The field of colloidal synthesis of semiconductors emerged 40 years ago and has reached a
certain level of maturity thanks to the use of nanocrystals as phosphors in commercial …

BACKGROUND Semiconductor materials feature optical and electronic properties that can
be engineered through their composition and crystal structure. The use of semiconductors …

The development of electronics is increasingly dependent on low-cost, flexible, solution-
processed semiconductors. Colloidal quantum dots are solution-processed semiconducting …

Lasers and optical amplifiers based on solution-processable materials have been long-
desired devices for their compatibility with virtually any substrate, scalability, and ease of …

Quantum photonic technologies such as quantum communication, sensing or computation
require efficient, stable and pure single-photon sources. Epitaxial quantum dots (QDs) have …

Organic–inorganic lead halide quasi-two-dimensional (2D) perovskites are promising gain
media for lasing applications because of their low cost, tunable colour, excellent stability and …

Semiconductor quantum dots have long been considered artificial atoms, but despite the
overarching analogies in the strong energy-level quantization and the single-photon …

Semiconductor nanocrystals represent a promising class of solution-processable optical-
gain media that can be manipulated via inexpensive, easily scalable colloidal techniques …

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are attractive materials for realizing solution-processable
laser diodes that could benefit from size-controlled emission wavelengths, low optical-gain …

High-quality InP-based quantum dots (QDs) have become very promising, environmentally
benign light emitters for display applications, but their synthesis generally entails hazardous …