Project

Making Nanomaterials Work

Code

01G01019

Duration

01 January 2019 → 31 December 2023

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor-spokesperson

Zeger Hens

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Optical properties and interactions with radiation
- Lasers and quantum electronics
- Solid state chemistry
- Chemistry of clusters, colloids and nanomaterials

Keywords

Nanocrystals Atomic Layer Deposition Surface Functionalization Lighting Photoluminescence Encapsulation Imaging Charge Transport Photodetection

Project description

Nanotechnology can bring solutions to the most diverse technological problems society faces. Here, we make nanomaterials work in lighting and imaging by bringing together quantum dots as printable semiconductors and ALD as a method par excellence for surface functionalization and encapsulation. This will result in a new generation of opto-electronic appliances, combining high performance, energy efficiency and low cost.