Conspectus Surfaces are an integral part of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs). Hence,
understanding the binding and packing to NC surfaces of organic ligands, which are often …

Manipulations of nanocrystal (NC) surfaces have propelled the applications of colloidal NCs
across various fields such as bioimaging, catalysis, electronics, and sensing applications. In …

As synthesized, nanocrystal surfaces are typically covered in coordinating organic ligands,
and the degree of packing and order of these ligands are ongoing questions in the field of …

Using cyclic voltammetry under illumination, we recently demonstrated that CdS quantum
dots (QDs) form charge donor states that live for at least several minutes after illumination …

Colloidal quantum dots, with their size-tunable optoelectronic properties and scalable
synthesis, enable applications in which inexpensive high-performance semiconductors are …

Accessing semiconductor nanocrystals free from surface defects is an outstanding challenge
in the design of materials with targeted properties. Despite the established importance of Z …

Recent experiments have probed the chiral properties of semiconductor nanocrystal (NC)
quantum dots (QDs), but understanding the circular dichroism line shape, excitonic features …

We present a method to measure relative energies between binding conformations of
carboxylate ligands on InP magic-sized clusters in solution. Using Markov chain Monte …

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) consist of an inorganic core and organic surface ligands.
Surface ligands play a dominant role in maintaining the colloidal stability of QDs and …

Binary compositions of surface ligands are known to improve the colloidal stability and
fluorescence quantum yield of nanocrystals (NCs), due to ligand–ligand interactions and …