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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Sungjee Kim, Pasadena, CA (US);
Moungi G. Bawendi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sungjee Kim, Pasadena, CA (US);
Moungi G. Bawendi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructure has a core of a first semiconductor material surrounded by an overcoating of a second semiconductor material. Upon excitation, one carrier can be substantially confined to the core and the other carrier can be substantially confined to the overcoating.