We measure the temperature dependence of breathing-mode acoustic vibrations of semiconductor nanocrystals using low-frequency Raman spectroscopy. In CdSe core-only nanocrystals, the lowest-energy l = 0 mode red-shifts with increasing temperature by ∼5% between 77-300 K. Changes to the interatomic bond distances in the inorganic crystal lattice, with corresponding changes to the bulk modulus and...

An electric field built inside a crystal was proposed to enhance photoinduced carrier separation for improving photocatalytic property of semiconductor photocatalysts. However, a static built-in electric field can easily be saturated by the free carriers due to electrostatic screening, and the enhancement of photocatalysis, thus, is halted. To overcome this problem, here, we propose sonophotoca...

Multistep and continuous production of core–shell InP/ZnS semiconductor nanocrystals in a high-temperature miniature stirred-tank reactor cascade.

in this work, we report, optical properties of cd1-xsnxte quantum dots (x= 0.05, 0.10 and 0.15) synthesized in water using thioglycolic acid (tga) as a modifier agent. the optical characterization of the samples was performed through absorption (uv) and photoluminescence spectra (pl). a red shift absorption and fluorescent emission peaks was observed which can be related to the increase of nano...

InP nanocrystals are promising fluorescent semiconductor materials in the future environmentally friendly society. In article number 2300425, Huan Liu, Tingchao He, Rui Chen, and co-workers review optical properties of nanocrystals, including absorption, fluorescence, carrier dynamics, nonlinear optics. The relevant applications based on also presented, ranging from light emitting diodes, bioim...

High quality nearly monodisperse colloidal WO3-x nanorods with an aspect ratio ∼18 were synthesized using the thermal decomposition technique. The effects of a capping agent and an activating agent on the nanorod aspect ratio have been studied. Excess carrier concentration due to large oxygen vacancy and smaller width of the nanorods compared to the Bohr exciton radius gives rise to an increase...