Colloidal approaches to zinc oxide nanocrystals

J van Embden, S Gross, KR Kittilstved… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zinc oxide is an extensively studied semiconductor with a wide band gap in the near-UV. Its
many interesting properties have found use in optics, electronics, catalysis, sensing, as well …

Localized surface plasmon resonance in semiconductor nanocrystals

A Agrawal, SH Cho, O Zandi, S Ghosh… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) that
results in resonant absorption, scattering, and near field enhancement around the NC can …

Plasmonic doped semiconductor nanocrystals: Properties, fabrication, applications and perspectives

I Kriegel, F Scotognella, L Manna - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Degenerately doped semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) are of recent interest to the NC
community due to their tunable localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in the near …

Tunable infrared absorption and visible transparency of colloidal aluminum-doped zinc oxide nanocrystals

R Buonsanti, A Llordes, S Aloni, BA Helms… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic nanocrystals have been attracting a lot of attention both for fundamental studies
and different applications, from sensing to imaging and optoelectronic devices. Transparent …

Nuclear spin physics in quantum dots: An optical investigation

B Urbaszek, X Marie, T Amand, O Krebs, P Voisin… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
The mesoscopic spin system formed by the 10 4–10 6 nuclear spins in a semiconductor
quantum dot offers a unique setting for the study of many-body spin physics in the …

Titanium and zinc oxide nanoparticles are proton-coupled electron transfer agents

JN Schrauben, R Hayoun, CN Valdez, M Braten… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Oxidation/reduction reactions at metal oxide surfaces are important to emerging solar
energy conversion processes, photocatalysis, and geochemical transformations. Here we …

Chemistry of doped colloidal nanocrystals

R Buonsanti, DJ Milliron - Chemistry of Materials, 2013 - ACS Publications
Synthetic control over inorganic nanocrystals has made dramatic strides so that a great
number of binary and a few ternary or more complex compounds can now be prepared with …

Spin dynamics in semiconductors

MW Wu, JH Jiang, MQ Weng - Physics Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current status of spin dynamics in semiconductors which has
achieved much progress in the recent years due to the fast growing field of semiconductor …

Efficient photooxidation of methane to liquid oxygenates over ZnO nanosheets at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature

S Zhu, X Li, Z Pan, X Jiao, K Zheng, L Li, W Shao… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Direct CH4 photoconversion into liquid oxygenates under mild conditions still represents a
huge challenge. Herein, two-dimensional oxide semiconductors are designed to generate …

Plasmon resonances for solar energy harvesting: A mechanistic outlook

JG Smith, JA Faucheaux, PK Jain - Nano Today, 2015 - Elsevier
In the last 10 years, there has been extensive research by the nanoscience and catalysis
communities on the potential use of plasmonic nanoparticles for both solar-to-electrical …