Direct evidence of photo-induced diffusion of quantum dots in a photopolymerizable matrix
Authors:
- Bénédicte MailhotBMBénédicte Mailhot
- Agnès RivatonARAgnès Rivaton
- Yaël IsraëliYIYaël Israëli
- Tigran GalstianTGTigran Galstian
- 2 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 20 (25) , 255303
Abstract
We present direct experimental evidence of photo-induced movement of photoluminescent quantum dots (QDs) dispersed in a photopolymerizable acrylate mixture. The resulting rearrangement of QDs into a spatially modulated pattern fixed in the polymer matrix is evidenced thanks to fluorescence microscopy.Keywords
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