Semiconductor quantum dots: Technological progress and future challenges

FP García de Arquer, DV Talapin, VI Klimov, Y Arakawa… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Semiconductor materials feature optical and electronic properties that can
be engineered through their composition and crystal structure. The use of semiconductors …

Versatile types of inorganic/organic NIR-IIa/IIb fluorophores: from strategic design toward molecular imaging and theranostics

Y Liu, Y Li, S Koo, Y Sun, Y Liu, X Liu, Y Pan… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In vivo imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm), which enables
us to look deeply into living subjects, is producing marvelous opportunities for biomedical …

Ultra-narrow room-temperature emission from single CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots

G Rainò, N Yazdani, SC Boehme… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Semiconductor quantum dots have long been considered artificial atoms, but despite the
overarching analogies in the strong energy-level quantization and the single-photon …

Perovskite quantum dots for application in high color gamut backlighting display of light-emitting diodes

X Wang, Z Bao, YC Chang, RS Liu - ACS Energy Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Lead halide perovskite quantum dots (LHP QDs) exhibit great potential in the backlighting
display of light-emitting diode applications. Light-emitting backlighting with high brightness …

The role of organic ligand shell structures in colloidal nanocrystal synthesis

JJ Calvin, AS Brewer, AP Alivisatos - Nature Synthesis, 2022 - nature.com
Organic ligands are essential in the growth of monodisperse colloidal inorganic
nanocrystals and can be leveraged to create a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Inorganic …

Artificial chemist: an autonomous quantum dot synthesis bot

RW Epps, MS Bowen, AA Volk, K Abdel‐Latif… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The optimal synthesis of advanced nanomaterials with numerous reaction parameters,
stages, and routes, poses one of the most complex challenges of modern colloidal science …

Bioactive graphene quantum dots based polymer composite for biomedical applications

SM Mousavi, SA Hashemi, MY Kalashgrani, N Omidifar… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Today, nanomedicine seeks to develop new polymer composites to overcome current
problems in diagnosing and treating common diseases, especially cancer. To achieve this …

Colloidal alloyed quantum dots with enhanced photoluminescence quantum yield in the NIR-II window

H Yang, R Li, Y Zhang, M Yu, Z Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) with photoluminescence (PL) emission at 900–1700 nm
(denoted as the second near-infrared window, NIR-II) exhibit much-depressed photon …

Approaching high-performance light-emitting devices upon perovskite quantum dots: Advances and prospects

X Mei, D Jia, J Chen, S Zheng, X Zhang - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Metal halide perovskite quantum dots (PQDs) possess high photoluminescence quantum
yields, tunable emission spectra with high color purity, high defect tolerance and facile …

The coming of age of neodymium: redefining its role in rare earth doped nanoparticles

M Matulionyte, A Skripka, A Ramos-Guerra… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Among luminescent nanostructures actively investigated in the last couple of decades, rare
earth (RE3+) doped nanoparticles (RENPs) are some of the most reported family of …