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% Outline given by http://theprofessorisin.com/2011/07/05/dr-karens-foolproof-grant-template/  \section{Introduction}  % Large general topic of wide interest  Nanoscale materials have the potential to solve many of today's biggest problems such as peak oil, the  global water crisis, and the  burden of cancer. Faraday's discovery of colloidal ruby gold producing different colored solutions in 1857 \cite{Faraday_1857,Thompson_2007} has inspired generations of nanoscale science.  Controlled synthesis of nanocrystals, namely quantum dots, was invented by Bawendi \textit{et al.} in 1993 \cite{hakimi1993quantum,Murray_2000}.  They paved the way for the utilization of well-defined nanocrystals in various fields ranging from heterogeneous catalysis \cite{astruc2008nanoparticles,Astruc_2006} to photovoltaics \cite{Atwater_2010}, DNA sequencing \cite{McNally_2010}, batteries \cite{Panniello_2014}, hydrogen storage \cite{Jena_2011,Ramos_Castillo_2015}, and cancer therapeutics \cite{Jain_2010,Kim_2010}.  % Two bodies of literature