This review summarizes recent progress in the design and applications of cadmium-free
quantum dots (Cd-free QDs), with an emphasis on their role in biophotonics and …

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

The paper reviews the state of the art in the synthesis of multinary (ternary, quaternary and
more complex) metal chalcogenide nanocrystals (NCs) and their applications as a light …

Recent advances in nanoscale science and engineering have generated nanomaterials
with unique optical properties. Over the past decade, numerous fluorescent nanoprobes …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) exhibit unique optical and photophysical properties that
offer significant advantages over organic dyes as optical labels for chemo/bio-sensing. This …

Surface modified and bioconjugated quantum dots (QDs) are of central importance in
biomedical applications. In this regard, particularly I–III–VI QDs are of specific interest for …

Heavy metal contamination remains a major threat to the environment. Evaluating the
concentrations of heavy metals in water environments is a crucial step towards a viable …

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals or quantum dots (QDs) have been facilitating the
development of sensitive fluorescence sensors over the past decade, due to their unique …

Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have proven to be ideal candidates for low
cost and high performance applications. From the past few decades, I-III-VI QDs have …

Fluorescent nanomaterials of excellent optical properties have been widely used in fields
ranging from bio-imaging, ions detection to solid-state lighting, displays and sensing …