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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. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2012 Emma Shiells |
Kitchen nanodot chemistry Water-soluble, nitrogen-doped fluorescent carbon nanodots have been made by simply heating soy milk. |
Chemistry World October 6, 2015 Philippa Matthews |
Urine recycled into quantum dots Using urine to produce carbons dots is cheaper and greener than conventional synthesis. |
Industrial Physicist Feb/Mar 2003 Jennifer Oullette |
Quantum dots for sale Artificial atoms illluminate biotechnology and other fields |
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. |
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 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 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. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Nanodots pencil in way to boost solar cells Nanoparticles made out of pencils are highly porous and can be doped with nitrogen or other atoms to increase their photocurrent-enhancing potential |
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. |
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. |
Chemistry World August 2, 2006 Bea Perks |
Quantum Leap for Virus Trackers Glowing quantum dots are helping researchers study how viruses infect cells, and although the fluorescent nanoparticles have only been used on plant viruses so far, the technique could prove to be invaluable for drug development. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Suhas Sreedhar |
Plastic Solar Cells Get a Boost by Doubling Up Scientists in Korea and California have invented a new way of boosting the efficiency of cheap plastic solar cells, making them more competitive with traditional silicon solar cells. The key is to make the solar cells in pairs. |
Scientific American September 2009 Michael Moyer |
Quantum Entanglement, Photosynthesis and Better Solar Cells Quantum details of plants' food-making ability could improve photovoltaic technology |
Chemistry World May 21, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Silver nanoparticles see the light Researchers have stumbled across a simple but as yet unexplained way to make silver nanoparticles luminescent. The finding is important because luminescence is often used to track the movement and location of nanoparticles -- within cells, for example. |
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. |
Chemistry World February 27, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Sun rises on new solar route to hydrogen A new, more efficient way of using sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen has been developed by researchers in China and Israel. |