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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Ultrafast Symmetry Control in Photoexcited Quantum Dots.

Burak Guzelturk, Joshua Portner, Justin Ondry, Samira Ghanbarzadeh, Mia Tarantola, Ahhyun Jeong, Thomas Field, Alicia M Chandler, Eliza Wieman, Thomas R Hopper and 16 more

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Burak GuzelturkX-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60527, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1977-6485
Joshua PortnerDepartment of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Justin OndryDepartment of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9113-3420
Samira GhanbarzadehDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA.
Mia TarantolaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 05753, USA.
Ahhyun JeongDepartment of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
Thomas FieldDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA.
Alicia M ChandlerSchool of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.
Eliza WiemanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 05753, USA.
Thomas R HopperDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Nicolas E WatkinsDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Jin YuX-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60527, USA.
Xinxin ChengSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Ming-Fu LinSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Duan LuoSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Patrick L KramerSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Xiaozhe ShenSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Alexander H ReidSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Olaf BorkiewiczX-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60527, USA.
Uta RuettX-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60527, USA.
Xiaoyi ZhangX-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60527, USA.
Aaron M LindenbergDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Jihong MaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA.
Richard D SchallerDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9696-8830
Dmitri V TalapinDepartment of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6414-8587
Benjamin L CottsDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, 05753, USA.

Funding

National Science Foundation DMR-2011854National Science Foundation DMR-2019444National Science Foundation MSN-1808950U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences DE-AC02-06CH11357U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences DE-AC02-76SF00515U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences DE-SC0023425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Symmetry control is essential for realizing unconventional properties, such as ferroelectricity, nonlinear optical responses, and complex topological order, thus it holds promise for the design of emerging quantum and photonic systems. Nevertheless, fast and reversible control of symmetry in materials remains a challenge, especially for nanoscale systems. Here, reversible symmetry changes are unveiled in colloidal lead chalcogenide quantum dots on picosecond timescales. Using a combination of ultrafast electron diffraction and total X-ray scattering, in conjunction with atomic-scale structural modeling and first-principles calculations, it is revealed that symmetry-broken lead sulfide quantum dots restore to a centrosymmetric phase upon photoexcitation. The symmetry restoration is driven by photoexcited electronic carriers, which suppress lead off-centering for about 100 ps. Furthermore, the change in symmetry is closely correlated with the electronic properties, and the bandgap transiently red-shifts in the symmetry-restored quantum dots. Overall, this study elucidates reversible symmetry changes in colloidal quantum dots, and more broadly defines a new methodology to optically control symmetry in nanoscale systems on ultrafast timescales.

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PbSphotoexcitationquantum dotssymmetryultrafast

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PMID39584653
PMCPMC11775883

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