Hybrid perovskites are emerging as a promising, high-performance luminescent material; however, the technological challenges associated with generating high-resolution, free-form perovskite structures remain unresolved, limiting innovation in optoelectronic devices. Here, we report nanoscale three-dimensional (3D) printing of colored perovskite pixels with programmed dimensions, placements, and emission characteristics. Notably, a meniscus comprising femtoliters of ink is used to guide a highly confined, out-of-plane crystallization process, which generates 3D red, green, and blue (RGB) perovskite nanopixels with ultrahigh integration density. We show that the 3D form of these nanopixels enhances their emission brightness without sacrificing their lateral resolution, thereby enabling the fabrication of high-resolution displays with improved brightness. Furthermore, 3D pixels can store and encode additional information into their vertical heights, providing multilevel security against counterfeiting. The proof-of-concept experiments demonstrate the potential of 3D printing to become a platform for the manufacture of smart, high-performance photonic devices without design restrictions.
Keywords: 3D printing; high-resolution displays; hybrid perovskite nanopixels; multilevel anticounterfeiting.