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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Inventors:
Alan Sellinger, Golden, CO (US);
Mark Lusk, Golden, CO (US);
Tianlei Zhou, Golden, CO (US);
Huashan Li, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/12 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01); H01L 51/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/0094 (2013.01); H01L 51/0558 (2013.01);
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.