Mn$^{\mathrm{2+}}$-Doped CdSe/CdS Core/Multishell Colloidal Quantum Wells Enabling Tunable Carrier-Dopant Exchange Interactions

We report the manifestations of carrier-dopant exchange interactions in colloidal Mn$^{\mathrm{2+}}$-doped CdSe/CdS core/multishell quantum wells. In our solution-processed quantum well heterostructures, Mn$^{\mathrm{2+}}$ was incorporated by growing a Cd$_{\mathrm{0.985}}$Mn$_{\mathrm{0:015}}$S monolayer shell on undoped CdSe nanoplatelets using the colloidal atomic layer deposition technique. The carrier-magnetic ion exchange interaction effects are tunable through wave function engineering. This is realized by controlling the spatial overlap between the carrier wave functions with the manganese ions through adjusting the location, composition, and number of the CdSe, Cd$_{\mathrm{1-x}}$Mn$_{\mathrm{x}}$S, and CdS layers. Our colloidal quantum wells, which exhibit magneto-optical properties analogous to those of epitaxially grown quantum wells, offer new opportunities for solution-processed spin-based semiconductor devices.