Nanocrystals (NCs) are one of the few nanotechnologies to have attained mass market
applications with their use as light sources for displays. This success relies on Cd-and In …

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

Among materials produced as colloidal quantum dots (CQDs), HgTe has a special status
being the only material covering the whole infrared range from the visible to the THz (0.7 …

The all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals are currently in the research spotlight owing to
their physical stability and superior optical properties—these features make them interesting …

The near-field effects of noble metal nanoparticles can be utilized to enhance the
performance of inorganic/organic photosensing devices, such as solar cells and …

Over the past few years, colloidal nanoparticles have started to be investigated for their
optical properties in the mid-infrared, past 3 μm. Research on detector application has led to …

The photovoltaic response of thin films of HgTe colloidal quantum dots in the 3–5 μm range
is observed. With no applied bias, internal quantum efficiency exceeding 40%, specific …

Visible nanocrystal-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are about to become commercially
available. However, their infrared counterparts suffer from two key limitations. First, III–V …

In a conventional solar cell, the energy of an absorbed photon in excess of the band gap is
rapidly lost as heat, and this is one of the main reasons that the theoretical efficiency is …

We investigate the charge carrier dynamics in HgTe quantum dots emitting in the second
near-infrared window (1000–2500 nm). To provide a link between fundamental physics and …