IMOD Publications
The primary way that IMOD disseminates knowledge about new discoveries and technologies is through the scientific literature. The IMOD team strives to publish research as promptly as possible, recognizing that sharing this cutting-edge knowledge with the scientific community is the best way to advance our fields.
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Landau–Levich Scaling for Optimization of Quantum Dot Layer Morphology and Thickness in Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes
ACS NANO, 2025, 19, 5, 5680-5687
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c15912

Increased Brightness and Reduced Efficiency Droop in Perovskite Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Using Carbazole-Based Phosphonic Acid Interface Modifiers
ACS NANO, 2025, 1, 1116-1127
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c13036

Dynamic control of 2D non-Hermitian photonic corner skin modes in synthetic dimensions
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2024, 15, 10881
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55236-4

Thermally Stable Anthracene-Based 2D/3D Heterostructures for Perovskite Solar Cells
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 2025, 17, 1, 1209-1220
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c17382

One Pot Synthesis of Cyan Emitting CdZnSSe Quantum Dots for Human Centric Lighting
THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2025, 129, 1, 993-998
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c07446

Chiral flat-band optical cavity with atomically thin mirrors
SCIENCE ADVANCES, 2024, 10, 51, eadr5904
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr5904

Quadrupolar Resonance Spectroscopy of Individual Nuclei Using a Room-Temperature Quantum Sensor
NANO LETTERS, 2024, 24, 51, 16253-16260
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04112

Million-Q free space meta-optical resonator at near-visible wavelengths
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2024, 15, 10341
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54775-0

A tale of two transfers: characterizing polydimethylsiloxane viscoelastic stamping and heated poly bis-A carbonate transfer of hexagonal boron nitride
MICRON, 2025, 189, 103747
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2024.103747

Optical pumping of electronic quantum Hall states with vortex light
NATURE PHOTONICS, 2024, 19, 156-161
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-01565-1

Ultrafast Symmetry Control in Photoexcited Quantum Dots
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 2024, 2414196
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202414196

Theory of excitons in colloidal semiconductor nanoplatelets
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2024, 110, 195433
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.195433

Elucidating the Interplay between Symmetry Distortions in Passivated MAPbI3 and the Rashba Splitting Effect
ACS NANO, 2024, 18, 46, 32266-32276
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c14060

Reductive pathways in molten inorganic salts enable colloidal synthesis of III-V semiconductor nanocrystals
SCIENCE, 2024, 386, 6720, 401-407
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado7088

Anomalous Behavior in Dark–Bright Splitting Impacts the Biexciton Binding Energy in (BA)2(MA)n−1PbnBr3n+1 (n = 1–3)
ACS NANO, 2024, 18, 40, 27793-27803
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c11523

Discovery of enhanced lattice dynamics in a single-layered hybrid perovskite
SCIENCE ADVANCES, 2024, 9, eadg4417
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg4417

Colossal Core/Shell CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Emitters
ACS NANO, 2024, 18, 31, 20726-20739
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c06961

Surface-binding molecular multipods strengthen the halide perovskite lattice and boost luminescence
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2024, 15, 6245
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49751-7

Nanometer Control of Ruddlesden-Popper Interlayers by Thermal Evaporation for Efficient Perovskite Photovoltaics
ADVANCED MATERIALS, 2024, 2404795
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404795

Ligand Equilibrium Influences Photoluminescence Blinking in CsPbBr3: A Change Point Analysis of Widefield Imaging Data
ACS NANO, 2024, 18, 29, 19208-19219
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c04968

Nanodiamond Emulsions for Enhanced Quantum Sensing and Click-Chemistry Conjugation
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, 2024, 7, 13, 15334-15343
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c01699

Bromine Incorporation Affects Phase Transformations and Thermal Stability of Lead Halide Perovskites
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2024, 146, 27, 18576-18585
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04508

Tailoring Interface Energies via Phosphonic Acids to Grow and Stabilize Cubic FAPbI3 Deposited by Thermal Evaporation
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2024, 146, 27, 18459-18469
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c03911

Chemically Driven Sintering of Colloidal Cu Nanocrystals for Multiscale Electronic and Optical Devices
ACS NANO, 2024, 18, 27, 17611-17621
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c02007

Observation of topological frequency combs
SCIENCE, 2024, 384, 6702, 1356-1361
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado0053

Machine Learning for Perovskite Solar Cells: An Open-Source Pipeline
ADVANCED PHYSICS RESEARCH, 2024, 2400060
https://doi.org/10.1002/apxr.202400060

