Quantum dots as platforms for charge transfer-based biosensing: challenges and opportunities

W. Russ Algar, Michael H. Stewart, Amy M. Scott, Woohyun J. Moon and Igor L. Medintz

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 7816
DOI: 10.1039/C4TB00985A

Synthesis of biologically important tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) motifs using quantum dot photocatalyst and evaluation of their anti-bacterial activity

Jiteshkumar P. Deore and Mrinmoy De

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21, 9049
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01305G

Mechanistic insights into the influence of surface ligands on quantum dots for photocatalysis

Yijiang Chen, Shan Yu, Xiang-Bing Fan, Li-Zhu Wu and Ying Zhou

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 8497
DOI: 10.1039/D2TA09293J

Optical features of hybrid molecular/biological-quantum dot systems governed by energy transfer processes

Terianna J. Wax and Jing Zhao

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 6512
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC00232D

Hand-in-hand quantum dot assembly sensitized photocathodes for enhanced photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution

Hao-Lin Wu, Xu-Bing Li, Yang Wang, Shuai Zhou, Ya-Jing Chen, Xiao-Jun He, Chen-Ho Tung and Li-Zhu Wu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 26098
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA10056C

Strategies for extending charge separation in colloidal nanostructured quantum dot materials

Partha Maity and Hirendra N. Ghosh

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 23283
DOI: 10.1039/C9CP03551F

Quantum Dots in Bioanalysis: A Review of Applications across Various Platforms for Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging

Eleonora Petryayeva, W. Russ Algar and Igor L. Medintz

Appl Spectrosc, 2013, 67, 215
DOI: 10.1366/12-06948

Noncovalent Control of the Electrostatic Potential of Quantum Dots through the Formation of Interfacial Ion Pairs

Chen He, Trung D. Nguyen, Kedy Edme, Monica Olvera de la Cruz and Emily A. Weiss

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 10126
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b05501

Surface Sensing of Quantum Dots by Electron Spins

Fabrizio Moro, Lyudmila Turyanska, James Wilman, Huw E. L. Williams, Alistair J. Fielding and Amalia Patanè

Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 6343
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02727

Charge transfer in hybrid quantum dot / metal-organic framework systems: Current understanding and future challenges

Kyle Barcus, Jill M. Cleveland, Dhanvini Gudi, Kevin J. Bennett, Susanna M. Thon and V. Sara Thoi

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 542, 216841
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216841

Direct Synthesis of CdSe Nanocrystals with Electroactive Ligands

Yasser Hassan, Trevor Janes, Ryan D. Pensack, Shahnawaz R. Rather, Peter M. Brodersen, Mitchell A. Winnik, Datong Song and Gregory D. Scholes

Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 4953
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01212

Probing Electronics as a Function of Size and Surface of Colloidal Germanium Nanocrystals

Alexandra L. Holmes, Jeanette Hütges, Anna Reckmann, Elayaraja Muthuswamy, Klaus Meerholz and Susan M. Kauzlarich

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 5671
DOI: 10.1021/jp511929v

Ligand Exchange and the Stoichiometry of Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals: Spectroscopic Observation of Facile Metal-Carboxylate Displacement and Binding

Nicholas C. Anderson, Mark P. Hendricks, Joshua J. Choi and Jonathan S. Owen

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 18536
DOI: 10.1021/ja4086758

Charge Trapping Dynamics in PbS Colloidal Quantum Dot Photovoltaic Devices

Artem A. Bakulin, Stefanie Neutzner, Huib J. Bakker, Laurent Ottaviani, Damien Barakel and Zhuoying Chen

ACS Nano, 2013, 7, 8771
DOI: 10.1021/nn403190s

Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Target Analytes: Properties, Surface Chemistry and Detection

Jesús Sanmartín-Matalobos, Pilar Bermejo-Barrera, Manuel Aboal-Somoza, Matilde Fondo, Ana M. García-Deibe, Julio Corredoira-Vázquez and Yeneva Alves-Iglesias

Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 2501
DOI: 10.3390/nano12142501

Structure-Dependent Surface Molecule-Modified Semiconductor Photocatalysts: Recent Progress and Future Challenges

Yanan Liu, Haiyang Guo, Mengyuan Yu, Congcong Shen and An-Wu Xu

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2022, 10, 16476
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05634

A Redox Shuttle Accelerates O2 Evolution of Photocatalysts Formed In Situ under Visible Light

Jia‐Xin Li, Chen Ye, Xu‐Bing Li, Zhi‐Jun Li, Xue‐Wang Gao, Bin Chen, Chen‐Ho Tung and Li‐Zhu Wu

Advanced Materials, 2017, 29
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201606009

