文摘
Electronic doping is one of the most important experimental capabilities in all of semiconductor research and technology. Through electronic doping, insulating materials can be made conductive, opening doors to the formation of p鈥?i>n junctions and other workhorses of modern semiconductor electronics. Recent interest in exploiting the unique physical and photophysical properties of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals for revolutionary new device technologies has stimulated efforts to prepare electronically doped colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals with the same control as available in the corresponding bulk materials. Despite the impact that success in this endeavor would have, the development of general and reliable methods for electronic doping of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals remains a long-standing challenge.