Abstract: A quantum dot includes a core-shell structure including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal and a shell disposed on the core, and including a material at least two different halogens, and the quantum dot does not include cadmium.

Abstract: A light emitting device including a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other, and, a light emitting film between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light emitting film has a first surface facing the second electrode and a second surface opposite thereto, the light emitting film includes a quantum dot layer including a plurality of quantum dots and a matrix including a metal chalcogenide, the plurality of quantum dots includes selenium, the matrix covers at least a portion of the quantum dot layer, the metal chalcogenide comprises zinc and sulfur, and in an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis of the first surface of the light emitting film, a mole ratio of zinc with respect to selenium is greater than or equal to about 2:1 and a mole ratio of sulfur with respect to selenium is greater than or equal to about 1.1:1.

Abstract: A quantum dot light-emitting device including first electrode and a second electrode, a quantum dot layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first electron transport layer and a second electron layer disposed between the quantum dot layer and the second electrode. The second electron transport layer is disposed between the quantum dot layer and the first electron transport layer, wherein each of the first electron transport layer and the second electron transport layer includes an inorganic material. A lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second electron transport layer is shallower than a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the first electron transport layer, and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the quantum dot layer is shallower than a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second electron transport layer. An electronic device including the quantum dot light-emitting device.

Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot including a semiconductor nanocrystal core and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium and includes indium and zinc, the quantum dot has a maximum photoluminescence peak in a red light wavelength region, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum photoluminescence peak is less than or equal to about 40 nanometers (nm), an ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectrum of the quantum dot includes a valley between about 450 nm to a center wavelength of a first absorption peak, and a valley depth (VD) defined by the following equation is greater than or equal to about 0.2, a quantum dot polymer composite including the same, and a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite: (Absfirst?Absvalley)/Absfirst=VD.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the surface of the core and comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The quantum dot does not comprise cadmium, emits blue light, and may exhibit a digital diffraction pattern obtained by a Fast Fourier Transform of a transmission electron microscopic image including a (100) facet of a zinc blende structure. In an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the quantum dot, a ratio of a defect peak area with respect to a peak area of a zinc blende crystal structure is less than about 0.8:1. A method of producing the quantum dot, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot are also disclosed.

Abstract: A quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and selenium, and optionally sulfur and/or tellurium, and a shell that includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, and at least one of sulfur or selenium is disclosed. The quantum dot has an average particle diameter of greater than or equal to about 13 nm, an emission peak wavelength in a range of about 440 nm to about 470 nm, and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of an emission wavelength of less than about 25 nm. A method for preparing the quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite including the quantum dot, and an electronic device including the quantum dot is also disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal particle represented by Chemical Formula 1 and having a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than or equal to about 30 nanometers (nm) in the emission wavelength spectrum is provided: AxA?(3+??x)D(2+?)E(9+?). ??Chemical Formula 1 In Chemical Formula 1, A is a first metal including Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof, A? is an organic substance derived from an ammonium salt, an organic material derived from an organic ligand, or an organic material including a combination thereof, D is a second metal including Sb, Bi, or a combination thereof E is Cl, Br, I, or a combination thereof, 1<x?3, ?1<?<1, 3+??x>0, ?1<?<1, and ?1<?<1.

Abstract: A display device including a light source; and a quantum dot emission layer disposed on the light source, wherein the quantum dot emission layer includes a first emission layer disposed in a red pixel of the display device, and a second emission layer disposed in a green pixel of the display device, the light source includes a first portion configured to supply a first incident light to the first emission layer, a second portion configured to supply a second incident light to the second emission layer, and a third portion configured to supply a third light to a blue pixel of the display device, the first emission layer includes red light emitting quantum dots and the second emission layer includes green light emitting quantum dots, and each of the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion comprises a layer comprising blue light emitting quantum dots.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal and a preparation method thereof, where the semiconductor nanocrystal include a bare semiconductor nanocrystal and a water molecule directly bound to the bare semiconductor nanocrystal.

Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device, the backlight unit including: an light emitting diode (“LED”) light source; a light conversion layer disposed separate from the LED light source to convert light emitted from the LED light source to white light and to provide the white light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light guide panel disposed between the LED light source and the light conversion layer, wherein the light conversion layer includes a semiconductor nanocrystal and a polymer matrix, and wherein the polymer matrix includes a first polymerized polymer of a first monomer including at least two thiol (—SH) groups, each located at a terminal end of the first monomer, and a second monomer including at least two unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds, each located at a terminal end of the second monomer.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal particle including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc (Zn) and sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), or a combination thereof; and a shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal disposed on at least a portion of the core, wherein the core includes a dopant of a Group 1A element, a Group 2A element, or a combination thereof, and the semiconductor nanocrystal particle exhibits a maximum peak emission in a wavelength region of about 440 nanometers (nm) to about 470 nm.

Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot includes zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and lithium. A full width at half maximum of a maximum luminescent peak of the cadmium free quantum dot is less than or equal to about 50 nanometers and the cadmium free quantum dot has a quantum efficiency of greater than 1%.

Abstract: A process for preparing a quantum dot of a core-shell structure including obtaining a first mixture including first precursor including a first metal, a ligand compound, and a solvent; adding a second precursor and a particle including a first semiconductor nanocrystal to the first mixture to obtain a second mixture; and heating the second mixture up to a reaction temperature and performing a reaction between the first precursor and the second precursor to form a layer of a shell including a crystalline or amorphous material, during formation of the layer of the shell or after formation of the layer of the shell, wherein the process includes adding an organic solution including an ammonium fluorinated salt including a solid salt having a melting point of greater than or equal to about 110° C. to the second mixture.

Abstract: A photosensitive composition, a quantum dot polymer composite pattern prepared therefrom, and a layered structure and an electronic device including the same. The photosensitive composition includes plurality of quantum dots; a luminescent material other than a quantum dot; a carboxylic acid group containing binder; a photopolymerizable monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond; and a photoinitiator, and the luminescent material comprises a fluorophore, a nanosized inorganic phosphor, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A quantum dot, including a core including a first semiconductor material that includes indium; and a shell including a second semiconductor material, and disposed on the core, wherein the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material are different, wherein the shell has at least two branch portions and a valley portion connecting the at least two branch portions, at least one of the at least two branch portions comprises Zn, Se, and S, and a content of sulfur in the at least one branch portion increases in a direction away from the core.

Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal and a preparation method thereof, where the semiconductor nanocrystal include a bare semiconductor nanocrystal and a water molecule directly bound to the bare semiconductor nanocrystal.

Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device, the backlight unit including: an light emitting diode (“LED”) light source; a light conversion layer disposed separate from the LED light source to convert light emitted from the LED light source to white light and to provide the white light to the liquid crystal panel; and a light guide panel disposed between the LED light source and the light conversion layer, wherein the light conversion layer includes a semiconductor nanocrystal and a polymer matrix, and wherein the polymer matrix includes a first polymerized polymer of a first monomer including at least two thiol (—SH) groups, each located at a terminal end of the first monomer, and a second monomer including at least two unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds, each located at a terminal end of the second monomer.

Abstract: A quantum dot-polymer composite including a polymer matrix; and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in the polymer matrix, wherein the quantum dot includes a core including a first semiconductor material; and a shell including a second semiconductor material disposed on the core, wherein the quantum dot is cadmium-free, wherein the shell has at least two branches and at least one valley portion connecting the at least two branches, and wherein the first semiconductor material is different from the second semiconductor material.

Abstract: A process of synthesizing Ga—Se nanocrystals is provided, the process including: contacting a first precursor containing gallium with a second precursor containing selenium to obtain a Ga—Se single precursor; and reacting the Ga—Se single precursor in a solvent in the presence of a ligand compound, and optionally with a third precursor including an element (A) other than gallium and selenium, to prepare a Ga—Se nanocrystal represented by Chemical Formula 1: GaSexAy??[Chemical Formula 1] wherein x is about 1.1 to 3, and y is about 0.1 to 4.

Abstract: A quantum dot having a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and tellurium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the surface of the core, the shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The quantum dot is configured to emit green light, the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and the quantum dot has a mole ratio Te:Se of tellurium relative to selenium of greater than about 0.05 and less than or equal to about 0.5:1. A method of producing the quantum dot and an electronic device including the same.