Hole Transfer Dynamics from a CdSe/CdS Quantum Rod to a Tethered Ferrocene Derivative

Kartick Tarafder, Yogesh Surendranath, Jacob H. Olshansky, A. Paul Alivisatos and Lin-Wang Wang

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 5121
DOI: 10.1021/ja500936n

Molecule-like CdSe Nanoclusters Passivated with Strongly Interacting Ligands: Energy Level Alignment and Photoinduced Ultrafast Charge Transfer Processes

Yizhou Xie, Meghan B. Teunis, Bill Pandit, Rajesh Sardar and Jinjun Liu

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 2813
DOI: 10.1021/jp510276c

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of PdxAu100–x Alloy Nanoparticles: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Assessment of Synthetic and Compositional Effects upon Catalytic Reactivity

Pranaw Kunal, Hao Li, Beth L. Dewing, Liang Zhang, Karalee Jarvis, Graeme Henkelman and Simon M. Humphrey

ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 4882
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01014

Colloidal, water soluble probes constructed with quantum dots and amphiphilic poly(ferrocenylsilane) for smart redox sensing

Dominik Jańczewski, Jing Song and G. Julius Vancso

European Polymer Journal, 2014, 54, 87
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.02.012

Quantum dot thin film imaging enables in situ, benchtop analysis of ligand exchange at the solution-film interface

Adam Milam, Perry T. Wasdin, Haley Turner, Mary E. Salyards, Amanda Clay and Martin R. McPhail

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2021, 629, 127457
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127457

Electronic and Vibrational Structure of Complexes of Tetracyanoquinodimethane with Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dots

Laura C. Cass, Nathaniel K. Swenson and Emily A. Weiss

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 18263
DOI: 10.1021/jp505986c

Enhancement of the Yield of Photoinduced Charge Separation in Zinc Porphyrin–Quantum Dot Complexes by a Bis(dithiocarbamate) Linkage

Shengye Jin, Mario Tagliazucchi, Ho-Jin Son, Rachel D. Harris, Kenneth O. Aruda, David J. Weinberg, Alexander B. Nepomnyashchii, Omar K. Farha, Joseph T. Hupp and Emily A. Weiss

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 5195
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00074

A Solution NMR Toolbox for Characterizing the Surface Chemistry of Colloidal Nanocrystals

Zeger Hens and José C. Martins

Chem. Mater., 2013, 25, 1211
DOI: 10.1021/cm303361s

Hole Transfer from Photoexcited Quantum Dots: The Relationship between Driving Force and Rate

Jacob H. Olshansky, Tina X. Ding, Youjin V. Lee, Stephen R. Leone and A. Paul Alivisatos

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 15567
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10856

Electronic Processes within Quantum Dot-Molecule Complexes

Rachel D. Harris, Stephanie Bettis Homan, Mohamad Kodaimati, Chen He, Alexander B. Nepomnyashchii, Nathaniel K. Swenson, Shichen Lian, Raul Calzada and Emily A. Weiss

Chem. Rev., 2016, 116, 12865
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00102

Synthesis and Photoinduced Electron Transfer Studies of Ligand Exchanged Mn-Doped ZnSe Nanocrystals in Water

Kelsey M. Watson and John B. Asbury

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 4995
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00379

Characterizing the Semiconductor Nanocrystal Surface through Chemical Reactivity

Christian Y. Dones Lassalle, Jennica E. Kelm and Jillian L. Dempsey

Acc. Chem. Res., 2023, 56, 1744
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00125

Size Dependence and Role of Decoherence in Hot Electron Relaxation within Fluorinated Silicon Quantum Dots: A First-Principles Study

Jian Cheng Wong, Lesheng Li and Yosuke Kanai

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 29526
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08030

Protective Ligand Shells for Luminescent SiO2-Coated Alloyed Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Marı́a Acebrón, Juan F. Galisteo-López, Daniel Granados, Javier López-Ogalla, José M. Gallego, Roberto Otero, Cefe López and Beatriz H. Juárez

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 6935
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00820

Control of the Redox Activity of PbS Quantum Dots by Tuning Electrostatic Interactions at the Quantum Dot/Solvent Interface

Chen He, David J. Weinberg, Alexander B. Nepomnyashchii, Shichen Lian and Emily A. Weiss

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 8847
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03970

Enhanced Rate of Radiative Decay in CdSe Quantum Dots upon Adsorption of an Exciton-Delocalizing Ligand

Shengye Jin, Rachel D. Harris, Bryan Lau, Kenneth O. Aruda, Victor A. Amin and Emily A. Weiss

