A quantum-dot (QD) film, which includes a first QD layer including a first QD; and a first protection layer on the first QD layer and including a first organic compound, wherein the first organic compound includes at least two thiol groups, and a first one of the at least two thiol groups is anchored to the first QD, and an LED package, a QD light emitting diode and a display device including the QD film are provided.

A semiconductor nanocrystal particle, a production method thereof, and a light emitting device including the same. The semiconductor nanocrystal particle includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal, a first shell surrounding the core, the first shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, a second shell surrounding the first shell, the second shell including a third semiconductor nanocrystal including a different composition from the second semiconductor nanocrystal, wherein the first semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc and sulfur; wherein the third semiconductor nanocrystal includes zinc and sulfur; wherein an energy bandgap of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is less than an energy bandgap of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and less than an energy bandgap of the third semiconductor nanocrystal; and wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal particle does not include cadmium.

An LED pump light with multiple phosphors is described. LEDs emitting radiation at violet and/or ultraviolet wavelengths are used to pump phosphor materials that emit other colors. The LEDs operating in different wavelength ranges are arranged to reduce light re-absorption and improve light output efficiency.

The present invention relates to multifunctional magnetic-optical nanoparticles.

The multifunctional magnetic-optical nanoparticles according to the present invention are composed of quantum dot nanoparticles and magnetic nanoparticles, and can also be functionalized with biocompatible polymers to specifically allow the capture and detection of biomolecules or biomaterials, as well as quantitative analysis using colorimetric and fluorescence signals. Therefore, the multifunctional magnetic-optical nanoparticles of the present invention can be utilized in various biomedical fields such as disease diagnosis, cell separation and imaging.

The present invention relates, in general terms, to nanoparticle solutions, kits, devices and methods of use thereof. The present invention is suitable for use in quantifying bacterial cells in a sample. The method of quantifying bacterial cells in a sample comprises passing the sample in a liquid form and an aqueous nanoparticle solution through a porous substrate such that the bacterial cells in the sample is trapped on the porous substrate and can be quantified by a colorimetric and/or fluorescence output emitted from the nanoparticle bound to the bacterial cells.

Herein is described a light-emitting electrochemical cell comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second electrodes and comprising a printed electrostatic ink comprising a thermoplastic resin having dispersed therein an electroluminescent material. Also described herein is a method of making an electrostatic ink, the method comprising: providing a carrier fluid (i) in which is dispersed a molten or a dissolved thermoplastic polymer resin and (ii) containing particles of an electroluminescent material suspended therein; effecting precipitation of the polymer resin from the carrier fluid onto the electroluminescent material to form particles comprising the electroluminescent material with a coating comprising the thermoplastic resin in solid form thereon. Also described herein is an electrostatic ink comprising: chargeable particles comprising an electroluminescent material having a coating of a thermoplastic resin thereon.

Disclosed are a zinc oxide-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon quantum dot capable of blue light emission in which ZnO is combined with a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having a blue light emitting characteristic to realize a quantum dot of a core-shell structure and electron emission transition is induced to proceed within the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon so that the purity of blue light emission is improved, and a manufacturing method thereof. The zinc oxide-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon quantum dot capable of blue light emission includes a core-shell structure of zinc oxide-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (ZnO-PAH) quantum dot in which the ZnO quantum dot and the PAH are combined, the ZnO-PAH quantum dot includes an energy level in a form of a Type II structure or a quasi-Type II structure.

The present disclosure relates to an electroluminescent material ink, comprising a quantum dot material, an organic light emitting material, and an organic solvent. The organic solvent includes a first solvent shown in general formula (I): ##STR00001## wherein R0 is C.sub.mH.sub.2m+1; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently C.sub.nH.sub.2n+1, 0≤m≤8 and 0<n≤8, or 0<m≤8 and 0≤n≤8. The electroluminescent material ink has good physical parameters and can effectively prevent nozzle blockage.

The invention is in the field of nanostructure synthesis. Provided are highly luminescent core/shell nanostructures with zinc fluoride and zinc acetate bound to their surface. Also provided are methods of preparing the nanostructures, films comprising the nanostructures, and devices comprising the nanostructures.

An electroluminescent device and a display device including the device are disclosed, wherein the electroluminescent device includes a first electrode; a hole transport layer disposed on the first electrode; an emission layer disposed on the hole transport layer, the emission layer including quantum dots; a self-assembled monomolecular layer disposed on the emission layer, the self-assembled monomolecular layer including self-assembled monomolecules; an electron transport layer disposed on the self-assembled monomolecular layer; and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer.