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Breaking the symmetry of colloidal 2D nanoplatelets: Twist induced quantum coupling

Show Author's Information Zahid Nazir1,  Yingzhuo Lun3,  Jialu Li4,  Gaoling Yang2( ),  Mingrui Liu1,  Shuqi Li3,  Gang Tang5,  Guofeng Zhang4( ),  Jiawang Hong3( ),  Liantuan Xiao4,  Haizheng Zhong1
MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-dimensional Quantum Structure and Devices, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-dimensional Quantum Structure and Devices, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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circular dichroism, twist, CdSe, nanoplatelets, quantum coupling
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Twist provides a new degree of freedom for nanomaterial modifications, which can provide novel physical properties. Here, colloidal two-dimensional (2D) twisted CdSe nanoplatelets (NPLs) are successfully fabricated and their morphology can change from totally flat to edge-twisted, and then to middle-twisted with prolonged reaction time. By combining experiments and corresponding theoretical analyses, we have established the length-dependent relationships between the surface energy and twist, with a critical lateral dimension of 30 nm. We found that the defects formed during the synthesis process play a vital role in generating intense stress that develops a strong torsion tensor around the edges, resulting in edge-twisted and final middle-twisted NPLs. Furthermore, due to the geometric asymmetry of twisted NPLs, the dissymmetry factor of single particle NPLs can reach up to 0.334. Specifically, quantum coupling occurs in middle-twisted NPLs by twisting one parent NPL into two daughter NPLs, which are structurally and electronically coupled. This work not only further deepens our understanding of the twist mechanism of 2D NPLs during colloidal synthesis, but also opens a pathway for applications using twistronics and quantum technology.


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Breaking the symmetry of colloidal 2D nanoplatelets: Twist induced quantum coupling

Show Author's information Zahid Nazir1, Yingzhuo Lun3, Jialu Li4, Gaoling Yang2( ), Mingrui Liu1, Shuqi Li3, Gang Tang5, Guofeng Zhang4( ), Jiawang Hong3( ), Liantuan Xiao4, Haizheng Zhong1
MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-dimensional Quantum Structure and Devices, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-dimensional Quantum Structure and Devices, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

Abstract

Twist provides a new degree of freedom for nanomaterial modifications, which can provide novel physical properties. Here, colloidal two-dimensional (2D) twisted CdSe nanoplatelets (NPLs) are successfully fabricated and their morphology can change from totally flat to edge-twisted, and then to middle-twisted with prolonged reaction time. By combining experiments and corresponding theoretical analyses, we have established the length-dependent relationships between the surface energy and twist, with a critical lateral dimension of 30 nm. We found that the defects formed during the synthesis process play a vital role in generating intense stress that develops a strong torsion tensor around the edges, resulting in edge-twisted and final middle-twisted NPLs. Furthermore, due to the geometric asymmetry of twisted NPLs, the dissymmetry factor of single particle NPLs can reach up to 0.334. Specifically, quantum coupling occurs in middle-twisted NPLs by twisting one parent NPL into two daughter NPLs, which are structurally and electronically coupled. This work not only further deepens our understanding of the twist mechanism of 2D NPLs during colloidal synthesis, but also opens a pathway for applications using twistronics and quantum technology.

Keywords: circular dichroism, twist, CdSe, nanoplatelets, quantum coupling

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Received: 19 November 2022
Revised: 10 January 2023
Accepted: 25 January 2023
Published: 02 March 2023
Issue date: July 2023

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This work was financially supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. Z210018), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 62105025, 12172047, 62127817, and 22173009), the Beijing Institute of Technology Research Fund Program for Young Scholars (No. 3040011182113). The authors would like to acknowledge the Experimental Center of Advanced Materials of Beijing Institute of Technology for the support in materials synthesis and characterization. We also acknowledge Dr. Xiangmin Hu for the helpful discussion. Theoretical calculations were performed using resources of the Supercomputer Centre in Chongqing.

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