Semiconductor magic-size clusters (MSCs), especially II–VI group compounds, are popular
materials in nanoscience research due to their unique electronic structures and optical …

Exciton binding energy and electron–hole recombination probability are presented as two
important metrics for investigating effect of dot size on electron–hole interaction in CdSe …

We report on the synthesis and optical and structural characterization of ultrasmall (< 2 nm)
CdS nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution of 10% prepared in aqueous and alcohol …

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 …

Motivated by the recent experiments by Wang et al.(Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6154–
6157), in which the alkylamine-capped magic-size (CdSe) 13 has been isolated for the first …

We report the computational modeling of ZnS and ZnO nanostructures by defining realistic
nanoparticle models∼ 1.5 nm sized for each material and investigating their structural …

Small semiconductor nanoclusters are important for understanding the initial formation and
growth of quantum dots and also for application, for example in the tunability provided by …

This paper describes a new technique employing fluorescent quantum dots as temperature
probes for measuring the temperature rise in the proximity of nanoparticles heated by a …

Semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) are robust inorganic chromophores that combine an
efficient broadband absorption with a narrow-band fluorescence spectrum. Hence, they …

Understanding the size-dependent structures and properties of ligand-capped nanoclusters
in solvent is of particular interest for the design, synthesis and application of II–VI colloidal …