Cold-injection synthesis of highly emissive perovskite nanocrystals

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (RS-2025-00560490), the Pioneer Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (RS-2022-NR067540), the Technology Innovation Program (RS-2025-25393382, ‘Development of perovskite nano emissive material for AR/VR near-eye displays’) funded By the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR, Korea), and the Technology Innovation Program (RS-2024-00425883/Optimized Perovskite Nanocrystal Resin Composition and Prototyping Large-Area Continuous Color Conversion Film) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE, Korea). G.-S.P. was supported by the NRF grant by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (No. RS-2023-00258732). S.K.L. was supported by the NRF grant funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (2020R1A3B2079815).Author informationAuthor notesThese authors contributed eq