-cost synthesis holds promise for the development of atomic-scale devices. However, to become an electronic-grade material, high-quality layered crystals with good chemical purity and stability are needed. To this end, we studied the electrical transport of annealed methyl-terminated germanane microcrystallites in both high vacuum and ultrahigh vacuum. Scanning electron microscopy of crystallites revealed two types of behavior which arise from the difference in the crystallite chemistry. While some crystallites are hydrated and oxidized, preventing the formation of good electrical contact, the four-point resistance of oxygen-free crystallites was measured with multiple tips scanning tunneling microscopy, yielding a bulk transport with resistivity smaller than 1 Ω·cm. When normalized by the crystallite thickness, the resistance compares well with the resistance of hydrogen-passivated germanane flakes found in the literature. Along with the high purity of the crystallites, a thermal stability of the resistance at 280 °C makes methyl-terminated germanane suitable for complementary metal oxide semiconductor back-end-of-line processes.

Published
2021

39. Optimized Infrared LED and its use in an all-HgTe Nanocrystal-based active imaging setup

Author

Erwan Bossavit, Junling Qu, Claire Abadie, Corentin Dabard, Tung Dang, Eva Izquierdo, Adrien Khalili, Charlie Gréboval, Audrey Chu, Stefano Pierini, Mariarosa Cavallo, Yoann Prado, Victor Parahyba, Xiang Zhen Xu, Armel Decamps‐Mandine, Mathieu Silly, Sandrine Ithurria, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), New Imaging Technologies (NIT), Centre de microcaractérisation Raimond Castaing (CMCR), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), European Project: 756225,blackQD, European Project: 853049,ne2dem, Centre de microcaractérisation Raimond Castaing (Centre Castaing), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), and Université de Toulouse (UT)

Subjects
focal plane array, LED, 02 engineering and technology, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, 010402 general chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, HgTe, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 0104 chemical sciences, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, active imaging, nanocrystal, electronic temperature, infrared, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], 0210 nano-technology
Abstract

International audience; Nanocrystals have reached a high level of maturity, enabling their integration into optoelectronic devices. The next challenge is the combination of several types of devices into one complex system to achieve better on-chip integration. Here, we focus on an all-HgTe-nanocrystal active imaging setup operating in the shortwave infrared. We first focus on the design of an optimized infrared light emitting diode (LED). We show that a halide technology processing enables an increase of the electroluminescence signal by a factor of 3, while preserving a low turn-on voltage and a high brightness (3 W.sr-1 .m-2). We then unveil the degradation mechanism of this LED under continuous operation and show a shift from band edge to trap emission. This degradation process can be strongly reduced thanks to the encapsulation and the thermal control of the LED. Lastly, we image the infrared emission of the LED using a focal plane array whose active layer is also made of HgTe nanocrystals, paving the way for all-nanocrystal-based active imaging setups.

Published
2021

40. Coherent THz wave emission from HgTe quantum dots

Author

T. Apretna, N. Nilforoushan, J. Tignon, S. Dhillon, F. Carosella, R. Ferreira, E. Lhuillier, J. Mangeney, Nano-THz, Laboratoire de physique de l'ENS - ENS Paris (LPENS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Département de Physique de l'ENS-PSL, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-22-CE09-0018,QuickTera,Nanocristaux de HgTe une nouvelle plateforme pour l'optoélectronique THz(2022), ANR-19-CE24-0015,STEM2D,Emetteurs THz de type synchrotron à base de matériaux 2D ondulés(2019), European Project: 756225,blackQD, and European Project: 820133 ,LEON

Subjects
[PHYS]Physics [physics], Nonlinear optical processes, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Quantum dots, Photoconductivity, Terahertz radiations, Nanocrystals
Abstract

