From brighter TV screens to better medical diagnostics and more efficient solar panels, new Curtin-led research has discovered how to make more molecules stick to the surface of tiny nanocrystals, in a breakthrough that could lead to improvements in everyday technology.
Lead author Associate Professor Guohua Jia from Curtin's School of Molecular and Life Sciences, said the study investigated how the shape of zinc sulfide nanocrystals affected how well molecules, known as ligands, stick to their surface. The full study titled "Deciphering surface ligand density of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals: Shape matters" is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
"Ligands play an important role in controlling the behavior and performance of zinc sulfide nanocrystals in various important technologies," Associate Professor Jia said.
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