Son Research Group

Selected Publications

• L. Luo, X.Tang, J. Park, C.-W. Wang, M. Park, M. Khurana, A. Singh, J. Cheon, A. Belyanin, A. V. Sokolov and D. H. Son, "Polarized Superradiance from CsPbBr3 Quantum Dot Superlattice with Controlled Inter-dot Electronic Couplings" Nano Letters 2025. 128, 5, 2062–2069. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5c00478
• C.W. Wang, E. E. Oyeka, A. B. Altman, D. H. Son, "Effects of Pressure on Exciton Absorption and Emission in Strongly Quantum-Confined CsPbBr₃ Quantum Dots and Nanoplatelets" J. Phys. Chem. C 2024. 128, 5, 2062–2069
• J.-H. Park, H.-R. Kim, M.-J.- Kim. Z. Song. M.-J.- Kang, D. H. Son, J.- C. Pyun, "Defect-Passivated Photosensor Based on Cesium Lead Bromide (CsPbBr₃) Perovskite Quantum Dots for Microbial Detection" ACS. Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023. 15, 49, 56702-56716
• C.W. Wang, H. R. Kim, J. Hampton, D. Kim, Q> Tu, J-C. Pyun, and D. H. Son, "Effects of Hole Transporting PEDOT:PSS on the Photoemission of Upconverted Hot Electrons in Mn-doped CdS/ZnS Quantum Dots" J. Chem. Phys. 2023. 159, 054703

• T. Qiao, M. Edwards, X. Tang, X. Yan and D. H. Son, "Efficient and Selective Photogeneration of Stable N-centered Radicals via Controllable Charge Carrier Imbalance in Cesium Lead Halide Nanocrystals" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023. 145, 30, 16862

• X. Tang, M. Khurana, D. Rossi, L. Luo, A. V. Akimov and D. H. Son, "Exciton Photoluminescence of Strongly Quantum-Confined Formamidinium Lead Bromide (FAPbBr₃) Quantum Dots" J. Phys. Chem. C 2022. 126, 43, 18366-18373

• C.-W. Wang, X. Liu, T. Qiao, M. Khurana, A. V. Akimov, D. H. Son "Photoemission of the Upconverted Hot Electrons in Mn-doped CsPbBr₃ Nanocrystals" Nano Lett. 2022. 16, 6753-6759

• X. Tang, D. Rossi, J. Cheon, D. H. Son, "Effects of Electronic Coupling on Bright and Dark Excitons in 2-Dimensional Array of Strongly Confined CsPbBr₃ Quantum Dots" Chem. Mat. 2022. 34, 16, 7181-7189

• O. H-C. Cheng, B. Zhao, Z. Brawley, D. H. Son, M. Sheldon,"Active tuning of plasmon damping via light induced magnetism" Nano Lett. 2022. 22, 13, 5120-5126

• C.-W. Wang, C. Orrison and D. H. Son "Hot electrons generated from Mn-doped quantum dots via upconversion for photocatalysis applications" Bull. Kor. Chem. Soc. 2022. doi.org/10.1002/bkcs.12487

• T. Qiao, X. Liu, D. Rossi, M. Khurana, Y. Lin, J. Wen, J. Cheon, A. Akimov, D. H. Son "Magnetic effect of dopants on bright and dark exciton in strongly confined Mn-doped CsPbI₃ quantum dots" Nano Lett. 2021. 21, 22, 9543-9550

• C. Orrison, J. Meeder, B. Zhang, J. Pounthenpurayil, M. Hall, M. Nippe, D. H. Son "Efficient Redox-neutral Photocatalytic Formate to Carbon Monoxide Conversion Enabled by Long-range Hot Electron Transfer from Mn-doped Quantum Dots" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021. 143, 27, 10292-10300

• H.-R. Kim, J.-H. Bong, J.-H. Park, Z. Song, M.-J. Kang, D. H. Son. J.-C. Pyun, "Cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr3) perovskite quantum dot based photosensor for chemiluminescence immunoassays" ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 2021. 13, 25, 29392-29405

• A. Dey, J. Ye, A. De, E. Debroye, S. K. Ha, E. Bladt, A. S. Kshirsagar, Z. Wang, J. Yin, Y. Wang, L. N. Quan, F. Yan, M. Gao, X. Li, J. Shamsi, T. Debnath, M. Cao, M. A. Scheel, S. Kumar, J. A. Steele, M. Gerhard, L. Chouhan, K. Xu, X. Wu, Y. Li, Y. Zhang, A. Dutta, C. Han, I. Vincon, A. L. Rogach, A. Nag, A. Samanta, B. A. Korgel, C. Shih, D. R. Gamelin, D. H. Son, H. Zeng, H. Zhong, H. Sun, H. Volkan Demir, I. G. Scheblykin, I. Mora-Ser , J. K. S., J. Z. Zhang, J. Feldmann, J. Hofkens, J. M. Luther, J. P rez-Prieto, L. Li, L. Manna, M. I. Bodnarchuk, M. V. Kovalenko, M. B. J. Roeffaers, N. Pradhan, O. F. Mohammed, O. M. Bakr, P. Yang, P. Muller-Buschbaum, P. V. Kamat, Q. Bao, Q. Zhang, R. Krahne, R. E. Galian, S.l D. Stranks, S. Bals, V. Biju, W. A. Tisdale, Y. Yan, R. L. Z. Hoye, and L. Polavarapu "State of the Art and Prospects for Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals" ACS Nano 2021 . 15, 7, 10775-10981

• S. Wu, O. H-C. Cheng, B. Zhao, N. Hogan, Annika Lee, D. H. Son, M. Sheldon Sheldon "The Connection Between Plasmon Decay Dynamics and the Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Background: Inelastic Scattering from Non-Thermal and Hot Carriers" J. Appl. Phys. 2021. 129, 173103

• T. Qiao and D. H. Son "Synthesis and Properties of Strongly Quantum-Confined Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals" Acc. Chem. Res. 2021. 54, 1399-1408

• D.Rossi, T. Qiao, X. Liu, Y. Lee, M. Khurana, A. Akimov, J. Cheon and D. H. Son "Size-dependent dark exciton properties in cesium lead halide perovskite quantum dots" J. Chem. Phys. 2020. 153, 184703

• D.Rossi, D. poarobek, D. H. Son "Strongly Quantum Confined Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals" Perovskite Quantum Dots. Springer Series in Materials Science, In: Zhou Y., Wang Y. (eds) Perovskite Quantum Dots. Springer Series in Materials Science, 2020. 303

• D.Rossi, X. Liu, Y. Lee, M. Khurana, J. Puthenpurayil, K. Kim, A. Akimov, J. Cheon and D. H. Son "Intense Dark Exciton Emission from Strongly Quantum Confined CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals" Nano Lett. 2020. 20 (10), 7321-7326

• D. Parobek, J. Meeder, J. Pounthenpurayil, M. Nippe, D. H. Son "Breaking the Short-Range Proximity Requirement in Quantum Dot/Molecular Catalyst Hybrids for CO2 Reduction via Long-Range Hot Electron Sensitization" J. Mat. Chem. A 2020. 8, 12984

• O. H-C. Cheng, T. Qiao, M. Sheldon and D. H. Son, "Size- and Temperature-dependent Photoluminescence Spectra of Strongly Confined CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots" Nanoscale 2020. 12, 13113 - 13118

• N. Sitapure, T. Qiao, D. H. Son, and J. S. Kwon, "Kinetic Monte Carlo modelling of the equilibrium-based size control of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots in strongly confined regime" Computers & Chemical Engineering 2020. 139, 106872

• O. H-C. Cheng, D. H. Son and M. Sheldon, "Light-Induced Magnetism in Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles" Nature Photonics 2020. 14, 365-368

• T. Qiao, D. Parobek and D. H. Son, "Photons and charges from colloidal doped semiconductor quantum dots" J. Mat. Chem. C 2019. 7, 14788-14797

• J. Puthenpurayil, O. Cheng, T. Qiao, D. Rossi, and D. H. Son, "On the determination of absorption cross section of colloidal lead halide perovskite quantum dots" J. Chem. Phys. 2019. 151, 154706 (Featured article)

• D. Parobek, T. Qiao, D. H. Son, "Perspective: Energetic hot electrons from exciton-to-hot electron upconversion in Mn-Doped semiconductor nanocrystals" J. Chem. Phys. 2019. 151, 120901 (Featured article)

• Y. Dong, T. Qioa, D. Kim, D. Rossi, S. J. Ahn, D. H. Son, "Controlling Anisotropy of Quantum-Confined CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals by Combined Use of Equilibrium and Kinetic Anisotropy" Chem. Mat. 2019. 31,5655

• T. Qiao, D. Parobek, Y. Dong, E. Ha, D. H. Son, "Photoinduced Mn doping in cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals" Nanoscale, 2019. 11, 5247-5253

• D. Rossi,H. Wang, Y. Dong, T. Qiao, X. Qian, D.H. Son, "Light-Induced Activation of Forbidden Exciton Transition in Strongly Confined Perovskite Quantum Dots" ACS Nano., 2018. 12 (12), 12436-12443

• Y. Dong, T. Qiao, D. Kim, D. Parobek, D. Rossi,D.H. Son, "Precise Control of Quantum Confinement in Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots via Thermodynamic Equilibrium" Nano Lett., 2018. 18(6), 3716-3722

• Y. Dong, D. Parobek, D.H. Son, "Review: Controlling Quantum Confinement and Magnetic Doping of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals" J. Kor. Cer. Soc., 2018. 55(6), 515-516

• G.Yang, J.Tan, H. Jin, Y. H. Kim, X. Yang, D. H. Son, S. Ahn, H. Zhou and C. Yu, "Creating Effective Nanoreactors on Carbon Nanotubes with Mechanochemical Treatments for High-Areal-Capacity Sulfur Cathodes and Lithium Anodes" Adv. Func. Mat., 2018. 28, 1800595

• D. Parobek, Y. Dong, T. Qiao, D.H. Son, "Direct Hot-injection Synthesis of Mn-doped CsPbBr₃ Nanocrystals", Chem. Mat., 2018. 30(9), 2939 (Featured in Cover Art)

• S. Yuan J. Qin, H. Xu, J. Su, D. Rossi, Y. Chen, L. Zhang, C. Lollar, Q. Wang, H. Jiang, D. H. Son, H. Xu, Z. Huang, X. Zou, and H. Zhou, "[Ti8Zr2O12(COO)16] Cluster: An Ideal Inorganic Building Unit for Photoactive Metal-Organic Frameworks", ACS Cent.Sci., 2018. 4 (1), 105-111

• H. Jin, B. Baek, D. Kim, F. Wu, J. D. Batteas, J.Cheon, and D. H. Son "Effects of Direct Solvent-Quantum Dot Interaction on the Optical Properties of Colloidal Monolayer WS2 Quantum Dots" Nano Lett., 2017. 17(12), 7471

• J. Cho, H. Jin, D. G. Sellers, D. F. Watson, D. H Son and S. Banerjee "Influence of Ligand Shell Ordering on Dimensional Confinement of Cesium Lead Bromide (CsPbBr3) Perovskite Nanoplatelets" J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017. 5 8810-8818

• D. Rossi, D. Parobek, Y. Dong and D. H. Son "Dynamics of Exciton-to-Mn Energy Transfer in Mn-Doped CsPbCl3 Perovskite Nanocrystals" J. Phys. Chem. C., 2017. 131(32) 17143.

• D. Parobek, Y. Dong, T. Qiao and D. H. Son "Photoinduced Anion Exchange in Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017. 139(12), 4358.

• D. Parobek, B. J. Roman, Y. Dong, H. Jin, E. Lee, M. Sheldon and D. H. Son "Exciton-to-Dopant Energy Transfer in Mn-Doped Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals" Nano Lett., 2016 16(12) 7376.

• Y. Dong, D. Parobek, D. Rossi and D. H. Son "Photoemission of Energetic Hot Electrons Produced via Upconversion in Doped Quantum Dots" Nano Lett., 2016 16(11) 7270.

• H. Jin, M. Ahn, S. Jeong, J. H. Han, D. Yoo, D. H. Son, J. Cheon "Colloidal Single-Layer Quantum Dots with Lateral Confinement Effects on 2D Exciton" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016. 138(40), 13253.

• J. Ren, L. Camacho-Forero, D. Rossi, Y. Park, P. B. Balbuena and D. H. Son, "In-situ Optical Measurement of the Rapid Li Intercalation and Deintercalation Dynamics in Colloidal 2D Layered TiS2 nanodiscs" Nanoscale 2016, 8, 11248.

• Y. Dong, D. Rossi, D. Parobek and D. H. Son, "Non-plasmonic Hot Electron Photocurrent from Mn-doped Quantum Dots in Photoelectrochemical Cell" ChemPhysChem. 2016, 17, 660.

• D. Rossi, J. H. Han, W. Jung, J. Cheon and D. H. Son, "Orientational Control of Colloidal 2D Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanodiscs via Unusual Electrokinetic Response" ACS Nano., 2015, 9(8), 8037

• Y. Dong, J. Choi, H. Jeong and D. H. Son, "Hot Electrons Generated from Doped Quantum Dots via Upconversion of Excitons to Hot Charge Carriers for Enhanced Photocatalysis" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 5549. (JACS Spotlights)

• D.Rossi, L.E. Camacho-Forero, G. Ramos-Sanchez, J. H. Han, J. Cheon, P. B. Balbuena, and D. H. Son, "Anisotropic Electron-phonon Coupling in Colloidal Layered TiS2 Nanodiscs Observed via Coherent Acoustic Phonon" J. Phys. Chem. C. 2015, 119, 7439.

