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Technology Research News September 8, 2004	Photonic Crystal Throttles Light Researchers have showed that the spacing of a photonic crystal can be used to control the timing of light emitted by a quantum dot.
Chemistry World February 10, 2006 Jon Evans	Medical Future for Tiny Quantum Dots U.S. researchers have crossed a milestone in biological imaging by developing quantum dots small enough to pass from the blood stream into bodily tissue.
Reactive Reports Issue 30 David Bradley	Shedding light on quantum dots Hybridising an inorganic nanocrystal and a quantum dot lead to a quantum dot-organic light-emitting device (QD-OLED) a new kind of optoelectronic device that could lead to new types of flat panel displays to supersede liquid crystal displays in everything from mobile devices to TV sets.
Technology Research News February 23, 2005	Light writes data in electrons Researchers developed a spin memory device that writes data as electron spins using lasers, stores the electrons in quantum dots, and reads spin information by applying a voltage to the quantum dots to generate photons.
Industrial Physicist Feb/Mar 2003 Jennifer Oullette	Quantum dots for sale Artificial atoms illluminate biotechnology and other fields
Technology Research News January 28, 2004	Protein orders semiconductor bits Researchers working to make structures at the size-scale of molecules are tapping self-assembly techniques found in nature. Researchers have found a way to construct fairly complicated nanostructures by combining a genetically engineered form of the protein cohesin with quantum dots.
Reactive Reports Issue 40 David Bradley	A Golden Glow A new class of quantum dots made from small clusters of gold atoms is at the heart of fluorescing "artificial atoms" that could act as biological labels and nanoscale optoelectronics.
Technology Research News June 1, 2005 Eric Smalley	Speedy Photon Detector Debuts Researchers have devised a fast, efficient photon detector that senses individual photons.
Chemistry World June 12, 2015 Tim Wogan	New synthesis heralds low-cost quantum dots Quantum dots could become commonplace in display screens thanks to a new synthesis technique that should make them cheaper
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Atom Demo Fixes Quantum Errors Researchers have demonstrated a way to correct errors in qubits of beryllium ions held in an electromagnetic trap.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 Eric Smalley	Single Field Shapes Quantum Bits Researchers have recently realized that it may be possible to control the electrons in a quantum computer using a single magnetic field rather than having to produce extremely small, precisely focused magnetic fields for each electron.
Technology Research News June 1, 2005	Magnetic Resonance Goes Nano Researchers have built a nuclear magnetic resonance device that has the potential to overcome the quantum bit limit because it is small enough to fit on a computer chip.
Technology Research News January 1, 2003 Eric Smalley	Electron pairs power quantum plan Researchers from HP Laboratories and Qinetiq plc in England have mapped out a way to manipulate a pair of very cold electrons that could eventually lead to practical quantum computers made from quantum dots, or tiny specks of the type of semiconductor material used in electronics.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003	Big qubits linked over distance Researchers working on quantum computing managed to entangle a pair of large quantum bits that were spaced nearly a millimeter apart.
Chemistry World May 31, 2006 Jon Evans	Carbon Joins the Dots Carbon could soon replace cadmium as the material of choice for quantum dots, following the development of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by scientists.
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Lieven Vandersypen	Dot-to-Dot Design Researchers are connecting tiny puddles of electrons in a chip and making them compute -- the quantum way.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2005 Carl Wherrett	Is IBM a Rule Breaker? Big Blue broke some rules on its rise. Are those days behind it now?
Technology Research News December 19, 2005	Quantum computing: qubits Quantum bits, or qubits, are the quantum equivalent of the transistors that make up today's computers. There are four established qubit candidates: ion traps, quantum dots, semiconductor impurities, and superconducting circuits.
IEEE Spectrum February 2010 Edward H. Sargent	Infrared Optoelectronics You Can Apply With a Brush Infrared quantum dots will lead to cheaper photovoltaic cells. When the fabrication of optoelectronic devices becomes almost as easy as splashing paint on a canvas, our assumptions about the high cost of high-performance optoelectronic devices will be turned on its head.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Eric Smalley	Faster quantum crypto demoed Working out how to use only standard telecommunications gear to transmit cryptographic keys could dramatically improve quantum cryptography's paltry performance.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2005 Carl Wherrett	Q-Dots No More Quantum Dot sells out to Invitrogen. Will the absence of an IPO window will push other private nanotech companies to sell now rather than go through the arduous process of a public listing?
Technology Research News December 15, 2004	Scheme Simplifies Quantum Chips Researchers have brought practical quantum computers a step closer by proposing a type of quantum bit that is relatively easy to build.
Technology Research News April 7, 2004 Eric Smalley	Sturdy quantum computing demoed The atomic or subatomic components of prototype quantum computers usually have to be carefully sheltered from the environment, but a method that makes qubits immune to noise shows promise.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Air Force Seeks Impossible-to-Intercept Communications The Air Force has enlisted a group of researchers to create quantum memories based on the interaction between light and matter that would result in a new form of encryption that some experts have called "perfect."
