Abstract: An optoelectronic device is provided including an element that forms a dipole moment between an active layer and a charge transport layer. The optoelectronic device may include an active layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, a first charge transport layer between the first electrode and the active layer, and a dipole layer between the active layer and the first charge transport layer. A second charge transport layer may be further provided between the second electrode and the active layer. The second dipole layer may be further provided between the second charge transport layer and the active layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silicon optoelectronic device, a silicon optoelectronic device manufactured by the method, and an image input and/or output apparatus including the silicon optoelectronic device are provided. The method includes preparing an n- or p-type silicon-based substrate, forming a microdefect pattern along a surface of the substrate by etching, forming a control film with an opening on the microdefect pattern, and forming a doping region on the surface of the substrate having the microdefect pattern in such a way that a predetermined dopant of the opposite type to the substrate is injected onto the substrate through the opening of the control film to be doped to a depth so that a photoelectric conversion effect leading to light emission and/or reception by quantum confinement effect in the p-n junction occurs.

Abstract: A graphene structure and a method of manufacturing the graphene structure, and a graphene device and a method of manufacturing the graphene device. The graphene structure includes a substrate; a growth layer disposed on the substrate and having exposed side surfaces; and a graphene layer disposed on the side surfaces of the growth layer.

Abstract: A quantum dot light emitting device includes; a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed substantially opposite to the first electrode, a first charge transport layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a quantum dot light emitting layer disposed between the first charge transport layer and one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and at least one quantum dot including layer disposed between the quantum dot light emitting layer and the first charge transport layer, wherein the at least one quantum dot including layer has an energy band level different from an energy band level of the quantum dot light emitting layer.

Abstract: Methods for the site-selective growth of horizontal nanowires are provided. According to the methods, horizontal nanowires having a predetermined length and diameter can be grown site-selectively at desired sites in a direction parallel to a substrate to fabricate a device with high degree of integration. Further provided are nanowires grown by the methods and nanodevices comprising the nanowires.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a silicon optoelectronic device, a silicon optoelectronic device manufactured by the method, and an image input and/or output apparatus including the silicon optoelectronic device are provided. The method includes preparing an n- or p-type silicon-based substrate, forming a microdefect pattern along a surface of the substrate by etching, forming a control film with an opening on the microdefect pattern, and forming a doping region on the surface of the substrate having the microdefect pattern in such a way that a predetermined dopant of the opposite type to the substrate is injected onto the substrate through the opening of the control film to be doped to a depth so that a photoelectric conversion effect leading to light emission and/or reception by quantum confinement effect in the p-n junction occurs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing catalyst-free single crystal silicon nanowires. According to the method, nanowires can be produced in a simple and economical manner without the use of any metal catalyst. In addition, impurities contained in a metal catalyst can be prevented from being introduced into the nanowires, contributing to an improvement in the electrical and optical properties of the nanowires. Also disclosed herein are nanowires produced by the method and nanodevice comprising the nanowires.

Abstract: A graphene structure and a method of forming the same may include a graphene formed in a three-dimensional (3D) shape, e.g., a column shape, a stacking structure, and a three-dimensionally connected structure. The graphene structure can be formed by using Ge.

Abstract: A graphene-polymer layered composite and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. A graphene-polymer layered composite includes polymer layers surrounding a graphene sheet, and may include numerous polymer layers and graphene sheets in an alternating stacked configuration. The graphene-polymer layered composite has the characteristics of a polymer in that it provides flexibility, ease of manufacturing, low manufacturing costs, and low thermal conductivity. The graphene-polymer layered composite also has the characteristics of graphene in that it has a high electrical conductivity. Due to the low thermal conductivity and high electrical conductivity, the graphene-polymer layered composite may be useful for electrodes, electric devices, and thermoelectric materials.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device including an engraved nanostructure body and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The piezoelectric device includes a matrix including a piezoelectric material, a nanopore may be disposed in the matrix, and the nanopore may be extended substantially in a predetermined direction. The method may include coating a piezoelectric material on a substrate having a nanostructure body disposed thereon, and selectively etching the nanostructure body.