A Summer Research Program for Community College Students Led by Graduate Students at the University of Washington
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, 2024, 101, 7, 2693-2702
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01277

Exciton–photocarrier interference in mixed lead-halide-perovskite nanocrystals
THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2024, 221101
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0203982

Two Spacers, One Perovskite: Integrating Ruddlesden–Popper and Dion–Jacobson Halide Perovskites
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 2024, 36, 12, 6154-6166
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00907

Near-visible topological edge states in a silicon nitride platform
OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS, 2024, 14, 6, 1596-1602
https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.524958

Tunable Localized Charge Transfer Excitons in Nanoplatelet–2D Chalcogenide van der Waals Heterostructures
ACS NANO, 2024, 18, 23, 15185-15193
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c03260

Interpreting Halide Perovskite Semiconductor Photoluminescence Kinetics
ACS ENERGY LETTERS, 2024, 9, 2508-2516
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00614

Nanolaser Using Colloidal Quantum Wells Deterministically Integrated on a Nanocavity
ACS PHOTONICS, 2024, 11, 6, 2465-2470
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00377

Metal Fluorides Passivate II–VI and III–V Quantum Dots
NANO LETTERS, 2024, 24, 19, 5722-5728
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00610

Growth of Nanocrystal Superlattices from Liquid Crystals
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2024, 146, 16, 11043-11047
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01232

Revealing hidden non-centrosymmetry in globally centrosymmetric 2D halide perovskites
CHEM, 2024, 10, 7, 2180-2195
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2024.03.012

Porous Magneto-Fluorescent Superparticles by Rapid Emulsion Densification
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 2024, 36, 8, 3683–3696
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c03209

Electrohydrodynamic Printing-Based Heterointegration of Quantum Dots on Suspended Nanophotonic Cavities
ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES, 2024, 2301921
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202301921

Purcell Enhanced Emission and Saturable Absorption of Cavity-Coupled CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots
ACS PHOTONICS, 2024, 11, 4, 1638-1644
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01847

Unveiling Multiquantum Excitonic Correlations in Push–Pull Polymer Semiconductors
THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2024, 15, 3705-3712
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00065

Excitonic Mott insulator in a Bose-Fermi-Hubbard system of moiré WS2/WSe2 heterobilayer
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2024, 2305
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46616-x

Nonlocal, Flat-Band Meta-Optics for Monolithic, High-Efficiency, Compact Photodetectors
NANO LETTERS, 2024, 24, 10, 3150-3156
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c05139

One-pot heat-up synthesis of short-wavelength infrared, colloidal InAs quantum dots
THE JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2024, 071103
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0187162

Exciton-carrier coupling in a metal halide perovskite nanocrystal assembly probed by two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: MATERIALS, 2024, 7, 2, 025002
https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ad229a

Dynamic Nanocrystal Superlattices with Thermally Triggerable Lubricating Ligands
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2024, 146, 6, 3785-3795
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c10706

Ligand Steric Profile Tunes the Reactivity of Indium Phosphide Clusters
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2024, 146, 5, 3102-3113
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c10203

Exciton Bimolecular Annihilation Dynamics in Push-Pull Semiconductor Polymers
THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2024, 15, 1, 272-280
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03094

Synthesis of Ternary and Quaternary Group III-Arsenide Colloidal Quantum Dots via High-Temperature Cation Exchange in Molten Salts: The Importance of Molten Salt Speciation
ACS NANO, 2024, 18, 1, 858-873
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c09490

Navigating the Potential Energy Surface of CdSe Magic-Sized Clusters: Synthesis and Interconversion of Atomically Precise Nanocrystal Polymorphs
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2023, 145, 50, 27480-27492
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c08897

Ultrafast vibrational control of organohalide perovskite optoelectronic devices using vibrationally promoted electronic resonance
NATURE MATERIALS, 2024, 23, 88-94
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01723-w

Quantum diamond microscope for dynamic imaging of magnetic fields
AVS QUANTUM SCIENCE, 2023, 5, 044403
https://doi.org/10.1116/5.0176317

Many-Exciton Quantum Dynamics in a Ruddlesden–Popper Tin Iodide
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2023, 127, 43, 21194-21203
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04896

Topological photonics: Fundamental concepts, recent developments, and future directions
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 2023, 180, 040101
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.108.040101

Crystallization of binary nanocrystal superlattices and the relevance of short-range attraction
NATURE SYNTHESIS, 2024, 3, 111-122
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-023-00407-2

Designer quantum dot molecules and beyond
NATURE MATERIALS, 2023, 22, 1167-1168
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01652-8

