Charge Dynamics and Stability Engineering in Next-Generation Quantum Dots
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electronic structure of semiconductor structures; electric; magnetic and optical properties of low-dimensional structures; interfaces; thin films; spectroscopy of matter
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Dear Colleagues,
Quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as one of the most versatile classes of nanoscale materials, offering tunable optical and electronic properties that stem from quantum confinement effects. Over the past decade, significant progress has been made in the development of diverse synthetic strategies, enabling precise control over size, shape, composition, and surface chemistry. These advances have accelerated the integration of QDs into cutting-edge applications, including optoelectronic devices, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, photocatalysis, and bioimaging. Despite these achievements, several key challenges remain. These include improving long-term stability, enhancing emission quantum yields, reducing toxicity, achieving scalable and reproducible synthesis, and developing deeper insights into charge-carrier dynamics and structure–property relationships.
This Special Issue aims to garner recent advances that directly address the challenges of understanding and engineering charge dynamics and long-term stability in next-generation quantum dots. We seek contributions that introduce innovative synthesis and surface engineering strategies, employ advanced spectroscopic and microscopic techniques to probe charge-carrier behavior, or utilize theoretical and computational approaches to unravel charge transport, trapping, and recombination mechanisms. Studies that link structural and interfacial design to enhanced stability, improved optical and electronic performance, or targeted functionality in optoelectronics, energy conversion, sensing, and biomedical applications are particularly encouraged. Both original research articles and comprehensive reviews are welcome. By integrating diverse methodologies and perspectives, this Special Issue seeks to advance the fundamental understanding of charge dynamics and stability while fostering the rational design of robust, high-performance quantum dot systems.
Prof. Dr. Fatih Ungan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- quantum dots
- nanoparticles
- surface chemistry
- structure–property relations
- stability
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