Nanoparticle research has received considerable attention due to many potential innovative
applications such as biomedicine, 1, 2 catalysis, 3, 4 fuel cell, 5 magnetic data storage, 6 …

Metal chalcogenide nanomaterials have gained widespread interest in the past two decades
for their potential optoelectronic, energy, and catalytic applications. The colloidal growth of …

We have prepared and isolated a variety of cadmium selenide cluster molecules by the
reaction of Cd (O2C–R) 2 (H2NR′) 2 (R= C4H9, 4-X-Ph; X= H,− OMe,− SMe,− Me,− F …

The geometrical and electronic structures of a series of small CdSe quantum dots protected
by various ligands have been studied by density functional theory. UV–vis spectra have …

Nanotechnology (NT) is the branch of fundamental and engineering sciences which leads to
the development of wide range of nanomaterials (NMs) through atomistic, physical, and …

Semiconductor magic-sized nanoclusters have got tremendous interests owing to their
distinct chemical and photophysical properties, however, researches concerning their …

A review of recent applications of Raman spectroscopy as a fast, sensitive, and non-
destructive technique for exploring II–VI semiconductor nanocrystals fabricated by various …

Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have been well appreciated for their potential
in nanophotonics with an unprecedented impact in various areas, including light emitting …

It is not resolved which model describes better the aqueous‐phase nucleation and growth of
semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), the classical one‐step one or the nonclassical multi …

Colloidal semiconductor magic-size clusters (MSCs), a crucial link between molecular and
bulk materials, have attracted attention in the past three decades. However, the identification …