Colloidal quantum dots (QDs), as a class of 0D semiconductor materials, have generated
widespread interest due to their adjustable band gap, exceptional color purity, near‐unity …

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 …

Direct epitaxial integration of III-V materials on Si offers substantial manufacturing cost and
scalability advantages over heterogeneous integration. The challenge is that epitaxial …

When quantum dots are used as fluorescent probes or drug tracers for in vivo imaging, the
quantum dots in the blood will come into direct contact with vascular endothelial cells. Thus …

Nanophotonics is where photonics merges with nanoscience and nanotechnology, and
where spatial confinement considerably modifies light propagation and light-matter …

The role of quantum confinement (QC) in Si and Ge nanostructures (NSs) including quantum
dots, quantum wires, and quantum wells is assessed under a wide variety of fabrication …

All-dielectric metamaterials offer great flexibility for controlling light–matter interaction, owing
to their strong electric and magnetic resonances with negligible loss at wavelengths above …

In recent years synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes have emerged as key
characterization tools with a remarkable impact for different scientific fields including solid …

With the rapid development of on-chip optical interconnects and optical computing in the
past decade, silicon-based integrated devices for monolithic and hybrid optoelectronic …

We present an overview on approaches currently employed to fabricate advanced quantum
dot configurations by epitaxial growth. Widely investigated self-assembled quantum dots, ie …