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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Xiaogang Peng, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Zheng LI, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Inventors:
Xiaogang Peng, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Zheng Li, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Assignee:
The Board Of Trustees Of The University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nanocrystal described herein comprises a semiconductor material MX, wherein M is a group II or a group III element and X is a group V or a group VI element to provide a II/VI compound or a III/V compound, the nanocrystal having lateral dimensions and a vertical dimension having the shortest axis, wherein surfaces of the nanocrystal normal or substantially normal to the axis of the vertical dimension comprise a layer of M ions passivated by a counter ion chemical species.