title: Assembled monolayer nanorod heterojunctions.
abstract: Compositional and interfacial control in heterojunction thin films is critical to the performance of complex devices that separate or combine charges. For high performance, these applications require epitaxially matched interfaces, which are difficult to produce. Here, we present a new architecture for producing low-strain, single-crystalline heterojunctions using self-assembly and in-film cation exchange of colloidal nanorods. A systematic set of experiments demonstrates a cation exchange procedure that lends precise control over compositional depths in a monolayer film of vertically aligned nanorods. Compositional changes are reflected by electrical performance as rectification is induced, quenched, and reversed during cation exchange from CdS to Cu(2)S to PbS. As an additional benefit, we achieve this single-crystal architecture via an inherently simple and low-temperature wet chemical process, which is general to a variety of chemistries. This permits ensemble measurement of transport through a colloidal nanoparticle film with no interparticle charge hopping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
authors.forename: Jessy B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rivest
authors.forename: Sarah L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Swisher
authors.forename: Lam-Kiu
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Haimei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: A Paul
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Alivisatos
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial