dr. Freddy Rabouw

dr. Freddy Rabouw
Room - Leonard S. Ornstein Laboratorium 0.21
F.T.Rabouw@uu.nl

Freddy Rabouw develops advanced optical microscopy and spectroscopy methods on the single-molecule level to study individual reaction events with high spatial and temporal resolution simultaneously. The current focus is on model reactions in which fluorescent molecules change color.

Academic Career

Tenure-track position

2017 – to date: Tenure-track assistant professor at Utrecht University (NL)

Postdoctoral Experience

2016-2018: NWO Rubicon fellow at ETH Zürich in the group of Prof. David Norris (CH)

2015: Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Daniël Vanmaekelbergh and Prof. Andries Meijerink at Utrecht University (NL)

Early Stage Researcher

2015: PhD degree from Utrecht University with cum laude under the supervision of Prof. Daniël Vanmaekelbergh and Prof. Andries Meijerink (NL)

2011: Master degree in Nanomaterials: Chemistry & Physics with greatest distinction (cum laude) from Utrecht University (NL)

2009: Bachelors degree in Chemistry and minor in Nanomaterials with greatest distinction (cum laude) from Utrecht University (NL)

Current educational/Teaching Activities

Mar 2019 – to date: Lecturer for the first-year molecular life sciences students at Utrecht University – Introduction to quantum chemistry

Apr 2018 – to date: Lecturer for the first-year chemistry students at Utrecht University – Introduction to quantum chemistry

Apr 2018 – to date: Lecturer for the first-year physics students at Utrecht University – Introduction to quantum physics and nanotechnology

Apr 2017 – to date: Supervision of MSc students and BSc students at Utrecht University – Project supervision for their thesis projects

Awards and Scientific Honors

Scientific Awards

PUG-prize for best PhD-thesis of Utrecht University awarded by the Provinciaal Utrechts Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (2016)

Poster prize at the 30 Years of Quantum Dots conference in Paris, France
for “Decay dynamics and energy transfer in co-doped nanocrystals” (2014)

Prize for best oral presentation at the Nanogé conference on Single Quantum Dots in Mallorca, Spain for “Reduced Auger recombination in single CdSe/CdS nanorods by one dimensional electron delocalization” (2013)

Prize for best MSc thesis awarded by the Graduate School of Natural Sciences of Utrecht University for “Lanthanide doped CaS nanocrystals: towards single ion luminescence” (2012)

Second poster prize at the PAC symposium in Utrecht, The Netherlands
for “Lanthanide doped CaS nanocrystals: towards single ion luminescence” (2011)

Third place at the National Chemistry Olympiad – National competition for high-school students, on theoretical and practical chemistry skills (2006)

Educational Awards

Protonpluim for best lecturer of the first-year chemistry courses
elected by the first-year students of the chemistry BSc at Utrecht University (2018)

Prestigious Grants

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Open Competition Domain Science – KLEIN grant for the project entitled “Optical control over the blinking behaviour of colloidal quantum dots” (2019)

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Veni personal grant for independent research (2017)

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Rubicon personal grant for postdoctoral research at a research university abroad (2016)

Publications

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Jöbsis, H J; Caselli, V M; Askes, S H C; Garnett, E C; Savenije, T J; Rabouw, F T; Hutter, E M

Recombination and localization: Unfolding the pathways behind conductivity losses in Cs2AgBiBr6 thin films Journal Article

In: Applied Physics Letters, vol. 119, no. 13, 2021.

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Hinterding, S O M; Salzmann, B B V; Vonk, S J W; Vanmaekelbergh, D; Weckhuysen, B M; Hutter, E M; Rabouw, F T

Single Trap States in Single CdSe Nanoplatelets Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 7216-7225, 2021.

