We review the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals/colloidal quantum dots in organic
solvents with special emphasis on earth-abundant and toxic heavy metal free compounds …

Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs, ie, crystalline nanoparticles) have become an important class
of materials with great potential for applications ranging from medicine to electronic and …

Building-integrated photovoltaics is gaining consensus as a renewable energy technology
for producing electricity at the point of use. Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) could …

Concerns over possible toxicities of conventional metal-containing quantum dots have
inspired growing research interests in colloidal silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs), or silicon …

Luminescence probe has been broadly used for bio-imaging applications. Among them,
near-infrared (NIR) quantum dots (QDs) are more attractive due to minimal tissue …

Optically stimulated synaptic devices are critical to the development of neuromorphic
computing with broad bandwidth and efficient interconnect. Although a few interesting …

Abstract Silicon nanocrystals (Si‐NCs) are emerging as an attractive class of quantum dots
owing to the natural abundance of silicon in the Earth's crust, their low toxicity compared to …

Fluorescence bioimaging is a powerful, versatile, method for investigating, both in vivo and
in vitro, the complex structures and functions of living organisms in real time and space, also …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201506140 the abundance and nontoxicity of Si.[24, 25] In the context
of compatibility with the bulk-Si technology on which graphene/Si Schottky-junction …

This review describes promising laser-based approaches to produce silicon nanostructures,
including laser ablation of solid Si targets in residual gases and liquids and laser pyrolysis of …