• Y. Park and D. H. Son, "Temperature-dependent Energy Transfer in Mn-doped CdS/ZnS Nanocrystals" Bull. Kor. Chem. Soc. 2015, 36, 757.

• Y. Dong and D. H. Son, "Strongly Nonlinear Dependence of Energy Transfer Rate on sp2 Carbon Content in Reduced Graphene Oxide-Quantum Dot Hybrid Structures" J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2015, 6, 44.

• D. Rossi, J. H. Han, D. Y, Yoon, Y. Dong, Y. Park, J. Cheon and D. H. Son "Photoinduced separation of strongly interacting 2-D layered TiS2 nanodiscs in solution" J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 12568.

• S. Maiti, H.-Y. Chen, Y. Park. D. H. Son " Evidence for the Ligand-Assisted Energy Transfer from Trapped exciton to Dopant in Mn-doped Semiconductor nanocrystals" J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 18226.

• Y.Park, A. Pravitasari, J.E. Raymond , J. D. Batteas, and D. H. Son "Suppression of Quenching in Plasmon-Enhanced Luminescence via Rapid Intra-Particle Energy Transfer in Doped Quantum Dots", ACS Nano. 2013, 7, 10544.

• Y. Park, C. Koo, H.-Y. Chen, A. Han, and D. H. Son, "Ratiometric Temperature Imaging Using Environment-Insensitive Luminescence of Mn-Doped Core/Shell Nanocrystals", Nanoscale 2013, 5, 4944.

• H. Y. Chen and D. H. Son, "Review: Energy and Charge Transfer Dynamics in Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals", Isr. J. Chem. 2012, 52, 1016.

• S. Maiti, H. Y. Chen, T. Y. Chen, C. H. Hsia and D. H. Son, "Effect of Surfactant and Solvent on Spin-Lattice Relaxation Dynamics of Magnetic Nanocrystals", J. Phys. Chem. B. 2013, 117, 4399.

• H. Y. Chen, S. Maiti and C. Nelson, X. Zhu and D. H. Son, "Tuning Temperature Dependence of Dopant Luminescence via Local Lattice Strain in Core/Shell Nanocrystal Structure", J. Phys. Chem. C. 2012, 116, 23838.

• H. Y. Chen, S. Maiti and D. H. Son, "Doping Location-dependent Energy Transfer Dynamics in Mn-Doped CdS/ZnS Nanocrystals", ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 583.

• H. Y. Chen, T.-Y Chen. E. Berdugo, Y. Park, K. Lovering and D. H. Son, "Hot Electrons from Consecutive Exciton-Mn Energy Transfer in Mn-Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals", J. Phys. Chem. C. 2011, 115, 11407.

• S. Wark. C. -H. Hsia, A. Luo, D. H. Son, "Surfactant effect on the formation of CuInSe₂ nanowires in solution phase synthesis", J. Mat. Chem. 2011. (DOI:10.1039/C1JM10401B)

• J. Jose, A. Loudet, Y. Ueno, L. Wu, H. Y. Chen, D. H. Son, R. Barhoumi, R. Burghardt, K. Burgess "Energy Transfer Cassettes in Silica Nanoparticles Target Intracellular Organelles", Org. Bio. Chem. 2011. (DOI:10.1039/C0OB00967A)

• S. Jia, C.-H. Hsia, H. Y. Chen, D. H. Son, "In Situ Study of Room-Temperature Oxidation Kinetics of Colloidal Co Nanocrystals Investigated by Faraday Rotation Measurement", J.Phys. Chem. C. 2011, 115 (21), 92.

• T.-Y. Chen, C.-H. Hsia, H. Y. Chen, D. H. Son, "Size Effect on Chemical Tuning of Spin-Lattice Relaxation Dynamics in Superparamagnetic Nanocrystals", J.Phys. Chem. C. 2010, 114 (21), 9713.

• Y.-H. Chan, J. Chen, Q.-S. Liu, S.E. Wark, D.-H. Son and J.D. Batteas, Ultrasensitive Copper(II) Detection Using Plasmon-Enhanced and Photo-Brightened Luminescence of CdSe Quantum Dots,Analytical Chemistry, 2010, 82 (9), 3671.

• H. Y. Chen, T.-Y. Chen and D. H. Son, "Measurement of Energy Transfer Time in Colloidal Mn-Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals", J.Phys. Chem. C. 2010, 114, 4418.

