It was clear from the first in-depth studies of the optical properties of colloidal quantum dots (otherwise known as semiconductor nanocrystals) almost 40 years ago that they were a special combination of molecules and semiconductors. Since then, fundamental research in this field has included an impressively broad combination of semiconductor physics, surface chemistry, and inorganic synthesis complemented by work applying these colloids to lighting and LEDs, photovoltaics, photocatalysis, biological imaging, and, more recently, quantum information. This talk will highlight some of the unique features of colloidal quantum dots that we have exploited to couple them, controllably, to their environments, and to convert energy from one form to another, and will highlight our progress toward their use as mediators of quantum transduction between spins and photons within quantum information networks.

Colloidal quantum dots just keep getting more interesting

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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