| Application of Electrochemistry for Synthesis of Quantum Dots |
| کد مقاله : 1087-17THECSI |
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اسماء خوبی * گروه شیمی، دانشکده علوم پایه، دانشگاه سیستان و بلوچستان، زاهدان، ایران |
| چکیده مقاله |
| Nanotechnology is one of the frontier fields of research involving nanoscale manipulation of atoms and molecules. Nowadays the field focuses on developing new generation nanomaterials like quantum dots (QDs) for multitasking purposes such as energy, medical diagnostics, drug delivery, gene therapy etc. QDs, often have been described as artificial atoms and discovered for the first time in a glass matrix by Alexey Ekimov in 1981 [1]. However, the first colloidal semiconductor nanocrystallite solution was synthesized by Louis Brus four years later. Mark Arthur Reed coined the term “quantum dots” for describing the photoluminescent nanostructure in 1988 that had fully quantized energy states [2]. After that, many researchers began to estimate QDs for their potential applications [3,4]. QDs are semiconductor materials that have gained great interest due to their unique characteristics. The materials are extensively being applied in various areas such as light-emitting diodes, laser technology, solar cells, as well as biological and biomedical applications. There are different methods for synthesis of QDs. In the present study the electrochemical methods for synthesis of QDs is described. The choice of synthesis process can be an important parameter in the properties of QDs. According to the current synthesis methods of QDs as reported in literature, the synthesis of the nanostructured materials can be classified into two main groups, namely top-down and bottom-up preparation methods. |
| کلیدواژه ها |
| Nanotechnology, Quantum dots, Synthesis, Electrochemical methods |
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