Keeping it simple: Fabrication of three-layered, purely quantum dot-based light-emitting electrochemical cells

Light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) form a cheap and easily produced alternative to (organic) light-emitting diodes ((O)LEDs) due to their simple device structure and the ability to form an in-situ pi- n junction. Usage of quantum dots (QDs) as a luminophore in LECs is expected to result in devices with improved emission properties and...

Microparticle Swarms - Faster Together: The Effect of Particle Concentration on Colloidal Transport in Fractured and Porous Media

Colloidal particle swarms can show settling velocities over a thousand times as fast as that of a single particle. The transport of colloidal particles is thus strongly affected by the formation and behaviour of these particle swarms, which could have important implications for the widespread use and prevalence of colloidal particles. Swarming...

Experimental and computational devices on the way to quantum-dot based light-emitting electrochemical cells

Due to their simple structure and the possibility for in situ doping, light emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) are shaping up to be a cheap and easily produced alternative to LEDs. To date, little research has been done to combine the luminescent properties of colloidal quantum dots (QDs) with the LEC concept. In this thesis, steps are taken...

Surface Self-Assembled Colloidal Crystals: for the use in Pattern Replication by Hot Embossing

The structuring of polymers on the micro and nanoscale is performed largely by lithographic techniques, which require complex steps and suffer from geometrical and scaling limits. Techniques such as Nanoimprint Lithography and Hot Embossing are attractive alternatives as they can produce high quality nanoscale structures with a high throughput....