Contents 1. Introduction 2. Electronic states in a weakly oblated ellipsoidal quantum dot (impermeable walls). 3. The model of finite deep rectangular ellipsoidal well 4. Strongly oblated ellipsoidal quantum dot 5. Strongly prolated ellipsoidal quantum dot 6. Electronic states in a cylindrical quantum dot having elliptical lens shaped cross section 7. Electronic states in a cylindrical quantum ...

Luminescent colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) are robust inorganic fluoro phores that have the potential to circumvent some of the functional limitations encountered by organic dyes in sensing and biotechnological applications. Quantum dots exhibit size-dependent tunable, narrow fluorescence emission spectra that span the visible spectrum and have broad absorption spectra. Thi...

In order to construct ultra-high density photonic integrated circuits, innovative techniques are required to circumvent the fundamental restriction set by Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and the resulting diffraction limit. Traditionally, waveguides adhere to a lower bound in size roughly equal to the propagating wavelength to allow for energy confinement and minimal crosstalk. However, prog...

We propose the use of semiconductor quantum dots for simulating chemical reactions, as electrons are redistributed among such artificial atoms. We show that it is possible to achieve various reaction regimes and obtain different reaction products by varying the speed of voltage changes applied to the gates forming quantum dots. Considering the simplest possible reaction, H2 +H→H+H2, we show how...

A continuous and compact CdS quantum dot-sensitive layer was synthesized on TiO2 nanorods by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) and subsequent thermal annealing. The thickness of the CdS quantum dot layer was tuned by SILAR cycles, which was found to be closely related to light absorption and carrier transformation. The CdS quantum dot-sensitized TiO2 nanorod array photoelec...

while the application of optical and photonic technologies in the communications, computing, medicine and industrial manufacturing has been growing rapidly, the miniaturization of these technologies has been slow due to the limitation on the diffraction. however, the developments of nanoscale components and guiding methods are continuing with a rapid pace. since waveguiding is a fundamental iss...

in this report, we present a facile approach for the synthesis of luminescent cds and cds:mn+2 nanocrystals by reaction of cdso4 and na2s2o3 in the presence of thioglycerol (c3h8o2s) as capping agent. the influence of various experimental variables including, ph values and percentage of dopant, on the growth rate and optical properties of the obtained cds nanocrystals has been systematically in...

colloidal quantum dots offer broad tuning of semiconductor band structure via the quantum size effect. in this paper, we present a detailed investigation on the influence of the thickness of colloidal lead sulfide (pbs) nanocrystals (active layer) to the photovoltaic performance of colloidal quantum dot solar cells. the pbs nanocrystals (qds) were synthesized in a non-coordinating solvent, 1-oc...

quantum-dot cellular automata (qca) has low power consumption and high density and regularity. qca widely supports the new devices designed for nanotechnology. application of qca technology as an alternative method for cmos technology on nano-scale shows a promising future. this paper presents successful designing, layout and analysis of multiplexer with a new structure in qca technique. in thi...