New generation cadmium-free quantum dots for biophotonics and nanomedicine

G Xu, S Zeng, B Zhang, MT Swihart, KT Yong… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review summarizes recent progress in the design and applications of cadmium-free
quantum dots (Cd-free QDs), with an emphasis on their role in biophotonics and …

ZnSe nanostructures: synthesis, properties and applications

Q Zhang, H Li, Y Ma, T Zhai - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
As an important II–VI semiconductor, ZnSe is one of the first semiconductors discovered and
is probably one of the most important electronic and optoelectronic materials with prominent …

Two-dimensional halide Pb-perovskite–double perovskite epitaxial heterostructures

A Singh, B Yuan, MH Rahman, H Yang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Epitaxial heterostructures of two-dimensional (2D) halide perovskites offer a new platform for
studying intriguing structural, optical, and electronic properties. However, difficulties with the …

Sensing with photoluminescent semiconductor quantum dots

M Chern, JC Kays, S Bhuckory… - … and applications in …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Fluorescent sensors benefit from high signal-to-noise and multiple measurement modalities,
enabling a multitude of applications and flexibility of design. Semiconductor nanocrystal …

Extending the Near-Infrared Emission Range of Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots for Multiplexed In Vivo Imaging

AM Saeboe, AY Nikiforov, R Toufanian, JC Kays… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This report of the reddest emitting indium phosphide quantum dots (InP QDs) to date
demonstrates tunable, near-infrared (NIR) photoluminescence (PL) as well as PL …

Inhibition of photocorrosion and photoactivity enhancement for ZnO via specific hollow ZnO core/ZnS shell structure

L Yu, W Chen, D Li, J Wang, Y Shao, M He… - Applied catalysis B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Hollow ZnO core/ZnS shell structure (ZnO/ZnS HCSS) has been successfully
synthesized via a microwave-assisted hydrothermal approach. It is found that such a …

Doubling the power conversion efficiency in CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells with a ZnSe passivation layer

F Huang, J Hou, Q Zhang, Y Wang, RC Massé, S Peng… - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The surface passivation layer in quantum dot sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs) plays a very
important role in preventing surface charge recombination and, thus, improving the power …

Dual emissive Cu: InP/ZnS/InP/ZnS nanocrystals: single-source “greener” emitters with flexibly tunable emission from visible to near-infrared and their application in …

Z Zhang, D Liu, D Li, K Huang, Y Zhang… - Chemistry of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Single-phase “greener” phosphor with broadband emission made of colloidal quantum dots
(QDs) is most desirable for use as color convertors in white light-emitting diodes (WLEDs) …

Quantum dots in visible-light photoredox catalysis: reductive dehalogenations and C–H arylation reactions using aryl bromides

A Pal, I Ghosh, S Sapra, B König - Chemistry of Materials, 2017 - ACS Publications
In the recent past, visible-light-mediated photoredox catalysis has made a huge impact on
the development of new synthetic methods under very mild and ecologically benign …

CdSe/CdS/CdTe core/barrier/crown nanoplatelets: synthesis, optoelectronic properties, and multiphoton fluorescence upconversion

AH Khan, GHV Bertrand, A Teitelboim, C Sekhar M… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Colloidal two-dimensional (2D) nanoplatelet heterostructures are particularly interesting as
they combine strong confinement of excitons in 2D materials with a wide range of possible …