International audience; Mercury telluride (HgTe) nanocrystals (NCs) are very promising for THz technology as they exhibit broad THz absorption resonances and a carrier lifetime of a few picoseconds as well as being easily fabricated using solution synthesis. In this work, we show their light emission properties in the THz spectral range, up until now unexplored, and show how THz pulse generation can be used for microscopic insights into these NCs. In particular, we report on coherent THz emission from large HgTe NCs excited by linearly polarized optical pulses via second-order nonlinear effects. The peak emission frequency is tunable from 0.4 to 0.8 THz by varying incident angles of optical pulses from 0° to 45°. Our results reveal that the THz emission is induced by transient photocurrents arising from both photogalvanic and photon drag effects. By pushing the light emission of colloidal quantum dots down to the THz spectral range, our study expands the application fields of NCs, especially toward the development of easily integrable and tunable THz emitters and quantum THz devices.

Published
2022

41. Optimized Cation Exchange for Mercury Chalcogenide 2D Nanoplatelets and Its Application for Alloys

Author

Corentin Dabard, Mariarosa Cavallo, Adrien Khalili, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Sandrine Ithurria, Xiang Zhen Xu, Hong Po, Nicolas Moghaddam, Mathieu G. Silly, Eva Izquierdo, Erwan Bossavit, Stefano Pierini, Charlie Gréboval, Audrey Chu, Josep Planelles, Philippe Hollander, Lina Makke, Tung Huu Dang, Juan I. Climente, Claire Abadie, Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitat Jaume I, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), European Project: 853049,ne2dem, and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
colloidal quantum-wells, spectroscopy, Materials science, Chalcogenide, General Chemical Engineering, Inorganic chemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, semiconductors, 010402 general chemistry, 01 natural sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Materials Chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], PBS nanoplatelets, core, General Chemistry, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, band-structure, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 0104 chemical sciences, Mercury (element), chemistry, Nanocrystal, barrier, 0210 nano-technology, narrow, CDSE nanoplatelets
Abstract

II–VI two-dimensional (2D) nanoplatelets (NPLs) exhibit the narrowest optical features among nanocrystals (NCs). This property remains true for Hg-based NPLs, despite a cation exchange procedure to obtain them from Cd-based NPLs, which leads to structural defects (poorly defined edges and voids) inducing inhomogeneous broadening. Here, we propose an optimized procedure for which a solvent, surface chemistry, and reaction conditions are rationally considered. The procedure is applied to the growth of alloyed HgSe1–xTex NPLs with various compositions. We report a bright photoluminescence for all compositions. Structural properties being now well defined, it is possible to study the electronic properties of these objects. To do so, we combine k·p modeling of quantum-confined structures with X-ray photoemission. In particular, we clarify the origin of the similarity between CdTe and HgTe NPLs absorption spectra despite their vastly differing bulk band structures. Finally, static- and time-resolved photoemission unveil a crossover from n- to p-type behavior in HgSe1–xTex NPLs while increasing the Te content. The project was supported by ERC starting grants Ne2DeM (grant no 853049) and blackQD (grant no 756225). The authors acknowledge the use of clean-room facilities at the “Centrale de Proximité Paris-Centre”. This work was supported by Region Ile-de-France in the framework of DIM Nano-K (grant dopQD). This work was also supported by French state funds managed by the ANR within the Investissements d’Avenir programme under reference ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02 and, more specifically, within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence MATISSE and by grants IPER-Nano2 (ANR-18CE30-0023-01), Copin (ANR-19-CE24-0022), Frontal (ANR-19-CE09-0017), Graskop (ANR-19-CE09-0026), NITQuantum (ANR-20-ASTR-0008-01), Bright (ANR-21-CE24-0012-02), and MixDferro (ANR-21-CE09-0029). A.C. thanks Agence Innovation Defense for Ph.D. funding. J.P. and J.I.C. acknowledge support from Prometeo Grant Q-Devices (Prometeo/2018/098).

