Osterloh and Kim have used similar approaches to build two-dimensional arrays of cadmium selenide nanoparticles, or "quantum dots," on surfaces. Arranging and stacking these quantum dots in different ways changes their optical and light-emitting properties, Osterloh said. These arrays could be used as waveguides or lasers.
Contact: Frank Osterloh, Chemistry, (530) 754-6242, osterloh@chem.ucdavis.edu
Paper: Bottom-up assembly and properties of one- and two-dimensional magnetic and photoluminescent nanostructures
Authors: Frank E. Osterloh and Jin Y. Kim, Department of Chemistry, UC Davis
Session: Nanoscience
Session date and time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 1