Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) emitting in the infrared (IR) are promising building blocks for
numerous photonic, optoelectronic and biomedical applications owing to their low-cost …

Over the years, scientists have identified various synthetic “handles” while develo** wet
chemical protocols for achieving a high level of shape and compositional complexity in …

We successfully prepared QDs incorporated into a silica/alumina monolith (QDs‐SAM) by a
simple sol–gel reaction of an Al–Si single precursor with CsPbBr3 QDs blended in toluene …

(NCs) has emerged from their high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY), 1 very
narrow emission line width, 2 defect tolerance, 3, 4 and wide range of band gaps tunable by …

Indium phosphide (InP) colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have been drawn significant attention
as a potentially less toxic alternative to cadmium-based QDs over the past two decades. The …

Solution-processed photovoltaic technologies represent a promising way to reduce the cost
and increase the efficiency of solar energy harvesting. Among these, colloidal …

Core/shell structured metal halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) are emerging as a type of
material with remarkable optical and electronic properties. Research into this field has been …

Oriented attachment of PbSe nanocubes can result in the formation of two-dimensional (2D)
superstructures with long-range nanoscale and atomic order,. This questions the …

Conspectus Intuitively, chemists see crystals grow atom-by-atom or molecule-by-molecule,
very much like a mason builds a wall, brick by brick. It is much more difficult to grasp that …

Nanocrystals, called semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), contain excitons that are three‐
dimensionally bound. QDs exhibit a discontinuous electronic energy level structure that is …