Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals

We report on PbS colloidal nanocrystals that combine within one structure solubility in physiological solvents with near-infrared photoluminescence, and magnetic and optical properties tuneable by the controlled incorporation of magnetic impurities (Mn). We use high magnetic fields (B up to 30 T) t...

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Main Authors: Turyanska, L., Hill, R.J.A., Makarovsky, Oleg, Moro, F., Knott, A.N., Larkin, O.J., Patanè, Amalia, Meaney, A., Christianen, P.C.M., Fay, M.W., Curry, R.J.
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
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author Turyanska, L.
Hill, R.J.A.
Makarovsky, Oleg
Moro, F.
Knott, A.N.
Larkin, O.J.
Patanè, Amalia
Meaney, A.
Christianen, P.C.M.
Fay, M.W.
Curry, R.J.
author_facet Turyanska, L.
Hill, R.J.A.
Makarovsky, Oleg
Moro, F.
Knott, A.N.
Larkin, O.J.
Patanè, Amalia
Meaney, A.
Christianen, P.C.M.
Fay, M.W.
Curry, R.J.
author_sort Turyanska, L.
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description We report on PbS colloidal nanocrystals that combine within one structure solubility in physiological solvents with near-infrared photoluminescence, and magnetic and optical properties tuneable by the controlled incorporation of magnetic impurities (Mn). We use high magnetic fields (B up to 30 T) to measure the magnetization of the nanocrystals in liquid and the strength of the sp-d exchange interaction between the exciton and the Mn-ions. With increasing Mn-content from 0.1% to 7%, the mass magnetic susceptibility increases at a rate of ~ 10-7 m3/kg per Mn percentage; correspondingly, the exciton g-factor decreases from 0.47 to 0.10. The controlled modification of the paramagnetism, fluorescence and exciton g-factor of the nanocrystals is relevant to the implementation of these paramagnetic semiconductor nanocrystals in quantum technologies ranging from quantum information to magnetic resonance imaging.
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spelling nottingham-420822020-05-04T16:49:38Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42082/ Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals Turyanska, L. Hill, R.J.A. Makarovsky, Oleg Moro, F. Knott, A.N. Larkin, O.J. Patanè, Amalia Meaney, A. Christianen, P.C.M. Fay, M.W. Curry, R.J. We report on PbS colloidal nanocrystals that combine within one structure solubility in physiological solvents with near-infrared photoluminescence, and magnetic and optical properties tuneable by the controlled incorporation of magnetic impurities (Mn). We use high magnetic fields (B up to 30 T) to measure the magnetization of the nanocrystals in liquid and the strength of the sp-d exchange interaction between the exciton and the Mn-ions. With increasing Mn-content from 0.1% to 7%, the mass magnetic susceptibility increases at a rate of ~ 10-7 m3/kg per Mn percentage; correspondingly, the exciton g-factor decreases from 0.47 to 0.10. The controlled modification of the paramagnetism, fluorescence and exciton g-factor of the nanocrystals is relevant to the implementation of these paramagnetic semiconductor nanocrystals in quantum technologies ranging from quantum information to magnetic resonance imaging. Royal Society of Chemistry 2014-06-13 Article PeerReviewed Turyanska, L., Hill, R.J.A., Makarovsky, Oleg, Moro, F., Knott, A.N., Larkin, O.J., Patanè, Amalia, Meaney, A., Christianen, P.C.M., Fay, M.W. and Curry, R.J. (2014) Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals. Nanoscale, 6 . pp. 8919-8925. ISSN 2040-3372 http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/NR/C4NR02336F#!divAbstract doi:10.1039/C4NR02336F doi:10.1039/C4NR02336F
spellingShingle Turyanska, L.
Hill, R.J.A.
Makarovsky, Oleg
Moro, F.
Knott, A.N.
Larkin, O.J.
Patanè, Amalia
Meaney, A.
Christianen, P.C.M.
Fay, M.W.
Curry, R.J.
Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals
title Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals
title_full Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals
title_fullStr Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals
title_full_unstemmed Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals
title_short Tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in Mn-doped PbS colloidal nanocrystals
title_sort tuneable paramagnetic susceptibility and exciton g-factor in mn-doped pbs colloidal nanocrystals
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42082/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42082/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42082/