Data for "Effect of luminescent nanocrystal alignment on fluorescence anisotropy and light guiding in polymer films"

DescriptionThis dataset accompanies the publication "Effect of Luminescent Nanocrystal Alignment on Fluorescence Anisotropy and Light Guiding in Polymer Films" and includes experimental data used to produce the figures in the article. The study investigates the optical properties of polymer films containing luminescent nanocrystals, focusing on changes induced by solvent casting and film stretching.This dataset includes:Absorbance and fluorescence spectraNanocrystal alignment and fluorescence anisotropy dataStrain measurementsPhotoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), waveguiding, and internal photon efficiency (IPE) dataMonte Carlo simulation inputs and outputsPublication DetailsWhen using this data, please cite: Warner, T., Rinaudo, M., Xu, Y., Han, J., Ashokan, A., Kirkwood, N., Widmer-Cooper, A., Smith, T. A., Ghiggino, K. P., &amp; Rosengarten, G. (2025). Effect of luminescent nanocrystal alignment on fluorescence anisotropy and light guiding in polymer films. <i>Optical Materials</i>, 159, 116606. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.116606 <br>Title: "Effect of luminescent nanocrystal alignment on fluorescence anisotropy and light guiding in polymer films"Authors: Timothy Warner, Michael Rinaudo, Yang Xu, Jiho Han, Arun Ashokan, Nicholas Kirkwood, Asaph Widmer-Cooper, Trevor A. Smith, Kenneth P. Ghiggino*, and Gary RosengartenCorresponding Author: Kenneth P. Ghiggino ([e-mail])Year: 2025Journal: Optical MaterialsVolume: 159Pages: 116606ISSN: 0925-3467Key ReferencesFluorescence Anisotropy Modelling Tool:Citation: Warner, Timothy; Takhsha, Negar (2024). Tool for modelling relationship between fluorescence anisotropy and true strain in polymer films. figshare. Software. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27897528GitHub project: https://github.com/Timothy-J-Warner/fluorescence-anisotropy-vs-strain-modellingMonte Carlo Simulation Software (Modified):Citation: Zhang, Bolong, et al. "A luminescent solar concentrator ray tracing simulator with a graphical user interface: features and applications." Methods and applications in fluorescence 8.3 (2020): 037001. DOI:10.1088/2050-6120/ab993dSource code location: https://uml.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/lsc-matlab-code/Data ContentsFig4:"Absorbance_specta.csv" - Absorption and thickness corrected absorption spectra of stretched and unstretched QD, NR and NPL films."Emission_spectra.csv" - Emission spectra of QDs, NRs and NPLs.Fig5+6+7:"Nanocrystal_angles.csv" - Angles of NRs and NPLs measured from TEM images. Angles were converted to deviation from thickness direction (z-axis) using known orientation of the images relative to the films."Histograms.csv" - Angle data was converted to histograms with 10 degree intervals."Numeric_analysis.csv" - Normalised histogram data grouped in 30 degree intervals, changes in normalised alignment after stretching, proportion of nanocrystals with angle greater than 48 degrees and the percentage change in nanocrystals with angle greater than 48 degrees.Fig8+9:"G_correction_factors.csv" - G correction factor for each pixel (255x255) is provided."S_NPL.csv" - 255 x 255 resolution fluorescence anisotropy microscope heatmap image."S_NR.csv" - 255 x 255 resolution fluorescence anisotropy microscope heatmap image."S_QD.csv" - 255 x 255 resolution fluorescence anisotropy microscope heatmap image."US_NPL.csv" - 255 x 255 resolution fluorescence anisotropy microscope heatmap image."US_NR.csv" - 255 x 255 resolution fluorescence anisotropy microscope heatmap image."US_QD.csv" - 255 x 255 resolution fluorescence anisotropy microscope heatmap image.Fig10:"Strain_anistropy.csv" - Fluorescence anisotropy data vs true strain, elongation, and engineering strain."Strain_anisotropy_raw.csv" - Raw anisotropy counts from fluorescence anisotropy heatmaps.Fig11:"PLQY_Edge_IPE.csv" - Edge efficiency, PLQY, and IPE measurements with standard deviations from triplicate measurements.Fig12:"Monte_carlo_inputs.csv" - Input parameters for the Monte Carlo simulations."Monte_carlo_outputs.csv" - Simulation results, including edge efficiency (Nedge), PLQY (Nplqy) and internal photon efficiency (Nint).Usage NotesPlease cite the original publication when using this dataset.