Study on Quantum Dot and Quantum Dot-Based Device
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 24774
Special Issue Editor
Interests: quantum dots synthesis; study of optical properties of nanostructures (UV–Vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy; fluorescent microscopy); structural characterization (XRD, TEM, AFM)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The enormous interest in semiconductor QDs in recent years derives from their excellent electro-optical properties derived from their size, shape, and chemical formulation. Indeed, nanocrystals with nanometer size dimensions exhibit several interesting optical/electronic properties depending on their size and shape (quantum size effect). They are synthesized by different methods, such as liquid phase by hot injection, in solid-state alone, or within a matrix, among many other methods. To improve their properties, an inorganic shell is commonly included as part of the nanometric structure. By using different synthetic approaches, it is possible to modify the structure, and thus the properties, of nanomaterials, achieving spherical core shell QDs, or more exotic architectures, such as nanoplatelets, tetrapods, dot in rods, giant QDs, etc. Each structure has its own characteristics that can be applied to manufacture different types of devices.
The present Special Issue of Nanomaterials is focused on the application of semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) in different types of devices. Indeed, despite the great variety of the QDs structures, it is important to exploit their potential on a real-life device. Displays, photovoltaics, biomedical and environmental sensors, and photodetector/photoconductors and catalysis are some of the emerging areas of application of such nanometric structures.
In the present Special Issue, we invite contributions (original articles or reviews) from active and enthusiastic scholars in the above-mentioned areas (not limited to semiconductor QDs) to provide a balanced view of the current state-of-the-art advances in the exploitation of nanomaterials properties for the manufacturing of real-life devices.
Dr. Francesco Antolini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- quantum dots
- optical properties
- nanomaterials applications
- semiconductors
- polymers
- core-shell architectures
- photoluminescence
- photonics
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