Abstract:
A quantum dot including a core and a shell disposed on an outer surface of the core. The core includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group II-VI compound. The shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal. An effective mass of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is about 0.5 times to about 2.0 times an effective mass of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
An image sensor includes an optical sensor layer including a plurality of light-sensitive cells configured to sense light to generate electrical signals, and a color filter array layer disposed on the optical sensor layer and including a plurality of color filters respectively facing the plurality of light-sensitive cells. Each of the plurality of color filters includes a nanostructure in which a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index are arranged. The first material and the second material are alternatively positioned at an interval less than a central wavelength of a color of the color filter. Thus, a thin image sensor having good wavelength selectivity and suitable for obtaining high resolution images is provided.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an image senor includes: preparing a sensor substrate including: a sensor layer including a photosensitive cell; and a signal line layer including lines to receive electric signals from the photosensitive cell; forming a first material layer having a first refractive index on the sensor substrate; and forming a nanopattern layer on the first material layer, the nanopattern layer including a material having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index.
Abstract:
Provided are a speckle-based authentication apparatus, an authentication system that includes the speckle-based authentication apparatus, and an authentication method using the speckle-based authentication apparatus. The speckle-based authentication apparatus includes an optical source configured to radiate light onto an object that is placed apart from the optical source; and a detector configured to detect a speckle pattern generated from the object in response to the light being radiated onto the object and detect location information of the object. Thus, the object is authenticated by comparing the speckle pattern detected by the detector with a speckle pattern stored in advance.
Abstract:
An apparatus configured to control a heat flow is provided. The apparatus may include a semiconductor device region formed in a matrix; a heat rectifier region formed adjacent to the semiconductor device region; and a heat flow blocker formed in at least one region contacting the semiconductor device region and the heat rectifier region.
Abstract:
A cadmium free quantum dot or a population thereof or a device including the same, wherein the cadmium free quantum dot includes a core (or a semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a first semiconductor including a Group IIB-VI compound and a shell (or a coating) disposed on the core (or the semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a Group IIB-V compound and exhibits a quantum efficiency of about 60% or higher.
Abstract:
A display panel includes a light emitting panel including a light emitting unit; and a color conversion panel. The color conversion panel includes a color conversion layer including a color conversion region including semiconductor nanoparticles, and a partition wall defining the color conversion region. An optical diffuser is between the light emitting unit and the color conversion region to cover a light extraction surface of the light emitting unit. A length of the light extraction surface of the light emitting unit is greater than or equal to about 500 nm and less than or equal to about 100 μm and a ratio of a length of the optical diffuser to the length of the light extraction surface of the light emitting unit is greater than or equal to about 1.4:1 and less than or equal to about 60:1.
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 cadmium free quantum dot including a core that includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell that is disposed on the core and includes a zinc chalcogenide, wherein the quantum dot further includes magnesium and the mole ratio of Te:Se is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 in the quantum dot; a production method thereof; and an electronic device including the same.
Abstract:
A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, selenium, and tellurium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, and selenium, sulfur, or a combination thereof, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, a mole ratio of tellurium relative to selenium in the first semiconductor nanocrystal is greater than about 1:1, a mole ratio of a sum of selenium and sulfur relative to in the quantum dot is greater than about 1:1, a wavelength of a maximum emission peak of the quantum dot is in a range of about 500 nanometers (nm) to about 550 nm, and the quantum dot has quantum efficiency (QY) of greater than or equal to about 30%, a quantum dot-polymer composite including the quantum dot, a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite, and an electroluminescent device including the quantum dot.