Bibliographic Citation

 
7,303,628
Nanocrystals with linear and branched topology
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12/04/2007
US patent application 10/887,013
Alivisatos, A. Paul (Oakland, CA); Milliron, Delia (Berkeley, CA); Manna, Liberato (Lecce, IT); Hughes, Steven M. (Berkeley, CA)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA
United States Department of Energy
AC03-76SF00098
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Disclosed herein are nanostructures comprising distinct dots and rods coupled through potential barriers of tuneable height and width, and arranged in three dimensional space at well defined angles and distances. Such control allows investigation of potential applications ranging from quantum information processing to artificial photosynthesis.

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