Nano Lett., 2014, 14, 5323
DOI: 10.1021/nl5023699

Electron Transfer as a Probe of the Permeability of Organic Monolayers on the Surfaces of Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots

Kathryn E. Knowles, Mario Tagliazucchi, Michał Malicki, Nathaniel K. Swenson and Emily A. Weiss

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 15849
DOI: 10.1021/jp406485y

The Chemical Environments of Oleate Species within Samples of Oleate-Coated PbS Quantum Dots

Laura C. Cass, Michał Malicki and Emily A. Weiss

Anal. Chem., 2013, 85, 6974
DOI: 10.1021/ac401623a

Control of the Redox Activity of Quantum Dots through Introduction of Fluoroalkanethiolates into Their Ligand Shells

David J. Weinberg, Chen He and Emily A. Weiss

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 2319
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b13077

Charge transfer and separation in photoexcited quantum dot-based systems

Kirill V. Vokhmintcev, Pavel S. Samokhvalov and Igor Nabiev

Nano Today, 2016, 11, 189
DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2016.04.005

Dual-Time Scale Photoinduced Electron Transfer from PbS Quantum Dots to a Molecular Acceptor

Kathryn E. Knowles, Michał Malicki and Emily A. Weiss

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 12470
DOI: 10.1021/ja3060222

Structural Features of PbS Nanocube Monolayers upon Treatment with Mono- and Dicarboxylic Acids and Thiols at a Liquid–Air Interface

Martin R. McPhail, Gavin P. Campbell, Michael J. Bedzyk and Emily A. Weiss

Langmuir, 2016, 32, 6666
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01444

Hot‐Hole Extraction from Quantum Dot to Molecular Adsorbate

Pallavi Singhal and Hirendra N. Ghosh

Chemistry A European J, 2015, 21, 4405
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405947

General and Efficient C–C Bond Forming Photoredox Catalysis with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Jill A. Caputo, Leah C. Frenette, Norman Zhao, Kelly L. Sowers, Todd D. Krauss and Daniel J. Weix

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 4250
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b13379

Quantum dot surface engineering: Toward inert fluorophores with compact size and bright, stable emission

Sung Jun Lim, Liang Ma, André Schleife and Andrew M. Smith

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 320-321, 216
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.03.012

Dynamic Ligand Surface Chemistry of Excited PbS Quantum Dots

Eric R. Kennehan, Kyle T. Munson, Grayson S. Doucette, Ashley R. Marshall, Matthew C. Beard and John B. Asbury

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 2291
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00539

Colloidally Stable CdS Quantum Dots in Water with Electrostatically Stabilized Weak‐Binding, Sulfur‐Free Ligands

Francesca Arcudi, Dana Emily Westmoreland and Emily Allyn Weiss

Chemistry A European J, 2019, 25, 14469
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903908

Reversible Ligand Detachment from CdSe Quantum Dots Following Photoexcitation

McKenna N. Grega, Jianing Gan, Muhammad Noman and John B. Asbury

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2024, 15, 3987
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00529

Reversible Modulation of the Electrostatic Potential of a Colloidal Quantum Dot through the Protonation Equilibrium of Its Ligands

Chen He, Zhengyi Zhang, Chen Wang, Yishu Jiang and Emily A. Weiss

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 4981
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02101

Ultrafast Charge Carrier Delocalization in CdSe/CdS Quasi-Type II and CdS/CdSe Inverted Type I Core–Shell: A Structural Analysis through Carrier-Quenching Study

Partha Maity, Tushar Debnath and Hirendra N. Ghosh

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2015, 119, 26202
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08913

Temperature-Dependent Permeability of the Ligand Shell of PbS Quantum Dots Probed by Electron Transfer to Benzoquinone

Kenneth O. Aruda, Miriam Bohlmann Kunz, Mario Tagliazucchi and Emily A. Weiss

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2015, 6, 2841
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01256

Influence of Ligand Structure on Excited State Surface Chemistry of Lead Sulfide Quantum Dots

Eric R. Kennehan, Kyle T. Munson, Christopher Grieco, Grayson S. Doucette, Ashley R. Marshall, Matthew C. Beard and John B. Asbury

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 13824
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06248

Chemical, Structural, and Quantitative Analysis of the Ligand Shells of Colloidal Quantum Dots

Adam J. Morris-Cohen, Michał Malicki, Mark D. Peterson, John W. J. Slavin and Emily A. Weiss

Chem. Mater., 2013, 25, 1155
DOI: 10.1021/cm302108j

Competition of Charge and Energy Transfer Processes in Donor–Acceptor Fluorescence Pairs: Calibrating the Spectroscopic Ruler

