“…58,173 Depending on the interfacial energy, lattice matching, and the reaction conditions, HNCs can range from uniformly covered core-shells to dumbbells and even highly anisotropic structures such as tetrapods. 59,63,106,174,175 HNCs can generate synergistically enhanced chemical and physical properties for unusual phenomena, which are otherwise not achievable by monocomponent NCs. 23,58,106,176 For HNCs, uncharacteristic optical behavior results from altered quantum confinement, modified charge carrier recombination, or separation dynamics.…”