2016 Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals Gordon Research Conference

在固态和材料化学项目的部分资助下，该项目支持戈登研究会议和戈登胶体半导体纳米晶体研究研讨会，特别促进学生、博士后和早期职业科学家的参与。会议计划包括各种各样的参与者作为演讲者和讨论领袖，包括强调妇女、未被充分代表的少数民族和早期职业研究人员。戈登研究研讨会将首次就这一主题举行，由研究生联合主席组织，演讲者和讨论领袖也由研究生、博士后和早期职业科学家组成。这一主题领域与知识的进步密切相关，这些知识可以增强甚至彻底改变能源储存，转换和保护技术，提高科学讨论的重要性，特别是教育新一代研究人员在这一领域。胶体纳米晶体是在有机介质中化学合成的，它们的表面被有机表面活性剂钝化，这些有机表面活性剂使纳米晶体在溶剂中分散溶解，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中介，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约束所承诺的特殊性质至关重要。这次戈登研究会议的目标是在核心和表面的化学结构方面探索胶体纳米晶体的光物理和材料特性。会议议程重点：(i)调整纳米晶体组成、形状和表面化学的合成方法，（ii）定量表征纳米晶体核心和表面化学的新分析方法，（iii）与化学和电子系统活性相关的纳米晶体光物理研究，（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，（六）纳米晶体组装体的形成方法和性质。该计划还包括一个关于新兴纳米晶体材料的会议，特别是化合物和卤化物。这次会议的价值，就推动这一领域的基础工作而言，在于它将这些不同主题的进展汇编成一个单一的程序，面向单一的跨学科受众。

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.