The emerging field of plasmonics has yielded methods for guiding and localizing light at the
nanoscale, well below the scale of the wavelength of light in free space. Now plasmonics …

The field of nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs) is already more than 30 years old, and yet
continuing interest in these structures is driven by both the fascinating physics emerging …

In this study, an InP-cored quantum dot (InP-QD) material was prepared and physically
immobilized on TiO2 particles functionalized with an archetypical reduction catalyst,(4, 4-Y2 …

Nanostructured materials are advantageous in offering huge surface to volume ratios,
favorable transport properties, altered physical properties, and confinement effects resulting …

Multiple exciton generation (MEG) is a process that can occur in semiconductor
nanocrystals, or quantum dots (QDs), whereby absorption of a photon bearing at least twice …

Semiconducting quantum dots, whose particle sizes are in the nanometer range, have very
unusual properties. The quantum dots have band gaps that depend in a complicated fashion …

Time-resolved, pulsed terahertz spectroscopy has developed into a powerful tool to study
charge carrier dynamics in semiconductors and semiconductor structures over the past …

The detection of photons underpins imaging, spectroscopy, fibre-optic communications and
time-gated distance measurements. Nanostructured materials are attractive for detection …

Abstract 2D materials have attracted considerable attention due to their exciting optical and
electronic properties, and demonstrate immense potential for next‐generation solar cells …

This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …