Materials researchers have fine-tuned a method that allows them to apply precisely controlled silica coatings to quantum dot nanorods in a day – up to 21 times faster than past techniques. This ...

Nanometer-sized (2–10 nm) semiconducting crystalline materials known as quantum dots (QDs) display size-dependent optoelectronic properties. For example, the wavelength of their photoluminescence (PL) ...

The goal of peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve carbon neutrality is a major strategic decision made by China. Developing clean and low-cost solar photovoltaic power is an important strategy and ...

A team has developed printable, highly efficient light-emitting metasurfaces. In relationships, sharing closer spaces naturally deepens the connection as bonds form and strengthen through increasing ...

A new study involving researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago achieved a milestone in the synthesis of multifunctional photonic nanomaterials. In a paper published in the American Chemical ...

Shortwave infrared light (SWIR) sensors are desirable in a broad range of applications, particularly in the service robotics, automotive, and consumer electronics sectors. Colloidal quantum dots tuned ...

Scientists with the University of Chicago have demonstrated a way to create infrared light using colloidal quantum dots. The researchers said the method demonstrates great promise; the dots are ...

Developing clean and low-cost solar photovoltaic power is an important strategy for achieving carbon neutrality. Theoretical research shows that a tandem device consisting of a 1.55 eV perovskite ...

Researchers report the synthesis of semiconductor 'giant' core-shell quantum dots with record-breaking emissive lifetimes. In addition, the lifetimes can be tuned by making a simple alteration to the ...