Semiconductor quantum supralattices

Intrazeolite Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Quantum Supralattices... 

In the present article, we will survey the known synthetic procedures to intrazeolite semiconductor QD s and quantum supralattices (QS s this name has been chosen to refer to these structures, since they do not alter the crystallographic unit cell of the host, as the more common name of superlattice would imply). This is followed by two examples from our recent work concerning the I-VII pure and mixed halide system Ag,X-SOD (3) and the VI-VI system n(WC>3)-M56Y (Ozkar, S. Ozin, G.A. /. Phys. Chem., in press.). Some key properties of these materials will be briefly described that relate to QSE s, LFE s, electronic and vibrational coupling between QD s. The paper concludes with a very brief survey of some of the pertinent physics behind these early observations and how they might relate to the NLO properties of these materials. 

Class B Quantum Supralattices. An interesting series of sodalite materials that for the first time offer the opportunity to manipulate the degree of collective electronic and vibrational interactions between monodispersed semiconductor components in neighboring /3-cavities (Figure 1) can be synthesized as follows ... 

Class C Quantum Supralattices. Another intriguing series of sodalites, that for the first time permits the investigation of narrow band gap monodispersed semiconductor QD s embedded in a wide band-gap semiconductor QS composed of monodispersed QD s (Figure 1), can be synthesized according to the following recipe ... 

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