Published
2021

42. Split Gate Photodiode based on Graphene-HgTe Heterostructure with few ns Photoresponse

Author

Gréboval, Charlie, Dabard, Corentin, Konstantinov, Nikita, Cavallo, Mariarosa, Chee, Sang-Soo, Chu, Audrey, Dang, Tung Huu, Khalili, Adrien, Izquierdo, Eva, Prado, Yoann, Majjad, Hicham, Xu, Xiang Zhen, Dayen, Jean-Francois, Lhuillier, Emmanuel, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique et d'Etude des Matériaux (UMR 8213) (LPEM), Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Matériaux et nanosciences d'Alsace (FMNGE), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), ANR-19-CE24-0022,COPIN,Détecteur plasmonique à nanoCristaux colloïdaux: une nouvelle filière pour l'OPtoélectronique INfrarouge(2019), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-11-BS08-0001,MATISSE,Matériaux fibrillaires hybrides polymères/systèmes auto-assemblés(2011), ANR-19-CE09-0017,FRONTAL,Nanocristaux Colloïdaux Dopés Infrarouges(2019), ANR-21-CE24-0012,BRIGHT,Diode électroluminescente infrarouge brillante par exaltation du couplage lumière-matière(2021), ANR-21-CE09-0029,MixDFerro,Heterostructures à dimensions mixtes sous contrôle ferroélectrique 2D(2021), ANR-20-ASTR-0008,NITquantum,Design et fabrication d'un plan focal dans le proche infrarouge à base de nanocrisrtaux(2020), European Project: 756225,blackQD, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Matériaux et Nanosciences Grand-Est (MNGE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-19-CE09-0026,GRaSkop,Tuning Giant Rashba Spin-Orbit Coupling in Polar Single Layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides(2019), ANR-19-CE09-0028,MIXES,Hétérostructures de van der Waals à dimensions mixtes pour l'électronique et la spintronique(2019), ANR-11-IDEX-0004,SUPER,Sorbonne Universités à Paris pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche(2011), ANR-11-LABX-0058,NIE,Nanostructures en Interaction avec leur Environnement(2011), and ANR-10-IDEX-0002,UNISTRA,Par-delà les frontières, l'Université de Strasbourg(2010)

Subjects
light detection, nanocrystal, planar p-n junction, graphene, infrared, heterostructure, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], HgTe
Abstract

International audience; Hopping transport associated with the granular nature of nanocrystal arrays has led to the thought that nanocrystal-based devices might be incompatible with fast operations. Here we explore the design of HgTe nanocrystal-based sensors operating in the shortwave infrared and with very fast time response down to a few ns. To reach this goal, the design relies on a planar geometry to reduce the device capacitance. A strong in-built electric field is tailored via electrostatic control from two bottom split-gate electrodes, which promotes the charge extraction. While using graphene electrodes patterned over the two gate electrodes, we optimize the control on the electrostatic design of the p-n junction inside the nanocrystal array. Taking advantage of a high-k dielectric spacer, we demonstrate that the device can be operated under low gate bias (

Published
2021

43. Shaping the spontaneous emission of extended incoherent sources into composite radial vector beams

Author

Stéphan Suffit, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Pascal Filloux, Domitille Schanne, Aloyse Degiron, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques (MPQ (UMR_7162)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), and Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Diffraction, Physics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics], Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), business.industry, Isotropy, Physics::Optics, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, 010309 optics, Superposition principle, [SPI.ELEC]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electromagnetism, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, [SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic, Spontaneous emission, Light emission, [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics, 0210 nano-technology, business, Diffraction grating, Plasmon
Abstract

International audience; It is well known that concentric diffraction gratings are capable of beaming the spontaneous emission of large extended incoherent light sources (e.g. hot radiating surfaces and luminescent materials). Here, we reveal additional properties of such beams using layers of colloidal PbS nanocrystals coated onto metallic spiraling gratings as an example. We observe and explain with a simple model the formation of multiple beams when the spirals are deformed. We also point out an aspect of the light emission that does not seem to have been discussed so farnamely, that the polarization of the directional beams has a radial distribution. These findings are not restricted to our experimental configuration, suggesting a simple way to build incandescent and electroluminescent sources with non-trivial polarization states. The price to pay is an isotropic emission background due to the composite nature of the beams, which result from the incoherent superposition of a continuum of diffracted plasmons everywhere above the surface.

