Abstract Elucidating the population dynamics of correlated electron-hole pairs (bound excitons) in semiconducting quantum dots (QDs) is key for developing our fundamental understanding nanoscale photophysics as well optimal design devices, such lasers. For decades, it was assumed that holes did not contribute to band edge bleach signals QDs. Here, we employ two-dimensional electronic spectrosco...

Quantum dots (QD) have unique electronic and optical properties promoting biotechnological advances. However, our understanding of the toxicological structure-activity relationships remains limited. This study aimed to determine the biological impact of varying nanomaterial surface chemistry by assessing the interaction of QD with either a negative (carboxyl), neutral (hexadecylamine; HDA) or p...

Let 0 → I → E → B → 0 be a short exact sequence of C*-algebras whereE is separable, I is quasidiagonal (QD) andB is nuclear, QD and satisfies the UCT. It is shown that if the boundary map ∂ : K1(B) → K0(I) vanishes then E must be QD also. A Hahn-Banach type property for K0 of QD C ∗-algebras is also formulated. It is shown that every nuclear QD C∗-algebra has this K0Hahn-Banach property if and ...

The generalized Fibonacci cube Qd(f) is the subgraph of the d-cube Qd induced on the set of all strings of length d that do not contain f as a substring. It is proved that if Qd(f) ∼= Qd(f ′) then |f | = |f ′|. The key tool to prove this result is a result of Guibas and Odlyzko about the autocorrelation polynomial associated to a binary string. An example of a family of such strings f , f ′, wh...

The degree of interpenetration at the interface between colloidal quantum dots (QDs) and organic semiconductor molecules commonly employed in hybrid light-emitting devices (QD-LEDs) has been examined using tapping-mode atomic force microscopy. Both phase separation-driven and Contact Printing-enabled QD/semiconductor heterojunction fabrication methodologies lead to significant QD embedment in t...

Due to the superior photoemission and photostability characteristics, quantum dots (QD) are novel tools in biological and medical applications. However, the toxicity and mechanism of QD uptake are poorly understood. QD nanoparticles with an emission wavelength of 655 nm are ellipsoid in shape and consist of a cadmium/selenide core with a zinc sulfide shell. We have shown that QD with a carboxyl...