Developing the bottom-up approach for preparing semiconductor nanocrystals and nanostructures with tailored properties.
Development of multi-component hybrid nanocrystals such as gold-tipped nanorods ('nano-dumbbells').
Synthesis of new semiconductor nanocrystals and nanorods with special focus on III-V semiconductors.
Growth of heterostructured nanorods and and nanocrystals including core/shell nanocrystals and seeded nanorods exhibiting high emission quantum yield.
Studies of self assembly of nanocrystals.

Coupled colloidal QDs (CQDs) is the newest and most interesting member in this category. Considering the artificial atom character of the single CQDs, we envision to hybridize the wavefunction by controlled fusion that leads to CQDs dimers....