Light-driven and phonon-assisted dynamics in organic and semiconductor nanostructures

S Kilina, D Kilin, S Tretiak - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Rapid advances in chemical synthesis and fabrication techniques have led to a boost in
manufacturing and design of novel nanostructured materials that exhibit unique and often …

Self-healing at the nanoscale

V Amendola, M Meneghetti - Nanoscale, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of self-healing materials is a very important but challenging topic in
nanotechnology. Self-healing strategies, also inspired by natural processes, allow the …

Quantum confinement in CdTe quantum dots: investigation through cyclic voltammetry supported by density functional theory (DFT)

SK Haram, A Kshirsagar, YD Gujarathi… - The Journal of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Cyclic voltammetry has been used as a tool to study the quantum confinement in oleic acid
stabilized CdTe quantum dot dispersions. The band structure parameters, conduction band …

It is a trap!: The effect of self-healing of surface defects on the excited states of CdSe nanocrystals

AR McIsaac, T Goldzak… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals have attracted much interest due to their unique
optical properties, with applications ranging from displays to biomedical imaging …

Benchmark assessment of density functional methods on group II–VI MX (M= Zn, Cd; X= S, Se, Te) quantum dots

JM Azpiroz, JM Ugalde, I Infante - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In this work, we build a benchmark data set of geometrical parameters, vibrational normal
modes, and low-lying excitation energies for MX quantum dots, with M= Cd, Zn, and X= S …

Band Gap Bowing at Nanoscale: Investigation of CdSxSe1–x Alloy Quantum Dots through Cyclic Voltammetry and Density Functional Theory

PP Ingole, GB Markad, D Saraf… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The band gap bowing effect in oleic acid-stabilized CdS x Se1–x alloy quantum dots (Q-
dots) with varying composition has been studied experimentally by means of cyclic …

Annealing induced surface restructuring in hydrothermally synthesized gallium oxide nano-cuboids

S Suman, N Mukurala, AK Kushwaha - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Gallium Oxide (Ga 2 O 3) nanostructures are synthesized using a hydrothermal
approach and the effect of different gallium precursors on the morphology of gallium …

Self-healing in CdTe nanostructures: Insights into their structural stability and optical properties using first principles theory

KT Chavan, S Chandra - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, we report a first-principle density functional theory-based study on CdTe
nanostructures in 1D (nanorods and nanotubes) and 2D (ultra-thin slabs, monolayers) …

Half-metallicity in smallest cage-like cluster of CdTe with doping of transition metal atoms

KT Chavan, S Chandra, A Kshirsagar - Materials Today Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
We report first principles theory based electronic structure studies of a semiconducting
stoichiometric cage-like Cd 9 Te 9 cluster. Substantial changes are observed in the …

Structural and Electronic Properties of Bare and Capped CdnSen/CdnTen Nanoparticles (n = 6, 9)

AE Kuznetsov, D Balamurugan… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Relationships between structures and properties (energy gaps, vertical ionization potentials
(IPv), vertical electron affinities (EAv), and ligand binding energies) in small capped …