Understanding non blinking core/shell quantum dots

Project funded by French National Research Agency (ANR), grant ANR-08-BLAN-0034. Participating organisations named by the source: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - DELEGATION REGIONALE ILE-DE-FRANCE SECTEUR PARIS A; CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - DELEGATION REGIONALE ILE-DE-FRANCE SECTEUR OUEST ET NORD. Funded amount: EUR 372,486, as stated by the source. Runs 2009-01-01 to n/a. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2019-12-24); national funding data, not CORDIS. Abstract given by the source: Semiconductor quantum dots have unique size dependent optical properties that depend greatly on the way they are synthesized. Recently, we have managed to synthesize core/shell QDs in such a way that the QD shell is grown epitaxially on the QD core without defect. Such QDs with thick shells emit fluorescence continuously without blinking when observed for 5 minutes at the single particle level. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first observation of non blinking QDs. In this project, we propose to focus on the understanding of this novel observation. To this end, we will continue to develop QD core/shell synthesis with an emphasis on the understanding of the QD chemistry formation, and we will develop precise QDs characterization at the single particle level both optically and structurally.

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AI-assisted summary: The project "Understanding non blinking core/shell quantum dots" is funded by the French National Research Agency with a grant of EUR 372,486. It aims to explore the synthesis and properties of core/shell quantum dots that emit continuous fluorescence without blinking. Suggested technology pillar: enabling. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.