Heavy-metal (Cd, Hg, and Pb)-containing semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) have been
explored widely due to their unique optical and electrical properties. However, the toxicity …

The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

Bimetallic nanocrystals (NCs) with core/shell, heterostructure, or intermetallic and alloyed
structures are emerging as more important materials than monometallic NCs. They are …

Colloidal heteronanocrystals (HNCs) can be regarded as solution-grown inorganic–organic
hybrid nanomaterials, since they consist of inorganic nanoparticles that are coated with a …

We successfully synthesized Au− ZnO hybrid nanoparticles with a novel hexagonal pyramid-
like structure. The growth process of the as-prepared hybrid nanopyramids is clearly …

The chemistry, material processing and fundamental understanding of colloidal
semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) are advancing at an astounding rate, bringing …

One frontier approach of colloidal chemistry to nanoscale entities capable to exhibit
enhanced or even unconventional physical–chemical properties as well as diversified …

A key material for artificial photosynthesis including water splitting is heteronanostructured
(HNS) photocatalysts. The photocatalytic activity depends on the geometry and dimension …

Seed-mediated growth represents a simple and robust route to nanocrystals with well-
defined and controllable shapes or morphologies, and thus desired properties.[1] As a major …

The concept of colloidal molecules was first evoked by van Blaaderen in 2003 for describing
small non-spherical colloids made of the aggregation of a small number of particles. He …