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Nithin Pathoor1, Ansuman Halder2, Amitrajit Mukherjee1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
Abstract:
Abrupt fluorescence intermittency or blinking is long recognized to be characteristic of single nano-emitters. Extended quantum-confined nanostructures also undergo spatially heterogeneous blinking; however, there is no such precedent in dimensionally unconfined (bulk) materials. Herein, we report multi-level blinking of entire individual organo-lead bromide perovskite microcrystals (volume=0.1-3 μm3 ) under ambient conditions. Extremely high spatiotemporal correlation (>0.9) in intracrystal emission intensity fluctuations signifies effective communication amongst photogenerated carriers at distal locations (up to ca. 4 μm) within each crystal. Fused polycrystalline grains also exhibit this intriguing phenomenon, which is rationalized by correlated and efficient migration of carriers to a few transient nonradiative traps, the nature and population of which determine blinking propensity. Observation of spatiotemporally correlated emission intermittency in bulk semiconductor crystals opens the possibility of designing novel devices involving long-range (mesoscopic) electronic communication.
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