A. Paul Alivisatos

TL;DR: In this article, a process for making surfactant capped nanocrystals of transition metal oxides is described, which consists of reacting a metal cupferron complex of the formula M Cup, wherein M is a transition metal, and Cup is a cup-ferron, with a coordinating surfactants, the reaction being conducted at a temperature ranging from about 250 to about 300 C, for a period of time sufficient to complete the reaction.

TL;DR: Wurtzite nanorods of cadmium selenide tend to form stacking faults of zinc blende along the c-axis, and the two ends of the nanorod may be identified by this anisotropic distribution of faults.

TL;DR: This work suggests that inorganic micelles may be suitable for selective organic syntheses as well as industrial applications and demonstrates the value of translating nanostructure design from organic to inorganic.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of symmetry breaking on the chiroptical response of an assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles using simulation were explored, and it was shown that the intensity, spectral position, and handedness of the CD response are tunable with small structural changes.

TL;DR: This application of redox buffers for controlled doping provides a new method for the precise control of the majority carrier concentration in porous semiconductor thin films.