Organic ligands are essential in the growth of monodisperse colloidal inorganic
nanocrystals and can be leveraged to create a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Inorganic …

Semi-conducting nanoplatelets are two-dimensional nanoparticles whose thickness is in the
nanometer range and controlled at the atomic level. They have come up as a new category …

Increasing the quantum yields of InP quantum dots is important for their applications,
particularly for use in consumer displays. While several methods exist to improve quantum …

Powder X-ray diffraction is one of the key techniques used to characterize the inorganic
structure of colloidal nanocrystals. The comparatively low scattering factor of nuclei of the …

Ligand-induced chirality in asymmetric CdSe/CdS core–shell nanocrystals (NCs) has been
extensively applied in chiral biosensors, regioselective syntheses and assemblies, circularly …

Quantum dot surfaces can have a substantial effect on their physical, chemical, and
optoelectronic properties. When the chemistry that occurs at the surface of nanocrystals is …

The surface ligands of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) are central for determining their
properties and for their flexible implementation in diverse applications. Thus far, the …

Surface ligands of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) play key roles in determining their
colloidal stability and physicochemical properties and are thus enablers also for the NCs …

Successful exploitation of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) in commercial products is due
to the remarkable progress in the wet-chemical synthesis and controlled assembly of NCs …

Adsorbed surface ligands play an important role in determining the chemical and physical
properties of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals. Most particularly, these ligands influence …