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ArticleNature nanotechnology2025

Dynamic nanodomains dictate macroscopic properties in lead halide perovskites.

Milos Dubajic, James R Neilson, Johan Klarbring, Xia Liang, Stephanie A Bird, Kirrily C Rule, Josie E Auckett, Thomas A Selby, Ganbaatar Tumen-Ulzii, Yang Lu and 24 more

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Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Kinetically Arrested Twin-Domain State in Formamidinium Lead Iodide.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  14. Organic Cation Dynamics in the Layered Lead Iodide Perovskites BAThe journal of physical chemistry letters · 2025
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  17. Octahedral Tilt-Driven Phase Transitions in BaZrSThe journal of physical chemistry letters · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

34 authors.

Milos DubajicDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. milos.dubajic@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9494-8967
James R NeilsonDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. james.neilson@colostate.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9282-5752
Johan KlarbringDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Xia LiangDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Stephanie A BirdAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-1441
Kirrily C RuleAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Kirrawee, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9534-2350
Josie E AuckettAustralian Synchrotron, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Thomas A SelbyDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-8655-5559
Ganbaatar Tumen-UlziiDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7684-9965
Yang LuDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2793-2065
Young-Kwang JungDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3848-8163
Cullen ChosyDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Zimu WeiDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6564-637X
Yorrick BoeijeDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4346-3123
Martin V ZimmermannDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Andreas PuschSchool of Photovoltaic & Renewable Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6115-9117
Leilei GuTaizhou Institute of Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Taizhou, China.
Xuguang JiaSchool of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Jiangsu Province Cultivation Base for State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9214-6917
Qiyuan WuSchool of Photovoltaic & Renewable Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Julia C TrowbridgeDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Eve M MozurDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Arianna MinelliInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8310-3712
Nikolaj RothInorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Kieran W P OrrDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9996-1458
Arman Mahboubi SoufianiSchool of Photovoltaic & Renewable Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
Simon KahmannDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-5333
Irina KabakovaSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Jianning DingSchool of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Jiangsu Province Cultivation Base for State Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Science and Technology, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China.
Tom WuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0845-4827
Gavin J ConibeerSchool of Photovoltaic & Renewable Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2270-7827
Stephen P BremnerSchool of Photovoltaic & Renewable Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia. stephen.bremner@unsw.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9308-2401
Michael P NielsenSchool of Photovoltaic & Renewable Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia. michael.nielsen@unsw.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0457-7208
Aron WalshDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. a.walsh@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-7033
Samuel D StranksDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. sds65@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8303-7292

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lead halide perovskites have emerged as promising materials for solar energy conversion and X-ray detection owing to their remarkable optoelectronic properties. However, the microscopic origins of their superior performance remain unclear. Here we show that low-symmetry dynamic nanodomains present in the high-symmetry average cubic phases, whose characteristics are dictated by the A-site cation, govern the macroscopic behaviour. We combine X-ray diffuse scattering, inelastic neutron spectroscopy, hyperspectral photoluminescence microscopy and machine-learning-assisted molecular dynamics simulations to directly correlate local nanoscale dynamics with macroscopic optoelectronic response. Our approach reveals that methylammonium-based perovskites form densely packed, anisotropic dynamic nanodomains with out-of-phase octahedral tilting, whereas formamidinium-based systems develop sparse, isotropic, spherical nanodomains with in-phase tilting, even when crystallography reveals cubic symmetry on average. We demonstrate that these sparsely distributed isotropic nanodomains present in formamidinium-based systems reduce electronic dynamic disorder, resulting in a beneficial optoelectronic response, thereby enhancing the performance of formamidinium-based lead halide perovskite devices. By elucidating the influence of the A-site cation on local dynamic nanodomains, and consequently, on the macroscopic properties, we propose leveraging this relationship to engineer the optoelectronic response of these materials, propelling further advancements in perovskite-based photovoltaics, optoelectronics and X-ray imaging.

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