Photoactive Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: Fundamentals and Applications

✍ Scribed by Alberto Credi (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 179
• Series: Topics in Current Chemistry Collections
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The series Topics in Current Chemistry Collections presents critical reviews from the journal Topics in Current Chemistry organized in topical volumes. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science. The goal of each thematic volume is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or industry, a comprehensive insight into an area where new research is emerging which is of interest to a larger scientific audience.
Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole. The most significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years are presented using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. The coverage is not intended to be an exhaustive summary of the field or include large quantities of data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on the methodological thinking that will allow the non-specialist reader to understand the information presented. Contributions also offer an outlook on potential future developments in the field.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Excited-State Dynamics in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals....Pages 1-30
Semiconductor Quantum Dots with Photoresponsive Ligands....Pages 31-60
Interfacing Luminescent Quantum Dots with Functional Molecules for Optical Sensing Applications....Pages 61-87
Light-Harvesting Antennae Based on Silicon Nanocrystals....Pages 89-106
Luminescent Rare-earth-based Nanoparticles: A Summarized Overview of their Synthesis, Functionalization, and Applications....Pages 107-121
Recent Progress in Quantum Dot Based White Light-Emitting Devices....Pages 123-147
Hybrid Semiconductor–Metal Nanorods as Photocatalysts....Pages 149-174

✦ Subjects

Physical Chemistry;Semiconductors;Nanotechnology;Nanochemistry