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We present a review of spin-dependent properties of excitons in semiconductor colloidal nanocrystals. The photoluminescences (PL) properties of neutral and charged excitons (trions) are compared. The mechanisms and the polarization of radiative recombination of a “dark” (spin-forbidden) exciton that determines the low-temperature PL of colloidal nanocrystals are discussed in detail. The radiative recombination of a dark exciton becomes possible as a result of simultaneous flips of the surface spin and electron spin in a dark exciton that leads to admixture of bright exciton states. This recombination mechanism is effective in the case of a disordered state of the spin system and is suppressed if the polaron ferromagnetic state forms. The conditions and various mechanisms of formation of the spin polaron state and possibilities of its experimental detection are discussed. The experimental and theoretical studies of magnetic field-induced circular polarization of PL in ensembles of colloidal nanocrystals are reviewed.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Rodina, A.A. Golovatenko, E.V. Shornikova, D.R. Yakovlev, 2018, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2018, Vol. 60, No. 8, pp. 1525–1541.
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Rodina, A.V., Golovatenko, A.A., Shornikova, E.V. et al. Spin Physics of Excitons in Colloidal Nanocrystals. Phys. Solid State 60, 1537–1553 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378341808019X
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