title: Electronic structure and exciton-phonon interaction in two-dimensional colloidal CdSe nanosheets.
abstract: We study the electronic structure of ultrathin zinc-blende two-dimensional (2D)-CdSe nanosheets both theoretically, by Hartree-renormalized k·p calculations including Coulomb interaction, and experimentally, by temperature-dependent and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements. The observed 2D-heavy hole exciton states show a strong influence of vertical confinement and dielectric screening. A very weak coupling to phonons results in a low phonon-contribution to the homogeneous line-broadening. The 2D-nanosheets exhibit much narrower ensemble absorption and emission linewidths as compared to the best colloidal CdSe nanocrystallites ensembles. Since those nanoplatelets can be easily stacked and tend to roll up as they are large, we see a way to form new types of multiple quantum wells and II-VI nanotubes, for example, for fluorescence markers.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technical University of Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany. alexander.achtstein@tu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Alexander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Achtstein
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schliwa
authors.forename: Anatol
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prudnikau
authors.forename: Marya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hardzei
authors.forename: Mikhail V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Artemyev
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Woggon
mesh_terms: D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D004579:Electron Transport; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D003102:Colloids; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D018036:Selenium Compounds; C058667:cadmium selenide