Hollingsworth's breakthrough discovery of «giant» NQDs removed the nanomaterial's problematic photophysical phenomenon of «blinking» and provided an exciting test bed for advancing the understanding of semiconductor physics in the quantum confinement regime. (lanl.gov)
This random change of composition means energies of electrons in different regions are different,» said Claude Weisbuch, a leading figure in semiconductor physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and co-recipient (with James Speck, also of UCSB) of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to use the landscape function to develop better green LEDs. (scientificamerican.com)
Thus, the very efficient, simple and precise mechanisms of charge manipulation well established in semiconductor electronics can be transferred to the world of spintronic and thereby combine semiconductor physics with magnetism. (sciencedaily.com)