Although nearly five decades of efforts have gone into solar water splitting (SWS), still
success eludes and there is no big breakthrough till date. While huge importance is given …

This review summarizes traditional and recent nonconventional, bioinspired, methods for the
aqueous synthesis of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). The basic chemistry …

Strong quantum confinement in Mn-doped semiconductor nanocrystals enhances dopant–
carrier exchange interactions. Here, we report the synthesis and optical properties of …

Quantum dots (QDs) have received great interest for diverse applications due to their distinct
advantages, such as narrow and symmetric emission with tunable colors, broad and strong …

Lead-free double perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have emerged as a new category of
materials that hold the potential for overcoming the instability and toxicity issues of lead …

The solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency in photocatalytic water splitting heavily depends
on the accumulation of multiple electrons at the catalytically active sites and rapid charge …

We have developed biodegradable polymeric vesicles as a nanocarrier system for
multimodal bio-imaging and anticancer drug delivery. The poly (lactic-co-glycolic …

Cu-doped inorganic semiconductors with concomitant optical properties have garnered
enormous research interest in the last two decades. However, uncertainties over the origin …

Three-dimensional ABX3 perovskite material has attracted immense interest and
applications in optoelectronic devices, because of their enabling properties. Recently, Mn2+ …

Insertion of just a few impurity atoms in a host semiconductor nanocrystal can drastically
alter its phase, shape, and physical properties. Such doped nanomaterials now constitute an …