Semiconductor and Metal Nanocrystals

Synthesis, Electronic, and Optical Properties

Description
Concentrates on chemically synthesized nanoparticles known as nanocrystal semiconductor quantum dots. Discusses applications include photovoltaic devices, electroluminescent devices, optical switching, optical amplification, and bio-labeling.

Table of Contents

1. Semiconductor Nanocrystals
2. "Soft" Chemical Synthesis and Manipulation of Semiconductor Nanocrystals V. I. Klimov and J. A. Hollingsworth
3. Electronic Structure in Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Optical Experiment D. J. Norris
4. Fine Structure and Polarization Properties of the Band-edge Excitons in Semiconductor Nanocrystals Al. L. Efros
5. Intraband Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Semiconductor Colloidal/Quantum Dots P. Guyot-Sionnest, M. Shim, and C. Wang
6. Charge Carrier Dynamics and Optical Gain in Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: From Fundamental Photophysics to Quantum Dot Lasing V. I. Klimov
7. Optical Dynamics in Single Semiconductor Quantum Dots K. T. Shimizu and M. G. Bawendi Electrical Properties of Semiconductor Nanocrystals D. S. Ginger and N. C. Greenham
8. Tunneling and Optical Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: Single Particle and Ensemble Properties, U. Banin and O. Millo
9. III-V Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Arrays: Synthesis, Optical Properties, Photogenerated Carrier Dynamics and Applications to Photon Conversion, A. J. Nozik and O. I. Micic
10. Metal Nanocrystals
11. Synthesis and Fabrication of Metal Nanocrystal Superlatticies, R. C. Doty, M. B. Sigman, C. A. Stowell, P. S. Shah, A. E. Saunders, and B. A. Korger Optical Spectroscopy of Surface Plasmons In Metal Nanoparticles, S. Link and M. A. El-Sayed
12. Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Metal Nanoparticles, G. V. Hartland