The field of colloidal synthesis of semiconductors emerged 40 years ago and has reached a
certain level of maturity thanks to the use of nanocrystals as phosphors in commercial …

Lasers and optical amplifiers based on solution-processable materials have been long-
desired devices for their compatibility with virtually any substrate, scalability, and ease of …

This review serves to document advances in the synthesis, versatile bonding, and reactivity
of molecular main group metal hydrides within Groups 1, 2, and 12–16. Particular attention …

Heavy-metal (Cd, Hg, and Pb)-containing semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have been
explored widely due to their unique optical and electrical properties. However, the toxicity …

The last decade has witnessed extensive breakthroughs and significant progress in
atomically flat two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor nanoplatelets (NPLs) in terms of …

Semiconductor nanocrystals exhibit attractive photophysical properties for use in a variety of
applications. Advancing the efficiency of nanocrystal-based devices requires a deep …

Magic-sized clusters (MSCs) of semiconductor are typically defined as specific molecular-
scale arrangements of atoms that exhibit enhanced stability. They often grow in discrete …

Semi-conducting nanoplatelets are two-dimensional nanoparticles whose thickness is in the
nanometer range and controlled at the atomic level. They have come up as a new category …

Compared with zero‐dimensional quantum dots and one‐dimensional nanorods, two‐
dimensional nanoplatelets exhibit many unique optical properties. Due to strong quantum …

Formation of monodisperse right trigonal-bipyramidal (r TriBP) and cube-shaped CdSe
nanocrystals─ both being encased with six (100) facets─ is found to be dictated by type of …