Prospects of nanoscience with nanocrystals

MV Kovalenko, L Manna, A Cabot, Z Hens… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Colloidal nanocrystals (NCs, ie, crystalline nanoparticles) have become an important class
of materials with great potential for applications ranging from medicine to electronic and …

Electronic processes within quantum dot-molecule complexes

RD Harris, S Bettis Homan, M Kodaimati, C He… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The subject of this review is the colloidal quantum dot (QD) and specifically the interaction of
the QD with proximate molecules. It covers various functions of these molecules, including (i) …

An efficient near‐infrared emissive artificial supramolecular light‐harvesting system for imaging in the Golgi apparatus

XM Chen, Q Cao, HK Bisoyi, M Wang… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light‐harvesting systems are an important way for capturing, transferring and utilizing light
energy. It remains a key challenge to develop highly efficient artificial light‐harvesting …

Nanodiamonds and silicon quantum dots: ultrastable and biocompatible luminescent nanoprobes for long-term bioimaging

M Montalti, A Cantelli, G Battistelli - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescence bioimaging is a powerful, versatile, method for investigating, both in vivo and
in vitro, the complex structures and functions of living organisms in real time and space, also …

Silicon nanocrystals: unfading silicon materials for optoelectronics

Z Ni, S Zhou, S Zhao, W Peng, D Yang, X Pi - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
As the most fundamental material for microelectronics, silicon (Si) has bourgeoned in the
past more than half a century. However, given the indirect bandgap of Si, the use of Si in …

The renaissance of luminescent solar concentrators: The role of inorganic nanomaterials

R Mazzaro, A Vomiero - Advanced Energy Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
While luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) have a simple architecture—a transparent
matrix embedding a luminescent fluorophore coupled with solar cells at the lateral side of …

Size-dependent photoluminescence efficiency of silicon nanocrystal quantum dots

Y Yu, G Fan, A Fermi, R Mazzaro… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
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 …

Hybrid silicon nanocrystals for color-neutral and transparent luminescent solar concentrators

R Mazzaro, A Gradone, S Angeloni, G Morselli… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
One of the most detrimental loss mechanisms in Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSCs) is
reabsorption of emitted light from the luminophore. Silicon Nanocrystals (SiNCs) offer a …

Low-Cost Synthesis of Silicon Quantum Dots with Near-Unity Internal Quantum Efficiency

J Zhou, J Huang, H Chen, A Samanta… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As a cost-effective batch synthesis method, Si quantum dots (QDs) with near-infrared
photoluminescence, high quantum yield (> 50% in polymer nanocomposite), and near-unity …

Long-lived luminescence of silicon nanocrystals: from principles to applications

R Mazzaro, F Romano, P Ceroni - Physical chemistry chemical physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) synthesized by plasma-induced or high temperature processes
(eg, thermal disproportionation of hydrogen silsesquioxane at T> 1100° C) display bright …