Published
2021

44. Resolving the structure of the striped Ge layer on Ag ( 111 ) : Ag 2 Ge surface alloy with alternate fcc and hcp domains

Author

Zhang, K., Sciacca, D., Coati, A., Bernard, R., Borensztein, Yves, Diener, P., Grandidier, B., Lefebvre, Isabelle, Derivaz, M., Pirri, C., Prévot, Geoffroy, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique - IEMN (PHYSIQUE - IEMN), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron [Pôle Chimie Balard] (IBMM), Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M), Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Matériaux et Nanosciences Grand-Est (MNGE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC Contract No. 201808070070), This study is financially supported by the French National Research Agency (Germanene Project No. ANR-17-CE09-0021-03), Renatech Network, PCMP PCP, ANR-17-CE09-0021,GERMANENE,Croissance de germanene sur substrats à bande interdite(2017), Borensztein, Yves, Croissance de germanene sur substrats à bande interdite - - GERMANENE2017 - ANR-17-CE09-0021 - AAPG2017 - VALID, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Matériaux et nanosciences d'Alsace (FMNGE), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Réseau nanophotonique et optique, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)

Subjects
[PHYS.COND.CM-GEN] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Other [cond-mat.other], [PHYS.COND.CM-GEN]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Other [cond-mat.other], [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], [PHYS.COND.CM-MS] Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
Abstract

International audience; Two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb lattices beyond graphene, such as germanene, promise new physical properties such as quantum spin Hall effect. While there have been many claims of growth of germanene, the lack of precise structural characterization of the epitaxial layers synthesized hinders further research. The striped layer formed by Ge deposition on Ag(111) has been recently ascribed as a stretched germanene layer. Using surface X-ray diffraction and density functional theory calculations, we demonstrate that it corresponds in fact to a Ag2Ge surface alloy with an atomic density 6.45% higher than the Ag(111) atomic density. The overall structure is formed by stripes associated with a face-centered cubic top-layer alignment, alternating with stripes associated with an hexagonal-close-packed top-layer alignment, in great analogy with the (22×√3) Au(111) reconstruction.

Published
2021

45. Coherent Spin Dynamics of Electrons and Holes in CsPbBr 3 Colloidal Nanocrystals

Author

V. V. Belykh, Dmitri R. Yakovlev, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Manfred Bayer, P. S. Grigoryev, St. Petersburg State Technological Institute, Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] (TU), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-18-CE30-0023,IPER-Nano2,Nanocristaux de perovskite inorganique pour la nanophotonique(2018), ANR-10-LABX-0067,MATISSE,MATerials, InterfaceS, Surfaces, Environment(2010), and European Project: 756225,blackQD

Subjects
Materials science, Bioengineering, Field strength, 02 engineering and technology, Electron, 01 natural sciences, Metrics & More Article Recommendations Perovskite nanocrystals, symbols.namesake, Condensed Matter::Materials Science, coherent spin dynamics, 0103 physical sciences, Faraday effect, General Materials Science, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], 010306 general physics, Hyperfine structure, Larmor precession, electron and hole g-factors, Zeeman effect, Condensed matter physics, Mechanical Engineering, pump−probe time-resolved Faraday rotation, General Chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics, Magnetic field, Picosecond, symbols, Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons, CsPbBr 3, 0210 nano-technology
Abstract

