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US 2015/0311289 A1Published application
Tailoring the Optical Gap and Absorption Strength of Silicon Quantum Dots by Surface Modification with Conjugated Organic Moieties
AssigneeColorado School of Mines
InventorsAlan Sellinger, Mark Lusk, Tianlei Zhou, Huashan Li
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Abstract
The present invention relates to semiconductor materials that include a silicon-based quantum dot; and a conjugated organic ligand connected to the silicon-based quantum dot to obtain a functionalized quantum dot. An additional aspect of the present invention is to provide methods that include providing a silicon-based quantum dot; and connecting a conjugated organic ligand connected to the silicon-based quantum dot to obtain a functionalized quantum dot.
Claims12
A semiconductor material, comprising:
- a silicon-based quantum dot;
- and
- a conjugated organic ligand connected to the silicon-based quantum dot to obtain a functionalized quantum dot.
A quantum dot, comprising:
- a silicon-based quantum dot;
- and
- a conjugated organic ligand connected to the silicon-based quantum dot to obtain a functionalized quantum dot.
A method of making a semiconductor material, comprising:
- providing a silicon-based quantum dot;
- and
- connecting a conjugated organic ligand connected to the silicon-based quantum dot to obtain a functionalized quantum dot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.