title: Mn2+ as a radial pressure gauge in colloidal core/shell nanocrystals.
abstract: The fluorescence of Mn2+ doped in the shell of CdS/ZnS core/shell nanocrystals at radially controlled position is used as a local probe of pressure in the nanocrystal shell. The redshift of the fluorescence with increasing shell thickness indicates a pressure of more than 4 GPa for 7.5 monolayers of ZnS. The radial dependence and magnitude of the pressure derived from the Mn2+ fluorescence shift are in good agreement with the spherically symmetric elastic continuum model and the 7% misfit between the core and the epitaxial shell.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Photons Et Matière, UPR5 du CNRS, ESPCI 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ithurria
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guyot-Sionnest
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mahler
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dubertret