Nanocrystalline properties

Sarangi, S. N. and Sahu, S. N. (2004). CdSe nanocrystalline thin films composition, structure and optical properties. Physica E, 23,159-167. 

Trindade, T. O Brien, P. and Pickett, L. N. (2001). Nanocrystalline Semiconductors Synthesis, Properties and Perspectives. Chem. Mater., 13, 3843-3858. 

Kanatzidis MG, Pottgen R, Jeitschko W (2005) The metal flux a preparative tool for the exploration of intermetallic compounds. Angew Chem Int Ed 44 6996-7023 Trindade T, O Brien P, Pickett NL (2001) Nanocrystalline semiconductors Synthesis, properties, and perspectives. Chem Mater 13 3843-3858... 

In the catalysis community, there is considerable interest in the catalytic properties of oxide-supported nanocrystalline gold, which has been found to be remarkably active for the oxidation of CO [Hamta, 1997]. In electrochemistry, the ability of gold to oxidize CO, in the absence of an oxide support, has been known for many years [Roberts and Sawyer, 1964],... 

Sardar, K., Playford, H.Y., Darton, R.J., Barney, E.R., Hannon, A.C., Tompsett, D., Fisher, J., Kashtiban, R.J., Sloan, J., Ramos, S., Cibin, G. and Walton, R.I. (2010) Nanocrystalline cerium-bismuth oxides synthesis, structural characterization, and redox properties. Chemistry of Materials, 22 6191-6201. 

QD particles in a population can be entirely dark. The nonradiant properties probably are due to defects in their nanocrystalline structure that occurred during manufacture. The percentage of dark dots varies for each sample, but they can represent 44-47 percent of all dots in a population. Thus, the use of QD conjugates for biomolecule imaging may mean that nearly half of all particles in an assay do not contribute to the resultant fluorescence signal. 

B. Fausett, M. C. Granger, M.L. Hupert, J. Wang, G. M. Swain, D. M. Gruen, The electrochemical properties of nanocrystalline diamond thin-films deposited from C60/Argon and Methane/Nitrogen gas mixtures, Electroanal., vol. 12, pp. 7-15, 2000. 

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