Abstract: A quantum dot electroluminescent device that includes a substrate, a quantum dot light-emitting layer disposed on the substrate, a first electrode which injects charge carriers into the quantum dot light-emitting layer, a second electrode which injects charge carriers, which have an opposite charge than the charge carriers injected by the first electrode, into the quantum dot light-emitting layer, a hole transport layer disposed between the first electrode and the quantum dot light-emitting layer, and an electron transport layer disposed between the second electrode and the quantum dot light-emitting layer, wherein the quantum dot light-emitting layer has a first surface in contact with the hole transport layer and a second surface in contact with an electron transport layer, and wherein the first surface has an organic ligand distribution that is different from an organic ligand distribution of the second surface.

Abstract: A quantum dot light-emitting device includes a substrate, a first electrode, a hole injection layer (“HIL”), a hole transport layer (“HTL”), an emitting layer, an electron transport layer (“ETL”), a plurality of nanoplasmonic particles buried in the ETL, and a second electrode.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material including: a nanostructure; a discontinuous area disposed in the nanostructure, and an uneven portion disposed on the nano structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are an optical film having a graded refractive index and a method of manufacturing the same. The optical film includes one or more antireflection films composed of a mesoporous material having a plurality of pores of a uniform size, and the pores of the mesoporous material are filled with air or a filler having a refractive index different from that of the mesoporous material, and thus the volume ratio of mesoporous material to filler in the pores thereof is controlled, thereby obtaining a desired magnitude of effective refractive index and ensuring a refractive index distribution in which the refractive indexes sequentially change, resulting in high antireflection performance. The method of manufacturing the optical film may be conducted using a nanowire growing technique, thus making it easy to realize mass production.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing core-shell nanowires in which an insulating film is previously patterned to block the contacts between nanowire cores and nanowire shells. According to the method, core-shell nanowires whose density and position is controllable can be produced in a simple manner. Further disclosed are nanowires produced by the method and a nanowire device comprising the nanowires. The use of the nanowires leads to an increase in the light emitting/receiving area of the device. Therefore, the device exhibits high luminance/efficiency characteristics.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing graphene includes forming a germanium layer on a surface of a substrate, and forming the graphene directly on the germanium layer by supplying carbon-containing gas into a chamber in which the substrate is disposed.

Abstract: A thermoelectric device includes: a first region; a second region; and a thermoelectric body disposed between the first region and the second region, where the thermoelectric body includes a vacancy.

Abstract: Disclosed are an inorganic electroluminescent diode and a method of fabricating the same. Specifically, this invention provides an inorganic electroluminescent diode, which includes a semiconductor nanocrystal layer formed of inorganic material, an electron transport layer or a hole transport layer formed on the semiconductor nanocrystal layer using amorphous inorganic material, and a hole transport layer or an electron transport layer formed beneath the semiconductor nanocrystal layer using inorganic material, and also provides a method of fabricating such an inorganic electroluminescent diode. According to the method of fabricating the inorganic electroluminescent diode of this invention, an inorganic electroluminescent diode can be fabricated while maintaining the properties of luminescent semiconductor material of the semiconductor crystal layer, and also an inorganic electroluminescent diode which is stably operated and has high luminescent efficiency can be provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing nanowires. The method comprises the steps of providing a porous template with a plurality of holes in the form of tubes, filling the tubes with nanoparticles or nanoparticle precursors, and forming the filled nanoparticles or nanoparticle precursors into nanowires. According to the method, highly rectilinear and well-ordered nanowires can be produced in a simple manner.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for producing nanowires. The method comprises the steps of providing a porous template with a plurality of holes in the form of tubes, filling the tubes with nanoparticles or nanoparticle precursors, and forming the filled nanoparticles or nanoparticle precursors into nanowires. According to the method, highly rectilinear and well-ordered nanowires can be produced in a simple manner.