Colloidal Quantum Dots

This special topic will cover the broad range of chemical and physical questions associated with colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots, QDs), from their electronic structure and photoluminescence blinking to their surface chemistry and self-assembly and interfaces with molecules. It will also cover applications related to these properties, from their charge transport within field effect transistors to their potential as single photon emitters and qubits and their use as photocatalysts for complex chemical reactions.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

Guest Editors

Matthew Beard – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Zeger Hens – Ghent University

Xiaogang Peng – Zhejiang University

Emily Weiss – Northwestern University