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

The current status of luminescence nanothermometry is reviewed in detail. Based on the
main parameters of luminescence including intensity, bandwidth, bandshape, polarization …

⁡ Carbon-dot based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with driving current controlled color
change are reported. These devices consist of a carbon-dot emissive layer sandwiched …

Research on fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals (also known as quantum dots or
qdots) has evolved over the past two decades from electronic materials science to biological …

Generally, carbon nanoparticles with a size of 10 nm (or less) are called carbon quantum
dots (CQDs, C-dots or CD), which have created huge excitement due to their advantages in …

Abstract Knowledge of temperature and temperature gradients with nanoscale resolution is
critical for a variety of applications in medicine, nanoelectronics, biology, and solid‐state …

Technological advances made in constructing high-resolution instrumentation have enabled
fabrication of sophisticated counterfeit products. As a result, the need to develop novel anti …

New approaches to synthesize photostable thiol-capped CdTe nanocrystals are reported.
Post-preparative size-selective precipitation and selective photochemical etching have been …

Quantum dot (QD) surface chemistry is an emerging field in semiconductor nanocrystal
related research. Along with size manipulation, the careful control of QD surface chemistry …

We report on the state-of-the art synthesis and improved luminescence properties of thiol-
capped CdTe nanocrystals (NCs) synthesized in water. The optimized pH (12) and molar …