A light emitting film including a plurality of quantum dots and an electronic device including the same. The plurality of quantum dots constitute at least a portion of a surface of the light emitting film, the plurality of quantum dots do not include cadmium, and the at least a portion of a surface of the light emitting film includes a metal halide bound to at least one quantum dot of the plurality of quantum dots.

A light emitting film including a plurality of quantum dots and an electronic device including the same. The plurality of quantum dots constitute at least a portion of a surface of the light emitting film, the plurality of quantum dots do not include cadmium, and the at least a portion of a surface of the light emitting film includes a metal halide bound to at least one quantum dot of the plurality of quantum dots.

A method for preparing a composition of matter, the method including: 1) mixing a Zn(NO.sub.3).sub.2 solution, a Hg(NO.sub.3).sub.2 solution, and a mercaptopropionic acid solution, thereby yielding a precursor solution of Zn.sup.2+Hg.sup.2+-mercaptopropionic acid; dissolving a selenium powder and a NaBH.sub.4 solid in water thereby yielding a NaHSe slurry; mixing the precursor solution and the NaHSe slurry thereby yielding zinc-mercury-selenium (ZnHgSe) quantum dot; 2) preparing a drug delivery system including dextran-magnetic layered double hydroxide-fluorouracil (DMF); binding the drug delivery system and the ZnHgSe quantum dot in a mass ratio of 1:1-3; and grinding the drug delivery system including the ZnHgSe quantum dot (QD) thereby yielding powders; and 3) dissolving the powders in absolute ethyl alcohol thereby yielding a first suspension; ultrasonically dispersing the first suspension thereby yielding a second suspension, magnetically separating the second suspension thereby yielding a solid product, centrifuging and washing the solid product.

Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a multilayer of nanocrystals. The method comprises the steps of (i) coating nanocrystals surface-coordinated by a photosensitive compound, or a mixed solution of a photosensitive compound and nanocrystals surface-coordinated by a material miscible with the photosensitive compound, on a substrate, drying the coated substrate, and exposing the dried substrate to UV light to form a first monolayer of nanocrystals, and (ii) repeating the procedure of step (i) to form one or more monolayers of nanocrystals on the first monolayer of nanocrystals.

A method of preparation of mercury chalcogenide nanoparticles that includes the steps of providing a precursor of mercury and mixing the precursor of mercury with a precursor of chalcogenide, wherein the precursor of mercury is a mercury thiolate. Also, mercury telluride nanoparticles and their use in an IR photodetector, an IR photoconversion device, an IR filter or an IR photodiode.

Disclosed herein is a polymeric film, the film comprising a polymeric matrix material, a plurality of perovskite nanocrystals and/or aggregates of perovskite nanocrystals dispersed throughout the polymeric matrix material. There is also disclosed a perovskite polymer resin composition, a perovskite-polymer resin composition, a perovskite ink and a method of forming a luminescent film using any one of the compositions or ink. Preferably, the perovskite material is a lead halide perovskite containing a cation selected from Cs, an alkylammonium ion, or a formamidinium ion. The polymeric matrix is preferably formed from monomers comprising a vinyl or an acrylate group.

The present invention provides shortwave infrared ray emitting nanoparticles including a core having band gap energy of E.sub.1; an intermediate layer that is formed on the core and has band gap energy of E.sub.2; and an outer layer that is formed on the intermediate layer and has band gap energy of E.sub.3, in which the size of the E.sub.2 is smaller than the size of the E1 and the size of the E.sub.3. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a solar cell which is improved in efficiency and life span and can be produced by a solution process.

Ligand-capped inorganic particles, films composed of the ligand-capped inorganic particles, and methods of patterning the films are provided. Also provided are electronic, photonic, and optoelectronic devices that incorporate the films. The ligands that are bound to the inorganic particles are composed of a cation/anion pair. The anion of the pair is bound to the surface of the particle and at least one of the anion and the cation is photosensitive.

Quantum dot layers and display devices including quantum dot layers are described. In an embodiment the quantum dot layer includes quantum dots with coatings to adjust the spacing between adjacent quantum dots. In an embodiment, the coatings are metal oxide coatings and may create a charge transporting matrix. In an embodiment, the coatings are core-material coatings. The QD layers may be QD-LED compatible.

A magnetic, thermosensitive, fluorescent micelle includes a core, a carrier wrapping the core, and a plurality of water-soluble near-infrared CdHgTe quantum dots (QD) disposed on the carrier. The core includes dextran-magnetic layered double hydroxide-fluorouracil (DMF). The carrier includes a tripolymer of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide)-b-polylactic acid (PLA). N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide of the tripolymer includes a hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic carbon frame. The hydrophilic group is oriented outwards with respect to the and forms a shell. The hydrophobic carbon frame and polylactic acid are restrained to wrap the dextran-magnetic layered double hydroxide-fluorouracil to form the core.