Metal halide perovskites represent a flourishing area of research, which is driven by both
their potential application in photovoltaics and optoelectronics and by the fundamental …

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are nanoscale semiconductor crystals with surface ligands
that enable their dispersion in solvents. Quantum confinement effects facilitate wave function …

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

Lead halide perovskites (LHPs) in the form of nanometre-sized colloidal crystals, or
nanocrystals (NCs), have attracted the attention of diverse materials scientists due to their …

Chemically made colloidal semiconductor quantum dots have long been proposed as
scalable and color-tunable single emitters in quantum optics, but they have typically suffered …

Attaining pure single-photon emission is key for many quantum technologies, from optical
quantum computing to quantum key distribution and quantum imaging. The past 20 years …

In the search for novel, robust quantum emitters, inorganic lead halide perovskite
nanocrystals have emerged as potential colloidal sources of coherent single photons. While …

Ligand-capped nanocrystals (NCs) of lead halide perovskites, foremost fully inorganic
CsPbX3 NCs, are the latest generation of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots. They offer …

Attaining thermodynamic stability of colloids in a broad range of concentrations has long
been a major thrust in the field of colloidal ligand-capped semiconductor nanocrystals …

Creating CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals with bright blue emission is challenging because
their optical properties depend sensitively on structure. Growing perovskites in mesoporous …