Quantum dots have the potential to impact present and envisioned technologies such as thermoelectric, photovoltaic and bioimaging, owing to their unique physical and optoelectronic properties. Efforts in the past few decades have led to numerous synthetic methodologies (physical and chemical) rendering access to several classes of nanoparticles. However, the applications/device fabrications do not utilize single nanocrystal or solutions of nanocrystals, but are established based on the assembly of discrete nanoparticles in the solid-state.<br/><br/>This presentation will describe colloidal based strategies to produce ZnO nanoparticles of varied shapes and sizes. In addition, synthetic strategies leading to the assembly of discrete nanoparticles into thin films will be discussed. Further, the suitability of these discrete nanoparticles and their assemblies, as transparent conducting materials, will be addressed.

Synthesis of colloidal ZnO nanoparticles and their assembly onto thin films

255th National Meeting (2018)

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