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Swieten, T P Van; Omme, T Van; Heuvel, D J Van Den; Vonk, S J W; Spruit, R G; Meirer, F; Garza, H H P; Weckhuysen, B M; Meijerink, A; Rabouw, F T; Geitenbeek, R G

Mapping Elevated Temperatures with a Micrometer Resolution Using the Luminescence of Chemically Stable Upconversion Nanoparticles Journal Article

In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 4208-4215, 2021.

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Vonk, S J W; Heemskerk, B A J; Keitel, R C; Hinterding, S O M; Geuchies, J J; Houtepen, A J; Rabouw, F T

Biexciton Binding Energy and Line width of Single Quantum Dots at Room Temperature Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 21, no. 13, pp. 5760-5766, 2021.

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Brechbühler, R; Vonk, S J W; Aellen, M; Lassaline, N; Keitel, R C; Cocina, A; Rossinelli, A A; Rabouw, F T; Norris, D J

Compact Plasmonic Distributed-Feedback Lasers as Dark Sources of Surface Plasmon Polaritons Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 9935-9944, 2021.

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Swieten, T P; Yu, D; Yu, T; Vonk, S J W; Suta, M; Zhang, Q; Meijerink, A; Rabouw, F T

A Ho3+-Based Luminescent Thermometer for Sensitive Sensing over a Wide Temperature Range Journal Article

In: Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 9, no. 1, 2021.

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Hinterding, S O M; Mangnus, M J J; Prins, P T; Jöbsis, H J; Busatto, S; Vanmaekelbergh, D; Donega, C De Mello; Rabouw, F T

Unusual Spectral Diffusion of Single CuInS2Quantum Dots Sheds Light on the Mechanism of Radiative Decay Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 658-665, 2021.

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Haar, M A Van De; Tachikirt, M; Berends, A C; Krames, M R; Meijerink, A; Rabouw, F T

Saturation Mechanisms in Common LED Phosphors Journal Article

In: ACS Photonics, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1784-1793, 2021.

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Prins, P T; Montanarella, F; Dümbgen, K; Justo, Y; Bok, J C Van Der; Hinterding, S O M; Geuchies, J J; Maes, J; Nolf, K De; Deelen, S; Meijer, H; Zinn, T; Petukhov, A V; Rabouw, F T; Donega, C De Mello; Vanmaekelbergh, D; Hens, Z

Extended Nucleation and Superfocusing in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystal Synthesis Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 2487-2496, 2021.

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Yu, D; Yu, T; van Bunningen, A J; Zhang, Q; Meijerink, A; Rabouw, F T

Understanding and tuning blue-to-near-infrared photon cutting by the Tm3+/Yb3+ couple Journal Article

In: Light: Science and Applications, vol. 9, no. 1, 2020.

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Rohner, P; Reiser, A; Rabouw, F T; Sologubenko, A S; Norris, D J; Spolenak, R; Poulikakos, D

3D electrohydrodynamic printing and characterisation of highly conductive gold nanowalls Journal Article

In: Nanoscale, vol. 12, no. 39, pp. 20158-20164, 2020.

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Antolinez, F V; Rabouw, F T; Rossinelli, A A; Keitel, R C; Cocina, A; Becker, M A; Norris, D J

Trion Emission Dominates the Low-Temperature Photoluminescence of CdSe Nanoplatelets Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 5814-5820, 2020.

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Sontakke, A D; Bunningen, A J Van; Rabouw, F T; Meijers, S; Meijerink, A

Unraveling the Eu2+→ Mn2+Energy Transfer Mechanism in w-LED Phosphors Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 124, no. 25, pp. 13902-13911, 2020.

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Lassaline, N; Brechbühler, R; Vonk, S J W; Ridderbeek, K; Spieser, M; Bisig, S; le Feber, B; Rabouw, F T; Norris, D J

Optical Fourier surfaces Journal Article

In: Nature, vol. 582, no. 7813, pp. 506-510, 2020.

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Hinterding, S O M; Hinterding, S O M; Vonk, S J W; Vonk, S J W; Harten, E J Van; Rabouw, F T; Rabouw, F T

Dynamics of Intermittent Delayed Emission in Single CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 4755-4761, 2020.

