Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are nanoscale semiconductor crystals with surface ligands
that enable their dispersion in solvents. Quantum confinement effects facilitate wave function …

Introducing a few atoms of impurities or dopants in semiconductor nanocrystals can
drastically alter the existing properties or even introduce new properties. For example, mid …

Semiconductor electronics is commonplace in every household. Semiconductor devices
have enabled economically reasonable fiber-based optical communication, optical storage …

The sensitive dependence of a semiconductor's electronic, optical and magnetic properties
on dopants has provided an extensive range of tunable phenomena to explore and apply to …

During the past few years, researchers have gained unprecedented control over spins in the
solid state. What was considered almost impossible a decade ago, in both conceptual and …

Recent advances in the chemistry of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystal doping have led to
new materials showing fascinating physical properties of potential technological importance …

Magnetic doping of semiconductor nanostructures is actively pursued for applications in
magnetic memory and spin-based electronics,. Central to these efforts is a drive to control …

Solotronics, optoelectronics based on solitary dopants, is an emerging field of research and
technology reaching the ultimate limit of miniaturization. It aims at exploiting quantum …

We analyze the optical emission of single II-VI quantum dots containing 0 or 1 magnetic
atom (manganese) and a controlled number of carriers (0,±1 electron). The emission of …

The interplay of magnetic and semiconducting properties has been in the focus for more
than a half of the century. In this introductory article we briefly review the key properties and …