“…However, at present, there has been a tremendous upsurge of interest in the synthesis and characterization of novel NPs capable of exhibiting semiconductor properties. [24][25][26] Such interest originates from the fact that the varied properties of semiconductor nanomaterials hold huge promise for many emerging technological regimes such as solar cells, 27 nanophotonics, [7][8][9] nanoelectronics, 4-6 catalysis, [1][2][3] light-emitting diodes, 28,29 laser technology, 30,31 chemical, 32,33 biosensing, 34,35 energy-conversion, 36,37 miniaturized devices, 38,39 etc.…”