Stephen G. Hickey

TL;DR: In this article, water-soluble semiconductor nanocrystals presenting simultaneously high band-edge photoluminescence quantum efficiencies (as high as 60% at room temperature), monoexponential exciton decays, and no observable defect-related emission are obtained.

TL;DR: Surprising results are reported that may lead to novel routes for the controlled fabrication of materials from chargestabilized nanocrystal colloids, including gold nanocrystals spontaneously form a monolayer at the water/oil interface if the surface charge of the nanocry crystals is gradually reduced.

TL;DR: This Review comprehensively addresses issues of synthesis, assembly, spectroscopic characterization, and applications for II-VI, III-V, and IV-VI nanocrystals, examples being HgTe and Cd(x)Hg(1-) (x)Te, InP and InAs, and PbS, PbSe, andPbTe, respectively.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive investigation on the factors governing the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields and size dispersion of colloidal CdSe nanocrystals is presented.

TL;DR: The present review provides an overview of recent developments in the fabrication methods and sensing concepts concerning direct and indirect interactions of the analyte with quantum dot modified electrodes and describes in detail the broad range of different sensing applications of such quantum-dot-based photoelectrochemical sensors for inorganic and organic molecules that have arisen in recent years.