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Winkler, J M; Ruckriegel, M J; Rojo, H; Keitel, R C; Leo, E De; Rabouw, F T; Norris, D J

Dual-Wavelength Lasing in Quantum-Dot Plasmonic Lattice Lasers Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 5223-5232, 2020.

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Vonk, S J W; Fridriksson, M B; Hinterding, S O M; Mangnus, M J J; Swieten, T P Van; Grozema, F C; Rabouw, F T; Stam, W Van Der

Trapping and Detrapping in Colloidal Perovskite Nanoplatelets: Elucidation and Prevention of Nonradiative Processes through Chemical Treatment Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 124, no. 14, pp. 8047-8054, 2020.

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Brodu, A; Ballottin, M V; Buhot, J; Dupont, D; Tessier, M; Hens, Z; Rabouw, F T; Christianen, P C M; Donega, C De Mello; Vanmaekelbergh, D

Exciton-phonon coupling in InP quantum dots with ZnS and (Zn,Cd) Se shells Journal Article

In: Physical Review B, vol. 101, no. 12, 2020.

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Haar, M A Van De; Berends, A C; Krames, M R; Chepyga, L; Rabouw, F T; Meijerink, A

Eu3+ Sensitization via Nonradiative Interparticle Energy Transfer Using Inorganic Nanoparticles Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 689-695, 2020.

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Xia, C; Wang, W; Du, L; Rabouw, F T; Heuvel, D J. Van Den; Gerritsen, H C; Mattoussi, H; Donega, C De Mello

Förster Resonance Energy Transfer between Colloidal CuInS2/ZnS Quantum Dots and Dark Quenchers Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 124, no. 2, pp. 1717-1731, 2020.

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Kirkwood, N; Backer, A De; Altantzis, T; Winckelmans, N; Longo, A; Antolinez, F V; Rabouw, F T; Trizio, L De; Geuchies, J J; Mulder, J T; Renaud, N; Bals, S; Manna, L; Houtepen, A J

Locating and Controlling the Zn Content in In(Zn)P Quantum Dots Journal Article

In: Chemistry of Materials, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 557-565, 2020.

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Brodu, A; Chandrasekaran, V; Scarpelli, L; Buhot, J; Masia, F; Ballottin, M V; Severijnen, M; Tessier, M D; Dupont, D; Rabouw, F T; Christianen, P C M; Donega, C De Mello; Vanmaekelbergh, D; Langbein, W; Hens, Z

Fine Structure of Nearly Isotropic Bright Excitons in InP/ZnSe Colloidal Quantum Dots Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 10, no. 18, pp. 5468-5475, 2019.

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Rabouw, F T; Antolinez, F V; Brechbühler, R; Norris, D J

Microsecond Blinking Events in the Fluorescence of Colloidal Quantum Dots Revealed by Correlation Analysis on Preselected Photons Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 10, no. 13, pp. 3732-3738, 2019.

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Berends, A C; Mangnus, M J J; Xia, C; Rabouw, F T; Donega, C De Mello

Optoelectronic Properties of Ternary I-III-VI 2 Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Bright Prospects with Elusive Origins Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 1600-1616, 2019.

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Winkler, J M; Rabouw, F T; Rossinelli, A A; Jayanti, S V; McPeak, K M; Kim, D K; Feber, B Le; Prins, F; Norris, D J

Room-Temperature Strong Coupling of CdSe Nanoplatelets and Plasmonic Hole Arrays Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 108-115, 2019.

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Rabouw, F T; Prins, P T; Villanueva-Delgado, P; Castelijns, M; Geitenbeek, R G; Meijerink, A

Reply to "overtone Vibrational Transition-Induced Lanthanide Excited-State Quenching in Yb3+/Er3+-Doped Upconversion Nanocrystals" Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 10576-10577, 2018.

