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Equally Sized Perovskite Colloidal Quantum Dots Enable Better Optoelectronic Performance

Quantum dots are semiconductor particles only a few nanometers across that, thanks to their small size, exhibit peculiar optical and electronic properties due to quantum mechanics.

28 Jun 2021

New Technique Uses Graphene Quantum Dots to Make Better Catalysts

Hold on there, graphene. Seriously, your grip could help make better catalysts.

25 Jun 2021

Quantum Dots Communicate with Each Other by Exchanging Light

So-called quantum dots are a new class of materials with many applications. Quantum dots are realized by tiny semiconductor crystals with dimensions in the nanometre range.

4 Jun 2021

Implementing Opto-Spintronic Functionality in Common Semiconductor Nanostructures

It may be possible in the future to use information technology where electron spin is used to store, process and transfer information in quantum computers. It has long been the goal of scientists to be able to use spin-based quantum information technology at room temperature.

9 Apr 2021

Scientists Discover How Quantum Dots Lose Their Efficiency When Excited with Intense Light

Bright semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots give QLED TV screens their vibrant colors. But attempts to increase the intensity of that light generate heat instead, reducing the dots' light-producing efficiency.

26 Mar 2021

New Class of Highly Versatile Quantum Dots Excel as Single-Photon Emitters

A new class of quantum dots deliver a stable stream of single, spectrally tunable infrared photons under ambient conditions and at room temperature, unlike other single photon emitters. This breakthrough opens a range of practical applications, including quantum communication, quantum metrology, medical imaging and diagnostics, and clandestine labeling.

26 Mar 2021

Curtin University-Led Global Fireball Observatory Makes Rare Find

Curtin University has played a major role in the recovery of a rare meteorite in the UK, made possible by dedicated fireball observatories set up as part of the Curtin-led Global Fireball Observatory (GFO).

10 Mar 2021

Cheap Carbon Nanodots Could Replace Toxic Metal Quantum Dots in the Future

Tiny fluorescent semiconductor dots, called quantum dots, are useful in a variety of health and electronic technologies but are made of toxic, expensive metals. Nontoxic and economic carbon-based dots are easy to produce, but they emit less light.

9 Mar 2021

Egg Carton' Quantum Dot Array for Sending and Receiving Information with Single Photons

A new path toward sending and receiving information with single photons of light has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by the University of Michigan.

5 Mar 2021

Australian Space Consortium to Leverage Quantum-Based Technologies

Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to power quantum technology, today announced it will provide the first quantum sensing and navigation technologies for space exploration beginning with uncrewed lunar missions by the SEVEN SISTERS space industry consortium in Australia.

4 Mar 2021

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Equally Sized Perovskite Colloidal Quantum Dots Enable Better Optoelectronic Performance

New Technique Uses Graphene Quantum Dots to Make Better Catalysts

Quantum Dots Communicate with Each Other by Exchanging Light

Implementing Opto-Spintronic Functionality in Common Semiconductor Nanostructures

Scientists Discover How Quantum Dots Lose Their Efficiency When Excited with Intense Light

New Class of Highly Versatile Quantum Dots Excel as Single-Photon Emitters

Curtin University-Led Global Fireball Observatory Makes Rare Find

Cheap Carbon Nanodots Could Replace Toxic Metal Quantum Dots in the Future

Egg Carton' Quantum Dot Array for Sending and Receiving Information with Single Photons

Australian Space Consortium to Leverage Quantum-Based Technologies

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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Repeat-Until-Success Algorithm for Quantum Gate Decomposition

Researchers Exploit the Color Centers in Diamond to Enhance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes for NMR Applications

Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

1XRISM Unveils Elemental Composition Near Supermassive Black Hole

2Circular Rydberg Atoms Extend Qubit Lifetime

3New Device Enables Fine-Tuning of Information Flow in Qubits

4Advancing Spin Qubit Technology With Cryogenic Probing

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