International audience; The spin dynamics in CsPbBr 3 lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are studied by picosecond pump−probe Faraday rotation in an external magnetic field. Coherent Larmor precession of electrons and holes with spin dephasing times of ∼600 ps is detected in a transversal magnetic field. The longitudinal spin relaxation time in weak magnetic fields reaches 80 ns at a temperature of 5 K. In this regime, the carrier spin dynamics is governed by nuclear spin fluctuations characterized by an effective hyperfine field strength of 25 mT. The Landéfactors determining the carrier Zeeman splittings are g e = +1.73 for electrons and g h = +0.83 for holes. A comparison with a CsPbBr 3 polycrystalline film and bulk single crystals evidences that the spatial confinement of electrons and holes in the nanocrystals only slightly affects their g factors and spin dynamics.

Published
2021

46. Toward nanocrystal-based active nanophotonic device

Author

Carlo Sirtori, Angela Vasanelli, Christophe Delerue, Yanko Todorov, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Tung Dang Huu, Yoann Prado, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS [École Normale Supérieure] (LPTENS), Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris (FRDPENS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Nanostructures et optique (INSP-E4), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 (IEMN), Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL), Physique - IEMN (PHYSIQUE - IEMN), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Centrale Lille-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF)-JUNIA (JUNIA), and Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6)

Subjects
[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics], Materials science, Nanocrystal, Nanophotonics, Physics::Optics, Nanotechnology
Abstract

Contributed talk, presentation 054; International audience; One of the great interests for colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) is their optical tunability controlled by the synthesis processes. Nonetheless, for NC-based devices, post-fabrication tunability remains very limited.1 Here, we show a NC-based active photonic device where the optical tunability is achieved thanks to an inhomogeneous absorption obtained by coupling a HgTe nanocrystal2 array to a plasmonic cavity. Bias tunability results from hopping transport which enables tuning the charge collection from low-field regions (in the very vicinity of the electrodes) to high-field ones (away from the electrodes).3 As a result, we observe a 15 meV blueshift of the photocurrent spectrum for a device working in the extended short-wave infrared under the application of 3 V bias voltage.3 This shift has the opposite sign with respect to the redshift expected from Stark effect while occurring under much weaker applied electric fields. We show that hopping transport, often seen as a bottleneck to achieve high-performing optoelectronic devices, can play an essential role in the operation of active photonic devices.

Published
2021

47. Locked-lamellar eutectic growth in thin Al-Al2Cu samples: in situ directional solidification and crystal orientation analysis

Author

Sabine Bottin-Rousseau, Mehdi Medjkoune, Oriane Senninger, Laurent Carroz, Ulrike Hecht, Silvère Akamatsu, Richard Soucek, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), and Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
010302 applied physics, Materials science, Condensed matter physics, Intermetallic, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Surface energy, Inorganic Chemistry, [NLIN.NLIN-PS]Nonlinear Sciences [physics]/Pattern Formation and Solitons [nlin.PS], 0103 physical sciences, Lattice plane, Materials Chemistry, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], Lamellar structure, 0210 nano-technology, Anisotropy, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Solid solution, Directional solidification, Eutectic system
Abstract

We investigated the directional-solidification dynamics of slightly hypoeutectic Al-Al2Cu alloys in thin samples. Our goal was to establish a link between the growth of locked, tilted-lamellar patterns and the crystal orientation relationship (OR) between the Al-rich solid solution α and the Al 2 Cu intermetallic θ , as well as to gain information on the OR-dependent anisotropy of the surface energy γ of the α - θ interphase boundaries. Thin Al-Al2Cu films of thickness of 13 ± 2 μ m were prepared by plasma sputtering. During solidification at pulling velocities between 0.05 and 0.5 μ ms - 1 , the coupled-growth front was observed in situ with a long-distance optics. The growth of millimeter-sized eutectic grains was thus followed in real time during transient and steady-state regimes. The orientation of α and θ crystals was measured ex situ by X-ray diffraction and electron backscattering diffraction. In several eutectic grains, a { 123 } α plane and a { 100 } θ plane were found to be closely parallel to each other. These coincident planes define a new family of (type-C) ORs in the Al-Al2Cu eutectic, which are distinct from the prevailing ORs that have been previously identified in bulk samples. Crucially, the inclination of the lamellae was systematically close to that of a { 100 } θ lattice plane, which therefore corresponds to a deep γ minimum in eutectic grains with a type-C OR, or a neighbor one. We initiated a discussion on the selection of the OR, the formation of “stray” eutectic grains, and the lamellar-growth dynamics at eutectic-grain boundaries.

