Moungi G. Bawendi

Bio: Moungi G. Bawendi is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Quantum dot & Nanocrystal. The author has an hindex of 165, co-authored 626 publications receiving 118108 citations. Previous affiliations of Moungi G. Bawendi include United States Department of the Navy & United States Naval Research Laboratory.

Semiconductor nanocrystal composite material

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composite material containing a semiconductor nanocrystal. SOLUTION: The composite material includes a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals taken in inorganic matrix. The inorganic matrix may be metal oxide matrix prepared by, for example, a sol-gel process or other low-temperature matrix formation method. The metal oxide matrix may be either crystallinity or noncrystallinity. The metal oxide matrix may be one, for example, that has no light scattering defect such as a crack. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Elastic Phonon Scattering Dominates Dephasing in Weakly Confined Cesium Lead Bromide Nanocrystals at Cryogenic Temperatures.

Abstract: Cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) have emerged as a potential next-generation single quantum emitter (QE) material for quantum optics and quantum information science. Optical dephasing processes at cryogenic temperatures are critical to the quality of a QE, making a mechanistic understanding of coherence losses of fundamental interest. We use photon-correlation Fourier spectroscopy (PCFS) to obtain a lower bound to the optical coherence times of single PNCs as a function of temperature. We find that 20 nm CsPbBr3 PNCs emit nearly exclusively into a narrow zero-phonon line from 4 to 13 K. Remarkably, no spectral diffusion is observed at time scales of 10 μs to 5 ms. Our results suggest that exciton dephasing in this temperature range is dominated by elastic scattering from phonon modes with characteristic frequencies of 1-3 meV, while inelastic scattering is minimal due to weak exciton-phonon coupling.

Brightening and Control of Quenched Quantum Dots with Strong Terahertz Pulses

Abstract: We demonstrate the reversible brightening of quenched quantum dot photoluminescence using high-field-strength short terahertz pulses. This effect is attributed to the removal of excess charges and the subsequent reduction in nonradiative Auger recombination.

Method of forming a light emitting device including semiconductor nanocrystals

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a semiconductor nanocrystal in a layer. The layer can be a monolayer of semiconductor nonocrystals which is deposited by a microσontact printing method. The monolayer can form a pattern on a substrate . A multicolor display can be formed comprising a plurality of light emitting devices that emit at different wavelengths, each device including a monolayer of semiconductor nanocrystals .

Auger interactions in quantum dots: quantum-confined Auger recombination and electron-hole energy transfer

Abstract: Summary form only given. Auger effects play an important role in all types of materials systems from atoms and molecules to bulk semiconductors. The efficiency of Auger effects is greatly reduced in bulk materials, due to the reduced Coulomb electron-electron coupling and kinematic restrictions imposed by energy and momentum conservation. In the present work, to quantitatively study the modification of Auger-type interactions during a gradual transformation from the atomic/molecular to bulk-crystalline regimes we use chemically-synthesized nanoparticles or quantum dots (QDs), with sizes controlled with a high accuracy in the range from 1 to 10 nm.

疟原虫var基因转换速率变化导致抗原变异[英]／Paul H, Robert P, Christodoulou Z, et al//Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Abstract: 抗原变异可使得多种致病微生物易于逃避宿主免疫应答。表达在感染红细胞表面的恶性疟原虫红细胞表面蛋白1（PfPMP1）与感染红细胞、内皮细胞、树突状细胞以及胎盘的单个或多个受体作用，在黏附及免疫逃避中起关键的作用。每个单倍体基因组var基因家族编码约60种成员，通过启动转录不同的var基因变异体为抗原变异提供了分子基础。

Gold nanoparticles: assembly, supramolecular chemistry, quantum-size-related properties, and applications toward biology, catalysis, and nanotechnology.

Abstract: Although gold is the subject of one of the most ancient themes of investigation in science, its renaissance now leads to an exponentially increasing number of publications, especially in the context of emerging nanoscience and nanotechnology with nanoparticles and self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). We will limit the present review to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), also called gold colloids. AuNPs are the most stable metal nanoparticles, and they present fascinating aspects such as their assembly of multiple types involving materials science, the behavior of the individual particles, size-related electronic, magnetic and optical properties (quantum size effect), and their applications to catalysis and biology. Their promises are in these fields as well as in the bottom-up approach of nanotechnology, and they will be key materials and building block in the 21st century. Whereas the extraction of gold started in the 5th millennium B.C. near Varna (Bulgaria) and reached 10 tons per year in Egypt around 1200-1300 B.C. when the marvelous statue of Touthankamon was constructed, it is probable that “soluble” gold appeared around the 5th or 4th century B.C. in Egypt and China. In antiquity, materials were used in an ecological sense for both aesthetic and curative purposes. Colloidal gold was used to make ruby glass 293 Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 293−346

Semiconductor Clusters, Nanocrystals, and Quantum Dots

Abstract: Current research into semiconductor clusters is focused on the properties of quantum dots-fragments of semiconductor consisting of hundreds to many thousands of atoms-with the bulk bonding geometry and with surface states eliminated by enclosure in a material that has a larger band gap. Quantum dots exhibit strongly size-dependent optical and electrical properties. The ability to join the dots into complex assemblies creates many opportunities for scientific discovery.

Phd by thesis

Abstract: Deposits of clastic carbonate-dominated (calciclastic) sedimentary slope systems in the rock record have been identified mostly as linearly-consistent carbonate apron deposits, even though most ancient clastic carbonate slope deposits fit the submarine fan systems better. Calciclastic submarine fans are consequently rarely described and are poorly understood. Subsequently, very little is known especially in mud-dominated calciclastic submarine fan systems. Presented in this study are a sedimentological core and petrographic characterisation of samples from eleven boreholes from the Lower Carboniferous of Bowland Basin (Northwest England) that reveals a >250 m thick calciturbidite complex deposited in a calciclastic submarine fan setting. Seven facies are recognised from core and thin section characterisation and are grouped into three carbonate turbidite sequences. They include: 1) Calciturbidites, comprising mostly of highto low-density, wavy-laminated bioclast-rich facies; 2) low-density densite mudstones which are characterised by planar laminated and unlaminated muddominated facies; and 3) Calcidebrites which are muddy or hyper-concentrated debrisflow deposits occurring as poorly-sorted, chaotic, mud-supported floatstones. These

Probing Single Molecules and Single Nanoparticles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Abstract: Optical detection and spectroscopy of single molecules and single nanoparticles have been achieved at room temperature with the use of surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Individual silver colloidal nanoparticles were screened from a large heterogeneous population for special size-dependent properties and were then used to amplify the spectroscopic signatures of adsorbed molecules. For single rhodamine 6G molecules adsorbed on the selected nanoparticles, the intrinsic Raman enhancement factors were on the order of 10 14 to 10 15 , much larger than the ensemble-averaged values derived from conventional measurements. This enormous enhancement leads to vibrational Raman signals that are more intense and more stable than single-molecule fluorescence.