Scientific American December 5, 2005 Graham P. Collins	Cheaper Dots A new process slashes the cost of quantum dots (fluorescent nanoparticles of semiconducting material).
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Seth Fletcher	Quantum Computing: 5-Minute Know-It-All The holy grail of computing is still out of reach -- but it's getting closer.
Technology Research News March 9, 2005	Quantum Crypto Scheme Goes One-Way Quantum cryptography researchers from Toshiba Research have demonstrated a one-way quantum key distribution system that automatically compensates for phase drift.
Technology Research News September 10, 2003	Quantum computing has limits Researchers from the University of Arkansas and Texas A&M University have shown that quantum computers, while theoretically useful for very large problems, are likely to always need very large amounts of power.
Technology Research News August 27, 2003	Tool sketches quantum circuits Researchers from Cambridge University in England and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a lithographic technique, dubbed erasable electrostatic lithography, that allows a quantum device to be drawn in a few hours rather than a couple of weeks.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Coated Nanotubes Make Biosensors Researchers are using carbon nanotubes to sense single molecules, and are tapping the way carbon nanotubes give off near-infrared light in order to read what the sensors have detected.
Technology Research News July 27, 2005 Eric Smalley	Quantum crypto scheme doubly fast Researchers have found a way to double the speed of information transfer over quantum cryptography systems.
Chemistry World July 19, 2007 Tom Westgate	Striped Nanorods Feel the Strain Stripy nanorods containing evenly spaced quantum dots have been prepared thanks to strain forces
Technology Research News July 28, 2004	Particle chains make quantum wires The method is a step toward building quantum computers, which have the potential to solve certain types of very large problems.
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 John Carey	Physics: "Putting The Weirdness To Work" Scientists say quantum materials will be the basis for amazing devices, but when?
Chemistry World June 27, 2012 Caryl Richards	Theory of quantum optical devices Semiconductor Quantum Optics by Mackillo Kira and Stephan Koch is an extremely detailed description that rapidly builds on the fundamental concepts to the more esoteric light - -matter phenomena in low-dimensional semiconductors.
Technology Research News August 25, 2004 Eric Smalley	Five Photons Linked Researchers have entangled five photons - a key step in quantum computing which would make it possible to check computations for errors and teleport quantum information within and between computers.
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 Eric Smalley	Optical Quantum Memory Designed Quantum computers that use photons rather than atoms or electrons are appealing because the equipment needed to handle them can be relatively simple. A scheme for trapping photons in fiber-optic loops and replacing the photons that the loops absorb could be the answer.
Technology Research News June 15, 2005	Quantum Crypto Boosted to 2 GHz Researchers have upped the speed of their quantum key exchange system to 2 gigahertz over several kilometers of optical telecommunications fiber.
Chemistry World July 10, 2014	Emily Weiss: Tuneable illumination Research in the Weiss group looks at the fundamental physical chemistry of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots in both the solution and solid phase.
Technology Research News September 10, 2003 Eric Smalley	Electron teams make bigger qubits Making quantum computers from electronic chips rather than cumbersome laboratory equipment requires control over individual electrons. A scheme that has a string of electrons acting as one could ease the task by expanding the target to a whopping 250 millionths of a millimeter.
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Bumpy surface stores data Cramming more data into a given storage device is all about making bits that are extremely small and consistently spaced. Using individual molecules to store bits would be a tremendous leap forward. One molecule gaining researchers' attention is rotaxane.
National Defense April 2011 Eric Beidel	Pentagon Wants Off-the-Charts Computing Speeds The Defense Department awarded researchers based at the University of Pittsburgh a five-year, $7.5 million grant to build the foundation for a quantum supercomputer, a machine that can harness more power than all of the world's current computers combined.
National Defense March 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Researchers Cast Wary Eye On Atomic-Level Computing Experts point out that quantum computers could execute calculations several millions of times faster than conventional systems, but that the technology still is years away from becoming truly functional.
IEEE Spectrum August 2012 Prachi Patel	Quantum Dots Are Behind New Displays They make LCDs brighter and could challenge OLEDs for future TV dominance
IEEE Spectrum June 2012 Michael Brooks	Quantum Cash and the End of Counterfeiting Physicists say they can make money that can't be copied -- at least in theory
PC Magazine September 26, 2007 Lisa Zyga	Quantum Computers Get Smarter A recent innovation could make computing with light viable.
Chemistry World March 6, 2015 Anisha Ratan	Phone camera checks water for arsenic UK scientists have developed a mobile phone-based system to help people avoid drinking water contaminated with arsenic.
Chemistry World March 21, 2013 Tapas Sen	Characterization of nanostructures This book, by Sverre Myhra and John Riviere, provides an understanding of the fundamental concepts of characterization techniques for nanomaterials such as graphene, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and quantum dots.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Microdroplet makes mighty microscope Researchers from the University of Maryland have found a way to reach nanometer-scale resolution using something called far-field optics.
IEEE Spectrum March 2011 Saswato R. Das	A Crowd of Quantum Entanglements Phosphorus-in-silicon system could lead to quantum computers