Radiative lifetime-encoded unicolour security tags using perovskite nanocrystals
Sergii Yakunin a b, Jana Chaaban c, Bogdan M. Benin a b, Ihor Cherniukh a b, Caterina Bernasconi a b, Annelies Landuyt a b, Yevhen Shynkarenko b, Sami Bolat d, Christoph Hofer d, Yaroslav Romanyuk e, Stefano Cattaneo f g, Sergey Pokutnyi e, Richard Schaller c, Maryna Bodnarchuk b, Dimos Poulikakos c, Maksym Kovalenko a b
a ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Applied Biosciences, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg, 1, Zürich, Switzerland
b EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überland Strasse, 129, Dübendorf, Switzerland
c Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, Sonneggstrasse, 3, Zürich, Switzerland
d Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), Center Landquart, CH-7302 Landquart, Switzerland
e Department of Theoretical Physics Nanosystems, Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,, Ghenerala Naumova str., 17, Kyiv, Ukraine
f Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, USA., Argonne Dr, Woodridge, United States
g Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, Sheridan Road, 2145, Evanston, United States
Proceedings of Internet NanoGe Conference on Nanocrystals (iNCNC)
Online, Spain, 2021 June 28th - July 2nd
Organizers: Maksym Kovalenko, Maria Ibáñez, Peter Reiss and Quinten Akkerman
Oral, Sergii Yakunin, presentation 054
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.incnc.2021.054
Publication date: 8th June 2021

The tunability of semiconductors quantum dots (QDs) is generally restricted by Fermi’s Golden Rule — altering the bandgap concomitantly alters photoluminescent (PL) lifetime. Herein, we present a strategy to circumvent this restriction, which can be realized with the soft and flexibile crystal lattice of  perovskite nanocrystals (NCs). Through the partial substituion of formamidinium (FA) for ethylenediammonium {en}, “hollow” {en}FAPbBr3 NCs can be generated and emission wavelength matched to CsPbBr3 NCs while maintaining drastically different PL lifetimes. We attribute this to two potentially co-existing effects: increased phonon-exciton interaction and additional energy levels for the excitonic transition. This unique materials system allows us to push the young yet promising field of lifetime-encoded security tags forward. Our proof-of-principle security system is based on high-resolution electrohydrodynamically printed unicolour multi-fluorescent-lifetime codes that can be deciphered with either commercially available time-correlated single-photon counting fluorescence-lifetime imaging (TCSPC-FLI) microscopy or our time-of-flight (ToF)-FLI prototype. We believe that this innovative approach may provide a new tool for securing global trade against counterfeit goods and currency.

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