Halide perovskite nanocrystals are at the forefront of materials research due to their remarkable optoelectronic properties and versatile applications. While their lattice structure and optical properties have been extensively investigated for the structure–property correlation, their lattice dynamics, the physical link between the lattice structure and optoelectronic properties, has been much less visited. We report the evolution of structural dynamics of a series of cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals whose size and morphology are systematically varied by synthesis temperature. Low-frequency Raman spectroscopy uncovers the nanocrystals’ structural dynamics, including a relaxational spectral continuum from ligand librations and a phonon spectrum evolving with nanocrystal size. As the size of nanocrystals increases, their phonon spectrum becomes more intense, and their spectral weights redistribute with new first- and second-order modes being activated. The linewidth of the observed phonon modes generally broadens as the nanocrystal grows larger, an interesting deviation from the established phonon confinement model. We suggest that strong confinement and truncation of the lattice and ligands anchoring on the surface might lead to pinning of the lattice dynamics at nanoscale. These findings offer new insights into the bulk–nano-transition in halide perovskite soft semiconductors.
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