With the unique properties such as high surface area to volume ratio, stability, inertness,
ease of functionalization, as well as novel optical, electrical, and magnetic behaviors …

Dendrimers Designed for Functions: From Physical, Photophysical, and Supramolecular
Properties to Applications in Sensing, Catalysis, Molecular Electronics, Photonics, and …

Hybrid functional materials, constituting both inorganic and organic components, are
considered potential platforms for applications in extremely diverse fields such as optics …

The synthesis of quantum dot semiconductors is now an established science and a large
amount of work has been carried out into the chemistry and physics of the interface between …

Branched macromolecules or dendrimers have provided a rich seam of research in terms of
both innovative chemistry and applications. 1-14 For example, dendrimers have been …

Inorganic nanoparticle/dendrimer nanocomposites received considerable attention in the
past decade due to their unique properties (catalytic, optical, magnetic, biomedical …

This critical review discusses specific preparation and characterization methods applied to
hybrid materials consisting of π-conjugated polymers (or oligomers) and semiconductor …

The paper reviews recent progress on chiral nanocrystal assemblies with induced optical
chirality and related circular dichroism. Many natural molecules and biomolecules are chiral …

Luminescent colloidal quantum dots (QDs) possess numerous advantages as fluorophores
in biological applications. However, a principal challenge is how to retain the desirable …

CdSe quantum dots have been encapped with aromatic ligands: α-toluenethiol, thiophenol,
and p-hydroxythiophenol to enhance the photoluminescence (PL) quenching and …