Cho, Hyunduck Kwak, Jeonghun Lim, Jaehoon Park, Myeongjin Lee, Donggu Bae, Wan Ki Kim, Youn Sang Char, Kookheon Lee, Seonghoon Lee, Changhee 2024-01-20T07:02:26Z 2024-01-20T07:02:26Z 2021-09-05 2015-05-27 1944-8244 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/125424 To realize the full-color displays using colloidal nanocrystal quantum dot (QD)-based light emitting diodes (QLEDs), the emissive QD layer should be patterned to red (R), green (G), and blue (B) subpixels on a micrometer scale by the solution process. Here, we introduced a soft contact QD-transplanting technique onto the vacuum-deposited small molecules without pressure to pattern the QD layer without any damage to the prior organic layers. We examined the patternability of QDs by studying the surface properties of various organic layers systematically. As a result, we found that the vacuum-deposited 4,4',4"-tri(N-carbazolyl)triphenylamine (TCTA) layer is suitable for QD-transplanting. A uniform and homogeneous QD patterns down to 2 mu m could be formed for all the RGB QDs (CdSe/CdS/ZnS, CdSe@ZnS, and Cd1-xZnxS@ZnS, respectively) with this method. Finally, we demonstrated the R, G, and B QLEDs by transplanting each QD onto the soft TCTA layer, exhibiting higher brightness (2497, 14 102, and 265 cd m(-2), respectively) and efficiency (1.83, 8.07, and 0.19 cd A(-1), respectively) than those of the previous QLEDs fabricated by other patterning methods. Because this pressure-free technique is essential for patterning and stacking the QDs onto the soft organic layer, we believe that both fundamental study and the engineering approach presented here are meaningful for the realization of the colloidal QD-based full-color displays and other optoelectronic devices. English American Chemical Society HIGHLY EFFICIENT ELECTROLUMINESCENCE MONOLAYERS DISPLAYS BRIGHT Soft Contact Transplanted Nanocrystal Quantum Dots for Light-Emitting Diodes: Effect of Surface Energy on Device Performance Article 10.1021/acsami.5b01738 1 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, v.7, no.20, pp.10828 - 10833 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7 20 10828 10833 scie scopus 000355382800024 2-s2.0-84930639841 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Science & Technology - Other Topics Materials Science Article HIGHLY EFFICIENT ELECTROLUMINESCENCE MONOLAYERS DISPLAYS BRIGHT quantum dot light-emitting diodes quantum dots transfer printing surface energy pressure free transplanting