Pavel Moroz, Zhicheng Jin, Yuya Sugiyama, D’Andree Lara, Natalia Razgoniaeva, Mingrui Yang, Natalia Kholmicheva, Dmitriy Khon, Hedi Mattoussi and Mikhail Zamkov

ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 5657
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01451

Impact of As-Synthesized Ligands and Low-Oxygen Conditions on Silver Nanoparticle Surface Functionalization

Kathryn A. Johnston, Ashley M. Smith, Lauren E. Marbella and Jill E. Millstone

Langmuir, 2016, 32, 3820
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00232

Evaluation of Surface Ligands on Semiconductor Nanoparticle Surfaces Using Electron Transfer to Redox Species

Taro Uematsu, Eisuke Shimomura, Tsukasa Torimoto and Susumu Kuwabata

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 16012
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12698

Quantifying Ligand Exchange Reactions at CdSe Nanocrystal Surfaces

Robin R. Knauf, J. Christian Lennox and Jillian L. Dempsey

Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 4762
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01827

Semiconductor Quantum Dots Act as Photocatalysts for Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation: Selective Functionalization of Xanthene’s 9H Position

Jiteshkumar P. Deore and Mrinmoy De

J. Org. Chem., 2023, 88, 16292
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01801

Exciton Dissociation within Quantum Dot–Organic Complexes: Mechanisms, Use as a Probe of Interfacial Structure, and Applications

Kathryn E. Knowles, Mark D. Peterson, Martin R. McPhail and Emily A. Weiss

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 10229
DOI: 10.1021/jp400699h

Mechanisms of Defect Passivation by Fluorinated Alkylthiolates on PbS Quantum Dots

Kaitlyn A. Perez, Shichen Lian, Mohamad S. Kodaimati, Chen He and Emily A. Weiss

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 13911
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b01066

Hole‐Accepting‐Ligand‐Modified CdSe QDs for Dramatic Enhancement of Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution by Solar Energy

Xu‐Bing Li, Bin Liu, Min Wen, Yu‐Ji Gao, Hao‐Lin Wu, Mao‐Yong Huang, Zhi‐Jun Li, Bin Chen, Chen‐Ho Tung and Li‐Zhu Wu

Advanced Science, 2016, 3
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201500282

Enhancing the Rate of Quantum-Dot-Photocatalyzed Carbon–Carbon Coupling by Tuning the Composition of the Dot’s Ligand Shell

Zhengyi Zhang, Kedy Edme, Shichen Lian and Emily A. Weiss

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 4246
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b13220

Importance of Excitonic Effect in Charge Separation at Quantum-Dot/Organic Interface: First-Principles Many-Body Calculations

Donghwa Lee, Jonathan L DuBois and Yosuke Kanai

Nano Lett., 2014, 14, 6884
DOI: 10.1021/nl502894b

Designing the Surfaces of Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Colloidal Photocatalysis

Emily A. Weiss

ACS Energy Lett., 2017, 2, 1005
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00061

Organic Molecules as Tools To Control the Growth, Surface Structure, and Redox Activity of Colloidal Quantum Dots

Emily A. Weiss

Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 2607
DOI: 10.1021/ar400078u

Photocatalytic Conversion of Nitrobenzene to Aniline through Sequential Proton-Coupled One-Electron Transfers from a Cadmium Sulfide Quantum Dot

Stephen C. Jensen, Stephanie Bettis Homan and Emily A. Weiss

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 1591
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b11353

Hot Charge Carrier Extraction from Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Pallavi Singhal and Hirendra N. Ghosh

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 17586
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03980

Role of Surface Termination on Hot Electron Relaxation in Silicon Quantum Dots: A First-Principles Dynamics Simulation Study

Kyle G. Reeves, André Schleife, Alfredo A. Correa and Yosuke Kanai

Nano Lett., 2015, 15, 6429
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01707

Quenching of the Excitonic Emission of ZnO Quantum Dots Due to Auger-Assisted Hole Transfer to CdS Quantum Dots

Supriya Ghosh, Mihir Ghosh, Pushpendra Kumar, Abdus Salam Sarkar and Suman Kalyan Pal

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 27717
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11011

Synthesis, properties and catalysis of quantum dots in C–C and C-heteroatom bond formations

Dwaipayan Das, Moumita Saha and Asish. R. Das

Physical Sciences Reviews, 2023, 8, 4253
DOI: 10.1515/psr-2021-0093

Composition and Permeability of Oleate Adlayers of CdS Quantum Dots upon Dilution to Photoluminescence-Relevant Concentrations

Alexander B. Nepomnyashchii, Rachel D. Harris and Emily A. Weiss

Anal. Chem., 2016, 88, 3310
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b04786