2016 Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals Gordon Research Conference

从固态和材料化学计划的部分资金，该项目支持胶体半导体纳米晶体戈登研究会议和戈登研究研讨会，特别是促进学生，博士后和早期职业科学家的参与。会议计划包括不同的参与者作为演讲者和讨论领导者，包括强调妇女，代表性不足的少数民族和早期职业研究人员。戈登研究研讨会，将在这一主题上举行的第一次，是由研究生共同主持人与主持人和讨论领导人也是研究生，博士后和早期职业科学家。这一主题领域与知识的进步有着很大的相关性，这些知识可以增强甚至革命性地改变能源储存、转换和保护技术，提高科学讨论的重要性，特别是对这一领域新一代研究人员的教育。胶体纳米晶体是在有机介质中化学合成的，其表面用有机表面活性剂钝化，使纳米晶体在溶剂中增溶分散，并执行一系列功能，包括表面状态的电子钝化，与其他材料的化学相互作用的调解，以及与环境的电子交换。最近，人们已经清楚地认识到，控制纳米晶体表面的化学性质对于观察量子限制所承诺的特殊性质至关重要。这次戈登研究会议的目标是探索胶体纳米晶体的核心和表面的化学结构方面的物理和材料特性。会议计划强调：（i）调整纳米晶体的组成、形状和表面化学的合成方法，（ii）定量表征纳米晶体的核和表面化学的新分析方法，（iii）与化学和电子系统中的活性相关的纳米晶体的电子物理研究，（iv）半导体纳米晶体中的掺杂和等离子体行为，（v）纳米晶体的生物相容性和生物应用，和（vi）形成纳米晶体组件的方法和纳米晶体组件的性质。该计划还包括一个新兴的无机材料会议，特别是磷族化合物和卤化物。本次会议的价值，就推动这一领域的基础工作而言，在于将这些不同主题的进展汇编成一个面向单一跨学科受众的单一计划。

With partial funding from the Solid State and Materials Chemistry program, this project supports the Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals, specifically facilitating the participation of students, postdocs, and early career scientists. The Conference program is inclusive of diverse participants as presenters and discussion leaders, including an emphasis on women, underrepresented minorities, and early career researchers. The Gordon Research Seminar, to be held on this topic for the first time, is organized by graduate student co-chairs with presenters and discussion leaders also being graduate students, postdocs, and early career scientists. This topical area holds great relevance for the advancement of knowledge that can enhance or even revolutionize energy storage, conversion, and conservation technologies, elevating the importance of the scientific discussion and especially the education of a new generation of researchers in this area.Colloidal nanocrystals are chemically synthesized in organic media and their surfaces are passivated with organic surfactants that solubilize the nanocrystals in solvent dispersion, and perform a range of functions, including electronic passivation of surface states, mediation of chemical interactions with other materials, and electronic exchange with the environment. Recently, it has become clear that controlling the chemistry of the surfaces of the nanocrystals is critical to observing the special properties promised by quantum confinement. The goals of this Gordon Research Conference are to explore the photophysical and materials properties of colloidal nanocrystals in terms of the chemical structure of both the core and the surface. The Conference program highlights: (i) synthetic methods to tune the composition, shape, and surface chemistry of nanocrystals, (ii) new analytical methods to quantitatively characterize the core and surface chemistry of the nanocrystals, (iii) photophysical studies of nanocrystals that relate activity in chemical and electronic systems, (iv) doping and plasmonic behavior in semiconductor nanocrystals, (v) the bio-compatibility and bio-applications of nanocrystals, and (vi) methods to form and properties of assemblies of nanocrystals. The program also features a session on emerging nanocrystal materials, specifically pnictides and halides. The value of this conference, with respect to pushing forward fundamental work in this field, lies in its compilation of advancements in these diverse topics into a single program addressed to a single interdisciplinary audience.