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Montanarella, F; Biondi, M; Hinterding, S O M; Vanmaekelbergh, D; Rabouw, F T

Reversible Charge-Carrier Trapping Slows Förster Energy Transfer in CdSe/CdS Quantum-Dot Solids Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 5867-5874, 2018.

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Brodu, A; Ballottin, M V; Buhot, J; Harten, E J Van; Dupont, D; Porta, A La; Prins, P T; Tessier, M D; Versteegh, M A M; Zwiller, V; Bals, S; Hens, Z; Rabouw, F T; Christianen, P C M; Donega, C De Mello; Vanmaekelbergh, D

Exciton Fine Structure and Lattice Dynamics in InP/ZnSe Core/Shell Quantum Dots Journal Article

In: ACS Photonics, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 3353-3362, 2018.

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Rabouw, F T; Prins, P T; Villanueva-Delgado, P; Castelijns, M; Geitenbeek, R G; Meijerink, A

Quenching Pathways in NaYF4:Er3+,Yb3+ Upconversion Nanocrystals Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 4812-4823, 2018.

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Sun, J -Y; Rabouw, F T; Yang, X -F; Huang, X -Y; Jing, X -P; Ye, S; Zhang, Q -Y

Facile Two-Step Synthesis of All-Inorganic Perovskite CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, and I) Zeolite-Y Composite Phosphors for Potential Backlight Display Application Journal Article

In: Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 27, no. 45, 2017.

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Isarov, M; Tan, L Z; Tilchin, J; Rabouw, F T; Bodnarchuk, M I; Dijk-Moes, R J A Van; Carmi, R; Barak, Y; Kostadinov, A; Meir, I; Vanmaekelbergh, D; Kovalenko, M V; Rappe, A M; Lifshitz, E

Polarized emission in II-VI and perovskite colloidal quantum dots Journal Article

In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 50, no. 21, 2017.

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Montanarella, F; Altantzis, T; Zanaga, D; Rabouw, F T; Bals, S; Baesjou, P; Vanmaekelbergh, D; Blaaderen, A Van

Composite Supraparticles with Tunable Light Emission Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 11, no. 9, pp. 9136-9142, 2017.

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Jong, M De; Meijerink, A; Rabouw, F T

Non-Poissonian photon statistics from macroscopic photon cutting materials Journal Article

In: Nature Communications, vol. 8, 2017.

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Geuchies, J J; Overbeek, C Van; Evers, W H; Goris, B; Backer, A De; Gantapara, A P; Rabouw, F T; Hilhorst, J; Peters, J L; Konovalov, O; Petukhov, A V; Dijkstra, M; Siebbeles, L D A; Aert, S Van; Bals, S; Vanmaekelbergh, D

In situ study of the formation mechanism of two-dimensional superlattices from PbSe nanocrystals Journal Article

In: Nature Materials, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1248-1254, 2016.

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Rabouw, F T; de Mello Donega, C

Excited-State Dynamics in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals Journal Article

In: Topics in Current Chemistry, vol. 374, no. 5, 2016.

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Berends, A C; Rabouw, F T; Spoor, F C M; Bladt, E; Grozema, F C; Houtepen, A J; Siebbeles, L D A; Donegá, C De Mello

Radiative and Nonradiative Recombination in CuInS2 Nanocrystals and CuInS2-Based Core/Shell Nanocrystals Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 7, no. 17, pp. 3503-3509, 2016.

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Stam, W Van Der; Rabouw, F T; Vonk, S J W; Geuchies, J J; Ligthart, H; Petukhov, A V; Donega, C De Mello

Oleic Acid-Induced Atomic Alignment of ZnS Polyhedral Nanocrystals Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 2608-2614, 2016.

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Rabouw, F T; Bok, J C Van Der; Spinicelli, P; Mahler, B; Nasilowski, M; Pedetti, S; Dubertret, B; Vanmaekelbergh, D

Temporary Charge Carrier Separation Dominates the Photoluminescence Decay Dynamics of Colloidal CdSe Nanoplatelets Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 2047-2053, 2016.

