The role of ligands in the chemical synthesis and applications of inorganic nanoparticles

A Heuer-Jungemann, N Feliu, I Bakaimi… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …

Spectroscopic and device aspects of nanocrystal quantum dots

JM Pietryga, YS Park, J Lim, AF Fidler, WK Bae… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The field of nanocrystal quantum dots (QDs) is already more than 30 years old, and yet
continuing interest in these structures is driven by both the fascinating physics emerging …

Synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals, focusing on nontoxic and earth-abundant materials

P Reiss, M Carriere, C Lincheneau, L Vaure… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We review the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals/colloidal quantum dots in organic
solvents with special emphasis on earth-abundant and toxic heavy metal free compounds …

Biocompatible and biodegradable inorganic nanostructures for nanomedicine: silicon and black phosphorus

M Qiu, A Singh, D Wang, J Qu, M Swihart, H Zhang… - Nano Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine has made great progress toward the diagnosis and treatment of diseases by
exploiting physicochemical properties and biological interactions of nanomaterials that differ …

Silicon nanostructures for photonics and photovoltaics

F Priolo, T Gregorkiewicz, M Galli, TF Krauss - Nature nanotechnology, 2014 - nature.com
Silicon has long been established as the material of choice for the microelectronics industry.
This is not yet true in photonics, where the limited degrees of freedom in material design …

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 …

Self‐propelled nanomotors for thermomechanically percolating cell membranes

M Xuan, J Shao, C Gao, W Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We report a near‐infrared (NIR) light‐powered Janus mesoporous silica nanomotor
(JMSNM) with macrophage cell membrane (MPCM) cloaking that can actively seek cancer …

Ultrasmall inorganic nanoparticles: State-of-the-art and perspectives for biomedical applications

K Zarschler, L Rocks, N Licciardello, L Boselli… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultrasmall nanoparticulate materials with core sizes in the 1-3 nm range bridge the gap
between single molecules and classical, larger-sized nanomaterials, not only in terms of …

Colloidal silicon quantum dots: from preparation to the modification of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) for bio-applications

X Cheng, SB Lowe, PJ Reece… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Concerns over possible toxicities of conventional metal-containing quantum dots have
inspired growing research interests in colloidal silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs), or silicon …

Organometallic chemistry on silicon and germanium surfaces

JM Buriak - Chemical reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
There is a rapidly growing interest in the surface chemistry of the group (IV) semiconductors,
silicon and germanium, not only for the many technological applications presently in use …