The search for novel materials has recently brought research attention to alkali metal-based
chalcogenides (ABZ) as a new class of semiconducting inorganic materials. Various …

Conspectus Surfaces are an integral part of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs). Hence,
understanding the binding and packing to NC surfaces of organic ligands, which are often …

Semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) offer prospective use as active optical elements in
photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes, lasers, and photocatalysts due to their tunable optical …

Although density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been crucial in our
understanding of colloidal quantum dots (QDs), simulations are commonly carried out on QD …

Surface ligands of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) play key roles in determining their
colloidal stability and physicochemical properties and are thus enablers also for the NCs …

The surface capping of organic ligands is a full part of a colloidal nanocrystal (NC) that
provides colloidal stability, helps passivating electronic trap-states, or governs charge …

Adsorbed surface ligands play an important role in determining the chemical and physical
properties of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals. Most particularly, these ligands influence …

As synthesized, nanocrystal surfaces are typically covered in coordinating organic ligands,
and the degree of packing and order of these ligands are ongoing questions in the field of …

Ag2S quantum dots (QDs) with high photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) in the
second near‐infrared (NIR‐II, 1000–1700 nm) window are urgently pursued. Halide atoms …

Using cyclic voltammetry under illumination, we recently demonstrated that CdS quantum
dots (QDs) form charge donor states that live for at least several minutes after illumination …