Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

BACKGROUND The Information Age was founded on the semiconductor revolution, marked
by the growth of high-purity semiconductor single crystals. The resultant design and …

The interactions between gold nanoparticles, their surface ligands and the solvent critically
influence the properties of these nanoparticles. Although spectroscopic and scattering …

All nanomaterials share a common feature of large surface-to-volume ratio, making their
surfaces the dominant player in many physical and chemical processes. Surface ligands …

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

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 …

This work analyzes the role of hydrocarbon ligands in the self-assembly of nanocrystal (NC)
superlattices. Typical NCs, composed of an inorganic core of radius R and a layer of …

Graphene, as a rising star in the field of nanomaterials, possesses a unique planar structure
and exceptional electronic, mechanical, and optical properties. The material has attracted …

Photoluminescence (PL) spectra were measured for dodecene-capped Si nanocrystals with
a wide range of average diameters, from 1.8 to 9.1 nm. Nanocrystals larger than 3 nm …

This article reviews the state of the art in the gas-phase synthesis of graphene in
atmospheric plasmas. The substrate-free process involves the delivery of a carbon …