Glass-forming photoactive cholesteric materials doped by quantum dots: phototunable circularly-polarized emission

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new class of glass-forming cholesteric materials doped with quantum dots, demonstrating their ability to have their circularly-polarized emission tuned by light, with potential applications in photonics.

Contribution

The study presents the synthesis and characterization of a novel phototunable cholesteric material doped with quantum dots, enabling control over circularly-polarized emission.

Findings

Phototuning of circularly-polarized emission demonstrated

Quantum dot doping enables emission control

Materials are glass-forming and photoactive

Abstract

A novel glass-forming photoactive cholesteric materials doped by quantum dots were prepared and studied. The possibility of phototuning of circularly-polarized emission was demonstrated.