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Stam, W Van Der; Rabouw, F T; Geuchies, J J; Berends, A C; Hinterding, S O M; Geitenbeek, R G; Lit, J Van Der; Prévost, S; Petukhov, A V; Donega, C De Mello

In Situ Probing of Stack-Templated Growth of Ultrathin Cu2-xS Nanosheets Journal Article

In: Chemistry of Materials, vol. 28, no. 17, pp. 6381-6389, 2016, (cited By 9).

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Stam, W Van Der; Rabouw, F T; Vonk, S J W; Geuchies, J J; Ligthart, H; Petukhov, A V; Donega, C De Mello

Oleic Acid-Induced Atomic Alignment of ZnS Polyhedral Nanocrystals Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 2608-2614, 2016, (cited By 19).

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Rabouw, F T; Cogan, N M B; Berends, A C; Stam, W Van Der; Vanmaekelbergh, D; Koenderink, A F; Krauss, T D; Donega, C D M

Non-blinking single-photon emitters in silica Journal Article

In: Scientific Reports, vol. 6, 2016.

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Rabouw, F T; Kamp, M; Dijk-Moes, R J A Van; Gamelin, D R; Koenderink, A F; Meijerink, A; Vanmaekelbergh, D

Delayed Exciton Emission and Its Relation to Blinking in CdSe Quantum Dots Journal Article

In: Nano Letters, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 7718-7725, 2015.

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Rabouw, F T; Vaxenburg, R; Bakulin, A A; Dijk-Moes, R J A Van; Bakker, H J; Rodina, A; Lifshitz, E; Efros, A L.; Koenderink, A F; Vanmaekelbergh, D

Dynamics of Intraband and Interband Auger Processes in Colloidal Core-Shell Quantum Dots Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 10366-10376, 2015.

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Tilchin, J; Rabouw, F T; Isarov, M; Vaxenburg, R; Dijk-Moes, R J A Van; Lifshitz, E; Vanmaekelbergh, D

Quantum Confinement Regimes in CdTe Nanocrystals Probed by Single Dot Spectroscopy: From Strong Confinement to the Bulk Limit Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 7840-7845, 2015.

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Jong, M De; Seijo, L; Meijerink, A; Rabouw, F T

Resolving the ambiguity in the relation between Stokes shift and Huang-Rhys parameter Journal Article

In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 17, no. 26, pp. 16959-16969, 2015.

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Vanmaekelbergh, D; Vugt, L K Van; Bakker, H E; Rabouw, F T; Nijs, B D; Dijk-Moes, R J A Van; Huis, M A Van; Baesjou, P J; Blaaderen, A Van

Shape-dependent multiexciton emission and whispering gallery modes in supraparticles of CdSe/multishell quantum dots Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 3942-3950, 2015.

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Rabouw, F T; Meijerink, A

Modeling the cooperative energy transfer dynamics of quantum cutting for solar cells Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 119, no. 5, pp. 2364-2370, 2015.

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Senden, T; Rabouw, F T; Meijerink, A

Photonic effects on the radiative decay rate and luminescence quantum yield of doped nanocrystals Journal Article

In: ACS Nano, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1801-1808, 2015.

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Martín-Rodríguez, R; Rabouw, F T; Trevisani, M; Bettinelli, M; Meijerink, A

Upconversion Dynamics in Er3+-Doped Gd<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf>S: Influence of Excitation Power, Er3+ Concentration, and Defects Journal Article

In: Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 558-567, 2015.

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Yu, D -C; Martín-Rodríguez, R; Zhang, Q -Y; Meijerink, A; Rabouw, F T

Multi-photon quantum cutting in Gd2O2S:Tm3+ to enhance the photo-response of solar cells Journal Article

In: Light: Science and Applications, vol. 4, 2015.

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