Synthesis and properties of colloidal heteronanocrystals

C de Mello Donegá - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Colloidal heteronanocrystals (HNCs) can be regarded as solution-grown inorganic–organic
hybrid nanomaterials, since they consist of inorganic nanoparticles that are coated with a …

Oriented attachment: from natural crystal growth to a materials engineering tool

BBV Salzmann, MM Van Der Sluijs… - Accounts of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Intuitively, chemists see crystals grow atom-by-atom or molecule-by-molecule,
very much like a mason builds a wall, brick by brick. It is much more difficult to grasp that …

Hydroxylation of the surface of PbS nanocrystals passivated with oleic acid

D Zherebetskyy, M Scheele, Y Zhang, N Bronstein… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Controlling the structure of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) is key to the generation of their
complex functionality. This requires an understanding of the NC surface at the atomic level …

Implementation and Validation of Fully Relativistic GW Calculations: Spin–Orbit Coupling in Molecules, Nanocrystals, and Solids

P Scherpelz, M Govoni, I Hamada… - Journal of chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We present an implementation of G 0 W 0 calculations including spin–orbit coupling (SOC)
enabling investigations of large systems, with thousands of electrons, and we discuss results …

Low-dimensional semiconductor superlattices formed by geometric control over nanocrystal attachment

WH Evers, B Goris, S Bals, M Casavola, J De Graaf… - Nano …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Oriented attachment, the process in which nanometer-sized crystals fuse by atomic bonding
of specific crystal facets, is expected to be more difficult to control than nanocrystal self …

Predicting nanocrystal shape through consideration of surface-ligand interactions

CR Bealing, WJ Baumgardner, JJ Choi, T Hanrath… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Density functional calculations for the binding energy of oleic acid-based ligands on Pb-rich
{100} and {111} facets of PbSe nanocrystals determine the surface energies as a function of …

Size/shape-controlled synthesis of colloidal CdSe quantum disks: ligand and temperature effects

Z Li, X Peng - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011 - ACS Publications
Size/shape-controlled colloidal CdSe quantum disks with zinc-blende (cubic) crystal
structure were synthesized using air-stable and generic starting materials. The colloidal …

[HTML][HTML] Grain refinement of Mg-alloys by native MgO particles: An overview

Z Fan, F Gao, Y Wang, SH Wang, JB Patel - Journal of Magnesium and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A fine and equiaxed solidification process delivers multidimensional benefits to Mg-alloys,
such as improved castability, reduced casting defects, enhanced mechanical properties …

Designing high-performance PbS and PbSe nanocrystal electronic devices through stepwise, post-synthesis, colloidal atomic layer deposition

SJ Oh, NE Berry, JH Choi, EA Gaulding, H Lin… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We report a simple, solution-based, postsynthetic colloidal, atomic layer deposition (PS-
cALD) process to engineer stepwise the surface stoichiometry and therefore the electronic …

Confined-but-connected quantum solids via controlled ligand displacement

WJ Baumgardner, K Whitham, T Hanrath - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
Confined-but-connected quantum dot solids (QDS) combine the advantages of tunable,
quantum-confined energy levels with efficient charge transport through enhanced electronic …