Dopants and Defects in Colloidal Nanocrystals

Colloidal inorganic nanocrystals offer new opportunities for studying, cultivating, and exploiting electronic and optical effects at the nanoscale. New forms of magnetic materials at the nanoscale can reveal new behaviors relevant to high-density spintronics, spin-photonics, or related technologies, and new emissive nanostructures can open opportunities for additive manufacturing of conventional or quantum optoelectronics. This talk will describe the synthesis and physical properties of colloidal semiconductor and insulator nanostructures integrating dopants and defects as a route to controlling photonic functionality. The talk will describe the synthetic development, optical, and electronic-structural properties of these materials.