• C.-H. Hsia, T.-Y. Chen and D. H. Son, "Time-Resolved Study on Surface Spin Effect on Spin-lattice Relaxation in Fe₃O₄ nanocrystals", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9146. 

• J. Chen, Y.-H. Chan, T. Yang, S.E. Wark, D.-H. Son and J.D. Batteas, "Spatially Selective Optical Tuning of Quantum Dot Thin Film Luminescence", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 18204. 

• Y.-H. Chan, J. Chen, S. E. Wark, S. L. Skiles. D. H. Son and J. D. Batteas, "Using Patterned Arrays of Metal Nanoparticles to Probe Plasmon Enhanced Luminescence of CdSe Quantum Dots", ACS Nano. 2009, 3, 1735.

• J. Chen, W.-S. Liao, X. Chen, T. Yang, S. E. Wark, D. H. Son, J. D. Batteas, and P. S. Cremer, "Evaporation-Induced Assembly of Quantum dots into nanorings", ACS Nano, 2009, 3, 173.

• T.-Y. Chen, C.- H. Hsia and D. H. Son, "Time-Dependent Elastic Property and lattice Temperature of the Photoexcited Iron Oxide Nanocrystals", J.Phys. Chem. C. 2008, 112, 10125.

• S. E. Wark; C.- H. Hsia and D. H. Son, "Effects of Ion Solvation and Volume Change of Reaction on the Equilibrium and Morphology in Cation Exchange Reaction of Nanocrystals", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 9550.

• C.-H. Hsia, T.-Y. Chen and D. H. Son "Size-dependent Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamic in Iron Oxide Nanocrystals", Nano Lett. 2008, 8 (2), 571-576.

• T.-Y. Chen, C.-H. Hsia, H. S. Son and D. H. Son "Ultrafast Energy Transfer and Strong Dynamic non-Condon Effect on Ligand Field Transitions by Coherent Phonon in gamma-Fe₂O₃ Nanocrystals", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 10829.

• D. H. Son, J. S. Wittenberg, U. Banin and A. P. Alivisatos "Second harmonic generation and confined acoustic phonons in highly excited semiconductor nanocrystals", J. Phys. Chem. B. 2006, 100, 19884.

• D. H. Son, S. M. Hughes, Y. Yin, A. P. Alivisatos "Cation Exchange Reaction in Ionic Semiconductor Nanocrystals", Science, 2004, 306, 5698.

• D. H. Son, J. S. Wittenberg and A. P. Alivisatos " Multielectron Ionization of CdSe Quantum Dots in Intense Femtosecond Ultraviolet Light", Phys. Rev. Lett. 2004, 92, 127406.

• D. H. Son, P. Kambhampati, T. W. Kee and P. F. Barbara  "Femtosecond Multi-color Pump-probe Study of Ultrafast Electron Transfer of [(NH₃)₅Ru^IIINCRu^II(CN)₅]^- in Aqueous Solution" J. Phys. Chem. A. 2002, 106, 4591.

• P. Kambhampati, D. H. Son, T. W. Kee, and P. F. Barbara  "Solvation Dynamics of the Hydrated Electron Depends on its Initial Degree of Delocalization" J. Phys. Chem. A. 2002, 106, 2374.

• D. H. Son and P. F. Barbara, "Solvated Electron" McGrow-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 2002.

• D. H. Son, P. Kambhampati, T. W. Kee, and P. F. Barbara  "Delocalizing Electron in Water with Light" J. Phys. Chem. A. 2001, 105, 8269.

• D. H. Son, P. Kambhampati, T. W. Kee and P. F. Barbara  "One-Photon UV Detrapping of the Hydrated electron" Chem, Phys. Lett. 2001, 342, 571.

• T. W. Kee, D. H. Son, P. Kambhampati and P. F. Barbara  "A Unified Electron Transfer Model for the Different Precursors and Excited States of the Hydrated Electron" J. Phys. Chem. A. 2001, 105, 8434.

• P. Kambhampati, D. H. Son, T. W. Kee, and P. F. Barbara   "Solvent Effects on Vibrational Coherence and Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics in the Multicolor Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Intervalence Electron Transfer" J. Phys. Chem. A. 2000, 104, 10637.

• Yokoyama, K., C. Silva, D. H. Son, P. K. Walhout and P. F. Barbara "Detailed Investitation of Femtosecond Pump-Probe Spectrosopy of the Hydrated Electron", J. Phys. Chem. A. 1998, 102, 6957.