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    Crystal Structure, Morphology, and Surface Termination of Cyan-Emissive, Six-Monolayers-Thick CsPbBr3 Nanoplatelets from X-ray Total Scattering

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    Highly anisotropic colloidal CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets (NPLs) represent an appealing class of colloidal quantum wells with enhanced light emissivity. Strong quantum confinement imposed by the small platelet thickness and atomic flatness gives rise to enhanced oscillator strength, higher exciton binding energy, and narrow emission linewidth. While discrete thicknesses manifest themselves in discrete bandgap energies, fine-tuning of the emission energy can be achieved by compositional modulations. Here we address one of the most debated aspects of perovskite nanoplatelets: their crystal structure. Starting with the direct imaging by high-resolution electron microscopy (providing a clue on the pseudocubic faceting of the NPLs), we focus the study on X-ray total scattering techniques, based on the Debye scattering equation (DSE) approach, to obtain better atomistic insight. The nanoplatelets are six-monolayers thick and exhibit an orthorhombic structure. A thorough structure-morphology characterization unveils a specific orientation of the axial and equatorial bromides of the PbBr6 octahedra versus the NPLs thickness; we found that {010} and {101} planes of the orthorhombic CsPbBr3 lattice (Pnma space group) correspond to the six facets of the NPL, with basal planes being of {101} type. The NPLs undergo a lattice relaxation in comparison to cuboidal CsPbBr3 NCs; the major deformation is observed in the axial direction, which suggests a structural origin of the higher compliance along the b axis. The DSE-based analysis also supports a CsBr surface termination model, with half Cs sites and a half (or slightly more) Br sites vacant

    Monodisperse Formamidinium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals with Bright and Stable Green Photoluminescence

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    Bright green emitters with adjustable photoluminescence (PL) maxima in the range of 530-535 nm and full-width at half-maxima (FWHM) of 25 nm are particularly desirable for applications in television displays and related technologies. Towards this goal, we have developed a facile synthesis of highly monodisperse, cubic-shaped formamidinium lead bromide nanocrystals (FAPbBr3 NCs) with perovskite crystal structure, tunable PL in the range of 470-540 nm by adjusting the nanocrystal size (5-12 nm), high quantum yield (QY) of up to 85% and PL FWHM of 22 nm. High QYs are also retained in films of FAPbBr3 NCs. In addition, these films exhibit low thresholds of 142 μJ cm-2 for amplified spontaneous emission

    Нові органічні ліганди для стабілізації перовськітних квантових точок

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    В даній роботі було отримано 4 сполуки (додецилгуанідиніум бромід, стеарилгуанідиніум бромід, олеїлгуанідиніум бромід та 2- октилдодецилгуанідиніум бромід) з високими виходами.Кафедра супрамолекулярної хіміїНавчально-науковий інститут високих технологій Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченк

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed

    Size Segregation and Atomic Structural Coherence in Spontaneous Assemblies of Colloidal Cesium Lead Halide Nanocrystals

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    Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) of fully inorganic lead halide perovskites (LHPs) are the latest generation of quantum-dot materials with compelling optical characteristics. Favored by the nearly regular cubic shape of NCs, they readily self-organize into highly ordered supercrystals (SCs) that have been stimulating in-depth investigation of uncommon collective properties at the fundamental level. Herein, we explore LHP NC SCs formed in colloidal suspensions and as solid materials, without any prior rigorous NC size-selection process. The spontaneous self-organization manifests itself in synchrotron wide-angle X-ray total scattering (WAXTS) measurements of randomly oriented ensembles of SCs by virtue of the substructure in the 100C peak (in cubic notation). By developing atomistic models of SCs, we find an evidence that, in spite of the initial NCs size polydispersity (up to 20%), SCs of CsPbBr3 and CsPbBr1.5I1.5 NCs form through a size segregation process. The SCs exhibit high spatial structural coherence, that is, crystallographic alignment between NCs, along two and three directions, a degree of orientational order (the SCs mosaicity) below 2°, and coherent sizes on the order of tens of nanometers. In situ coupled photoluminescence (PL) and WAXTS experiments evidence pronounced electronic coupling between NCs in SCs, seen as an ca. 50-70 meV red-shifted emission in dried samples compared to the corresponding dilute solution of NCs

    Variations on the Author

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    “Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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