Impurity doping has been widely used to endow semiconductor nanocrystals with novel
optical, electronic, and magnetic functionalities. Here, we introduce a new family of doped …

Recently, it has been reported that doped semiconductor nanoparticles can yield both high
luminescence efficiencies and a spectacular lifetime shortening, which suggests that doped …

A series of Cu doped Zn–In–S quantum dots (Cu: Zn–In–S d-dots) were synthesized via a
one-pot noninjection synthetic approach by heating up a mixture of corresponding metal …

Optical properties are among the most fascinating and useful properties of nanomaterials
and have been extensively studied using a variety of optical spectroscopic techniques. A …

Fluorescence properties have been studied for Mn: ZnS crystallites with average diameter of
4 nm prepared by an aqueous colloidal method under 266 nm light excitation. The intensity …

We have performed steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence studies on undoped and
Mn-doped ZnS nanocrystals with approximately 16 Å diameter. While there is no band-edge …

Stable water-suspendable Cu+-doped ZnS nanocrystals (NCs) have been synthesized with
mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) as a capping molecule. The nanocrystals have been …

Recent advances in nanocrystal doping chemistries have substantially broadened the
variety of photophysical properties that can be observed in colloidal Mn2+-doped …

Manganese-doped zinc selenide quantum dots (Mn: ZnSe d-dots) with high optical quality,
pure dopant emission with 40− 60% photoluminescence quantum yield, were synthesized …

The structure of nanocrystalline Y2O3: Eu prepared by a combustion reaction was analyzed
by XRD and high-resolution electron microscopy. Compared with a large-scale particles, 5 …