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Patent No.:

US 9837624 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2015

Tailoring the optical gap and absorption strength of silicon quantum dots by surface modification with conjugated organic moieties

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:

Sheridan Ross P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Christine Enad

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sellinger, Alan. (2017). Tailoring the optical gap and absorption strength of silicon quantum dots by surface modification with conjugated organic moieties (U.S. Patent No. 9837624). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9837624

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