Colloidal Quantum Dots

This special topic covers the broad range of chemical and physical questions associated with colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots, QDs), from their electronic structure and photoluminescence blinking to their surface chemistry and self-assembly and interfaces with molecules. It also covers applications related to these properties, from their charge transport within field effect transistors to their potential as single photon emitters and qubits and their use as photocatalysts for complex chemical reactions.

Guest Editors: Matthew Beard, Zeger Hens, Xiaogang Peng, and Emily A. Weiss