This Review highlights basic and transition metal conducting and semiconducting oxides.
We discuss their material and electronic properties with an emphasis on the crystal …

Degenerately doped semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) are of recent interest to the NC
community due to their tunable localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in the near …

Ultrafast control of the polarization state of light may enable a plethora of applications in
optics, chemistry and biology. However, conventional polarizing elements, such as …

Transition metal oxides (TMOs) are a fascinating class of materials due to their wide ranging
electronic, chemical and mechanical properties. Additionally, they are gaining increasing …

The photovoltaic and photocatalytic systems generally use at least one semiconductor in
their architecture which role is to absorb the light or to transport the charge carriers. Despite …

The bulk and surface electronic structure of In 2 O 3 has proved controversial, prompting the
current combined experimental and theoretical investigation. The band gap of single …

Despite an extensive research effort for over 60 years, an understanding of the origins of
conductivity in wide band gap transparent conducting oxide (TCO) semiconductors remains …

Degenerate n-type do** of semiconductors results in optical band-gap widening through
occupation of the conduction band, which is partially offset by the so-called band-gap …

CdO has been studied for decades as a prototypical wide band gap transparent conducting
oxide with excellent n-type ability. Despite this, uncertainty remains over the source of …

Metallic nanostructures can manipulate light-matter interactions to induce absorption,
scattering, and local heating through their localized surface plasmon resonances. Recently …