Published
2021

48. Demonstration of the Existence of Dumbbell Silicene: A Stable Two-Dimensional Allotrope of Silicon

Author

Andrea Resta, Geoffroy Prévot, Romain Parret, Michel Daher Mansour, Stefano Colonna, Romain Bernard, K. Zhang, Laurence Masson, Conor Hogan, Yves Borensztein, Thomas Leoni, Fabio Ronci, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Materials science, Condensed matter physics, Silicon, Silicene, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, 01 natural sciences, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, silicene dumbbell STM DFT GIXD, General Energy, chemistry, 0103 physical sciences, Dumbbell, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], 010306 general physics, 0210 nano-technology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

We report a combined experimental and theoretical study on the formation of dumbbell silicene structures on Ag(110). High-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) reveals a rich tapestry of adatom-free and -decorated bidimensional silicene phases covering the whole Ag(110) surface. The most thermodynamically stable silicene models obtained from density-functional theory (DFT) perfectly reproduce all features observed by STM. These phases correspond to different Si buckled honeycomb reconstructions ((13 × 4), c(18 × 4), and c(8 × 4)) composed of two periodic motifs common to all structural models. DFT calculations show that these reconstructions are stabilized by the presence of ordered arrays of Si adatoms adsorbed on top of silicene in a dumbbell configuration. Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD) measurements confirm the growth of a dumbbell silicene layer. The structure factor values are well reproduced by a (13 × 4) model with 4 Si adatoms per unit cell and a slight distortion of the hexagonal unit cell. Our STM-DFT-GIXD study demonstrates the formation of dumbbell silicene, a theoretically predicted two-dimensional Si allotrope. This opens up perspectives for tuning the peculiar properties of silicene.

Published
2021

49. Couplage lumière-matière au sein de détecteurs infrarouges à base de nanocristaux colloïdaux

Author

Chu, Audrey, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, and Grégory Vincent

Subjects
Nanocristaux, resonateur de lumière, Light-matter coupling, Simulation électromagnétique, Photodétection, detection, [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry, HgTe, détection, light resonator, couplage lumière matière, Nanocrystals, nanocrystal, Electromagnetic simulation, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], light matter coupling, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Infrared, Couplage lumière-matière, Infrarouge, Résonance de modes guidés, Photodetection
Abstract

