Luminescent quantum dots: Synthesis, optical properties, bioimaging and toxicity

J Sobhanan, JV Rival, A Anas, ES Shibu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Luminescent nanomaterials such as semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and quantum dots
(QDs) attract much attention to optical detectors, LEDs, photovoltaics, displays, biosensing …

Recent progress in luminescence tuning of Ce 3+ and Eu 2+-activated phosphors for pc-WLEDs

G Li, Y Tian, Y Zhao, J Lin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, phosphor converted white light-emitting diodes (pc-WLEDs) have been widely
used in solid-state lighting and display areas due to their superior lifetime, efficiency, and …

Chemistry of InP nanocrystal syntheses

S Tamang, C Lincheneau, Y Hermans… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chemically synthesized InP nanocrystals (NCs) are drawing a large interest as a potentially
less toxic alternative to CdSe-based nanocrystals. With a bulk band gap of 1.35 eV and an …

Advances in phosphors for light-emitting diodes

CC Lin, RS Liu - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are excellent candidates for general lighting because of their
rapidly improving efficiency, durability, and reliability, their usability in products of various …

Past, present and future of indium phosphide quantum dots

HB Jalali, S Sadeghi, IB Dogru Yuksel, A Onal… - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Indium phosphide (InP) colloidal quantum dots (QDs) have been drawn significant attention
as a potentially less toxic alternative to cadmium-based QDs over the past two decades. The …

Strongly Fluorescent Quaternary Cu–In–Zn–S Nanocrystals Prepared from Cu1-xInS2 Nanocrystals by Partial Cation Exchange

L De Trizio, M Prato, A Genovese, A Casu… - Chemistry of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report a high-yield, low cost synthesis route to colloidal Cu1-x InS2 nanocrystals with a
tunable amount of Cu vacancies in the crystal lattice. These are then converted into …

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals: the aqueous approach

V Lesnyak, N Gaponik, A Eychmüller - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This article summarizes the main achievements and challenges in the field of the aqueous
synthesis of semiconductor quantum dots in colloidal solutions. Developments in the last two …

Photoluminescence Properties and Its Origin of AgInS2 Quantum Dots with Chalcopyrite Structure

Y Hamanaka, T Ogawa, M Tsuzuki… - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report on the photoluminescence (PL) mechanisms and the nature of the related
electronic states of AgInS2 quantum dots (QDs) synthesized via a metathesis reaction of …

Overview of stabilizing ligands for biocompatible quantum dot nanocrystals

Y Zhang, A Clapp - Sensors, 2011 - mdpi.com
Luminescent colloidal quantum dots (QDs) possess numerous advantages as fluorophores
in biological applications. However, a principal challenge is how to retain the desirable …

Amine-derived synthetic approach to color-tunable InP/ZnS quantum dots with high fluorescent qualities

WS Song, HS Lee, JC Lee, DS Jang, Y Choi… - Journal of nanoparticle …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract High-quality, Cd-free InP quantum dots (QDs) have been conventionally
synthesized by exclusively selecting tris (trimethylsilyl) phosphine (P (TMS) 3) as a …