Progress in colloidal nanochemistry has been tremendous in the last decades. Nowadays a
large variety of materials, sizes and shapes are accessible via colloid chemical methods. In …

Efficient and bright single photon sources at room temperature are critical components for
quantum information systems such as quantum key distribution, quantum state teleportation …

In recent years, considerable efforts have been devoted to better understand the unique
emission properties of fluorophores enhanced by the localized surface plasmon resonance …

Strong coupling and the resultant mixing of light and matter states is an important asset for
future quantum technologies. We demonstrate deterministic room temperature strong …

Colloidal core/shell InP/ZnSe quantum dots (QDs), recently produced using an improved
synthesis method, have a great potential in life-science applications as well as in integrated …

Single molecule time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of CdSe/ZnS core–shell quantum
dots (QDs) localized near a rough gold thin film demonstrates significant enhancement of …

Hybrid nanoscale systems with enhanced optical absorption or emission yields can be
created by coupling fluorophores, such as quantum dots (QDs), to metal nanoparticles (NPs) …

Single-photon emissions from individual emitters are crucial in fundamental science and
quantum information technologies. Multichromophoric systems, comprising multiple dyes …

We demonstrate that photon antibunching observed for individual nanocrystal quantum dots
(NQDs) can be transformed into photon bunching characterized by super-Poissonian …

Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) possess the intriguing property of enhancing and limiting the
energy of light field to subwavelength scale, which have attracted extensive attention in …