Colloidal nanocrystals are nanoparticles grown in solution. When their dimension is reduced below the Bohr radius, quantum confinement appears: optical properties depend on the size of the crystal. These nanocrystals are currently used for their visible emission properties but can also be applied for infrared photodetection. Mercury and lead chalcogenide (and in particular HgTe and PbS) absorb in the infrared. The hopping transport associated with nanocrystal array induced the use of thin film. The absorption of such film remains low and so does their performance. My work consists in induce light-matter coupling within a nanocrystal array in order to boost the absorption and the responsivity. Using nanostructured electrodes, it is possible to induce guided mode resonances within nanocrystal thin films. The responsivity of such devices presents an increase of a factor 102 – 103 compared to a film on conventional electrodes due to an enlargement of the absorption and the photoconductive gain both. This method is versatile and can be used for different materials, at different wavelengths and for different device geometries. In a last part, I will show a device that improve transport properties in a nanocrystal film. This device has a detectivity of 1012 Jones at 2.5 µm, 1 V and 200 K, which is comparable with commercial detectors.; Les nanocristaux colloïdaux sont des nanoparticules dont la croissance se fait en solution. Lorsque la taille de ceux-ci est suffisamment faible, des effets de confinement quantique apparaissent et leurs propriétés optiques deviennent ajustables avec leur taille. Ces nanocristaux sont en particulier utilisés pour leur luminescence dans le visible mais peuvent aussi être utilisés pour réaliser de la photodétection dans la gamme infrarouge. Les nanocristaux de HgTe et PbS présentent des propriétés d’absorption dans l’infrarouge. Le mécanisme de transport au sein d’un film de nanocristaux induit leur utilisation sous forme de couches minces, réduisant l’absorption et conduisant à des performances modestes. L’objectif de mon doctorat est d’augmenter le couplage lumière-matière au sein de film de nanocristaux afin d’augmenter l’absorption et donc la réponse. En particulier je démontrerai la possibilité de nanostructurer les électrodes afin d’induire des résonances de modes guidés pour des films de nanocristaux. L’utilisation de ces nanoélectrodes induit une augmentation de la réponse de deux à trois ordres de grandeur grâce à une augmentation de l’absorption et du gain photoconducteur. L’utilisation de telles résonances est une méthode versatile puisqu’elle peut être appliquée à différents matériaux, à différentes longueurs d’onde et pour différentes géométries. Enfin dans une dernière partie je présenterai un dispositif permettant d’exalter les propriétés de transport au sein d’un film de nanocristaux. Ce dispositif atteint une détectivité de 1012 Jones à 2.5 µm, 1 V et à 200 K, ce qui est comparable avec des détecteurs conventionnels.

Published
2021

50. Dichroic Plasmonic Films Based on Anisotropic Au Nanoparticles for Enhanced Sensitivity and Figure of Merit Sensing

Author

Yves Borensztein, William L. Watkins, Geoffroy Prévot, Antonio Assaf, Physico-chimie et dynamique des surfaces (INSP-E6), Institut des Nanosciences de Paris (INSP), and Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Materials science, 02 engineering and technology, Dichroic glass, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, Transmittance, Figure of merit, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Surface plasmon resonance, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], 010306 general physics, Anisotropy, Plasmon, Monochromator, business.industry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, General Energy, [PHYS.COND.CM-GEN]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Other [cond-mat.other], [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], Optoelectronics, 0210 nano-technology, business, Refractive index
Abstract

International audience; Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of metal nanoparticles are widely used to develop plasmonic sensors, which permit to detect minute amounts of molecular compounds. Two methods of measurements are commonly used. The first most common mode, which investigates the shift in wavelength of the LSPR induced by the analyte, requires the use of high-resolution monochromators. The second mode, based on self-reference or perfect absorbing systems, measures the changes of the signal intensity, and requires the use of sophisticated samples elaborated by lithography techniques. In this article, we adapt the very sensitive transmittance anisotropy spectroscopy technique with anisotropic plasmonic gold films, formed of slightly elongated nanoparticles easily elaborated by grazing deposition on microscopy glass slides. These films display two different LSPR, caused by their morphological anisotropy, as a function of the light polarization. Working at a single wavelength, we experimentally demonstrate an ultrahigh sensitivity to bulk refractive index sensing, with a resolution below delta_n=10-4 . The factor of merit (FoM*), defined for intensity-based plasmonic sensors, reaches the outstanding value of 23 000, which is due to the null optical anisotropy signal initially measured, thus granting an enhanced optical contrast when changing the RI. Furthermore, sensitivity down to four avidin molecules per square micron of the sample is theoretically shown, which offers a promising route towards easily made ultra-sensitive miniaturized plasmonic sensors, compatible with microfluidic systems, without the need for a monochromator.

Published
2021

Catalog

Books, media, physical & digital resources
See catalog results