Nanoparticles having magnetic and fluorescent properties could be considered as a gift to
materials scientists due to their unique magneto-optical qualities. Multiple component …

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

Impurity do** has been widely used to endow semiconductor nanocrystals with novel
optical, electronic, and magnetic functionalities. Here, we introduce a new family of doped …

Do** metal ions into lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) has attracted great
attention over the past few years due to the emergence of novel properties relevant to …

The recent surge in the utilization of semiconductor nanostructures for solar energy
conversion has led to the development of high-efficiency solar cells. Some of these recent …

Quantum dots (QDs) have received great interest for diverse applications due to their distinct
advantages, such as narrow and symmetric emission with tunable colors, broad and strong …

To make Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSC) competitive, it is necessary to achieve
power conversion efficiencies comparable to other emerging solar cell technologies. By …

Introducing a few atoms of impurities or dopants in semiconductor nanocrystals can
drastically alter the existing properties or even introduce new properties. For example, mid …

Soluble luminescent temperature probes are promising candidates for optical thermometry
and thermography applications requiring precise, passive, and spatially resolved …

The demand for clean energy will require the design of nanostructure-based light-harvesting
assemblies for the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy (solar fuels) and …