Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals for light emission and photonic integration

Huan Liu; Dabin Lin; Puning Wang; Tingchao He; Rui Chen

doi:10.1016/j.chip.2023.100073

Chip, Volume. 3, Issue 1, 100073(2024)

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals for light emission and photonic integration

Huan Liu¹, Dabin Lin¹, Puning Wang¹, Tingchao He^2、*, and Rui Chen^1、**

¹Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

²Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

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Received: Aug. 10, 2023

Accepted: Oct. 15, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

The Author Email: Tingchao He (tche@szu.edu.cn), Rui Chen (chenr@sustech.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1016/j.chip.2023.100073

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