Toward Green Optoelectronics: Environmental-Friendly Colloidal Quantum Dots Photodetectors

Nanocrystal Optoelectronics: from Solution-Processed Quantum Dots to Wells

Nano-optoelectronics Based on Iii-v Semiconductor Quantum Dots

In this talk, I discuss the new physics and device applications provided by self-assembled quantum dots, in particular, with III-V compound semiconductor materials system. The quantum dots are the structures three-dimensionally confined and therefore provide quasi zero-dimensional electron gas system, where novel physics can be studied and improved device performance can be achieved, in particu...

Colloidal transition-metal-doped ZnO quantum dots.

Methods for introducing new magnetic, optical, electronic, photophysical, or photochemical properties to semiconductor nanocrystals are attracting intense applications-oriented interest. In this communication, we report the preparation and electronic absorption spectroscopy of colloidal ZnO DMS-QDs. Our synthetic procedure involves modification of literature methods known to yield highly crysta...

Photoluminescence upconversion in colloidal CdTe quantum dots

Efficient photoluminescence ~PL! up-conversion has been observed in colloidal CdTe quantum dots with an energy gain of as high as 360 meV. Compared with the normal PL, the peak energy of this up-converted PL ~UCPL! shows a redshift of about 80 meV, and the corresponding radiative lifetime becomes nearly twice as long. This UCPL is attributed to the carrier recombination involving surface states...

Lasing from colloidal InP/ZnS quantum dots.

High-quality InP/ZnS core-shell nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) were synthesized as a heavy-metal-free alternative to the gain media of cadmium-based colloidal nanoparticles. Upon UV excitation, amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) and optical gain were observed, for the first time, in close-packed InP/ZnS core-shell NQDs. The ASE wavelength can be selected by tailoring the nanocrystal size ove...