RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Unconventional route to dual-shelled organolead halide perovskite nanocrystals with controlled dimensions, surface chemistry, and stabilities JF Science Advances JO Sci Adv FD American Association for the Advancement of Science SP eaax4424 DO 10.1126/sciadv.aax4424 VO 5 IS 11 A1 He, Yanjie A1 Yoon, Young Jun A1 Harn, Yeu Wei A1 Biesold-McGee, Gill V. A1 Liang, Shuang A1 Lin, Chun Hao A1 Tsukruk, Vladimir V. A1 Thadhani, Naresh A1 Kang, Zhitao A1 Lin, Zhiqun YR 2019 UL http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/11/eaax4424.abstract AB The past few years have witnessed rapid advances in the synthesis of high-quality perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs). However, despite the impressive developments, the stability of PNCs remains a substantial challenge. The ability to reliably improve stability of PNCs while retaining their individual nanometer size represents a critical step that underpins future advances in optoelectronic applications. Here, we report an unconventional strategy for crafting dual-shelled PNCs (i.e., polymer-ligated perovskite/SiO2 core/shell NCs) with exquisite control over dimensions, surface chemistry, and stabilities. In stark contrast to conventional methods, our strategy relies on capitalizing on judiciously designed star-like copolymers as nanoreactors to render the growth of core/shell NCs with controlled yet tunable perovskite core diameter, SiO2 shell thickness, and surface chemistry. Consequently, the resulting polymer-tethered perovskite/SiO2 core/shell NCs display concurrently a stellar set of substantially improved stabilities (i.e., colloidal stability, chemical composition stability, photostability, water stability), while having appealing solution processability, which are unattainable by conventional methods.