Topological Edge Mode Tapering
ACS PHOTONICS, 2023, 10, 10, 3502-3507
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00463

Measuring Relative Energies of Ligand Binding Conformations on Nanocluster Surfaces with Temperature-Dependent FTIR Spectroscopy
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 2023, 127, 34, 16970-16978
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c03951

Controlled Assembly of CdSe Nanoplatelet Thin Films and Nanowires
LANGMUIR, 2023, 39, 36, 12533-12540
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00933

Cryo-Compatible In Situ Strain Tuning of 2D Material-Integrated Nanocavity
ACS PHOTONICS, 2023, 10, 9, 3242-3247
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00662

Chemical Behavior and Local Structure of the Ruddlesden–Popper and Dion–Jacobson Alloyed Pb/Sn Bromide 2D Perovskites
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2023, 145, 29, 15997-16014
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c03997

Spin-selective strong light–matter coupling in a 2D hole gas-microcavity system
NATURE PHOTONICS, 2023, 17, 912-916
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-023-01248-3

Optical conductivity and orbital magnetization of Floquet vortex states
COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS, 2023, 6, 149
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-023-01267-0

Surface Engineering of Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystal Assemblies and Their Optical and Electronic Devices
ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH, 2023, 13, 56, 1791-1802
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00147

Visible Wavelength Flatband in a Gallium Phosphide Metasurface
ACS PHOTONICS, 2023, 10, 8, 2456-2460
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00175

Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution
CHEMICAL REVIEWS, 2023, 123, 12, 7890-7952
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00097

Radiative pumping of exciton-polaritons in 2D hybrid perovskites
OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS, 2023, 13, 6, 1655-1662
https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.485398

Indefinite and bidirectional near-infrared nanocrystal photoswitching
NATURE, 2023, 618, 7967, 951-958
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06076-7

Temperature-Controlled Reversible Formation and Phase Transformation of 3D Nanocrystal Superlattices Through In Situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
NANO LETTERS, 2023, 23, 10, 4250-4257
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00299

Direct nano-imaging of light-matter interactions in nanoscale excitonic emitters
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2023, 16, 2649
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38189-y

Design of Dendritic Promesogenic Ligands for Liquid Crystal-Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems
Chem. Mater., 2023, 35, 9, 3532-3544
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00057

The nature of dynamic local order in CH3NH3PbI3 and CH3NH3PbBr3
JOULE, 2023, 7, 5, 1051-1066
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.03.017

Colloidal, Room-Temperature Growth of Metal Oxide Shells on InP Quantum Dots
Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 62, 17, 6674-6687
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00161

High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence
NATURE MATERIALS, 2023, 22, 737-745
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01529-w

Red Emission from Copper-Vacancy Color Centers in Zinc Sulfide Colloidal Nanocrystals
ACS Nano 2023, 17, 6, 5963-5973
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c00191

Vapor-Deposited n = 2 Ruddleston-Popper Interface Layers Aid Charge Carrier Extraction in Perovskite Solar Cells
ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8, 3, 1408-1415
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02419

Excitonic Spin-Coherence Lifetimes in CdSe Nanoplatelets Increase Significantly with Core/Shell Morphology
Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 4, 1467–1473
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04845

Spin-mediated Mott excitons
Phys. Rev. B., 2023, 107, 075111
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.075111

Deterministic Quantum Light Arrays from Giant Silica-Shelled Quantum Dots
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 2023, 15, 3, 4294-4302
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c18475

Nanoparticle dynamics in hydrogel networks with controlled defects
Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 9045-9056
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SM01224C

Short Aromatic Diammonium Ions Modulate Distortions in 2D Lead Bromide Perovskites for Tunable White-Light Emission
Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 21, 9685-9698
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02471

Engineering the Surface Chemistry of Colloidal InP Quantum Dots for Charge Transport
Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 18, 8306-8315
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04382

Magneto-optical measurements of the negatively charged 2s exciton in WSe2
Phys. Rev. B, 106, L081409
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.L081409

Ordered Mixed-Spacer 2D Bromide Perovskites and the Dual Role of 1,2,4-Triazolium Cation
Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 14, 6541–6552
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c01432

Predicting Indium Phosphide Quantum Dot Properties from Synthetic Procedures Using Machine Learning
Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 14, 6296–6311
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00640

Two-dimensional excitons from twisted light and the fate of the photon’s orbital angular momentum
Phys. Rev. B., 2022, 105, 205202
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.205202

Coherent Spin Dynamics in Vapor-Deposited CsPbBr3 Perovskite Thin Films
Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 4, 1937 – 1945
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04382