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ArticleNano letters2026

Tracking Thermal Transport in Colloidal Quantum Dot Films Using in Situ Time-Resolved X-ray Diffraction.

Eliza Wieman, Nejc Nagelj, Ethan Curling, Larry Chen, Jin Yu, A Paul Alivisatos, Aaron M Lindenberg, Benjamin T Diroll, Jacob H Olshansky, Jihong Ma and 2 more

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Article in Nano letters, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Eliza WiemanDepartment of Chemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont05753, United States.
Nejc NageljDepartment of Chemistry, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts01002, United States.
Ethan CurlingDepartment of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California94720, United States.
Larry ChenDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois60208, United States.
Jin YuX-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois60439, United States.
A Paul AlivisatosDepartment of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California94720, United States.
Aaron M LindenbergDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California94305, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3233-7161
Benjamin T DirollCenter for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois60439, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3488-0213
Jacob H OlshanskyDepartment of Chemistry, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts01002, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3658-1487
Jihong MaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont05405, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9142-8528
Burak GuzelturkX-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois60439, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1977-6485
Benjamin L CottsDepartment of Chemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont05753, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6988-5762

Funding

Basic Energy Sciences DE-AC02-76SF00515Basic Energy Sciences DE-SC0023425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) and their thin films are increasingly used in electronic and photonic devices replacing traditional bulk semiconductors. However, thermal properties of QDs remain underexplored relative to device development efforts. This study shows the use of time-resolved X-ray diffraction as a contact-free method to probe the thermal response of QDs in environments representative of the active layer in QD optoelectronic devices, providing in situ insights for future thermal management strategies. Through the extraction of Debye-Waller factors on a subnanosecond time scale, we directly capture the heating and cooling of core/shell CdSe/CdS QDs following pulsed optical excitation. In a QD thin film that actively provides optical gain, the thermal conductivity is found to be as low as 0.13 W m-1 K-1, because of the poor heat flow between close-packed QD solids. For QDs dispersed in liquids, interfacial thermal conductance dominates thermal relaxation, with a conductance of 15 MW m-2 K-1.

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colloidal quantum dotsnanoscale heat dissipationthermal conductivitythermal transporttime-resolved X-ray diffraction

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PMID42616371
PMCPMC13495939

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