Quantum dots

…magic-sized crystallites and quantum dots, in collaboration with experimentalists.

…discovery and chemical development of quantum dots: semiconductor particles whose electronic and optical behaviour changes with their size. Yekimov examines confinement effects in small crystals embedded in glass, while Brus develops the study of semiconductor particles dispersed in solution. Bawendi explains the synthetic challenge of producing high-quality nanocrystals with controlled dimensions and how more reliable preparation made their properties experimentally and practically useful. The lectures bring together the physics of conf