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New, Magnetically Doped Quantum Dots Capture Kinetic Energy of “Hot” Electrons

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have prepared magnetically doped quantum dots that can capture the kinetic energy of electrons produced by ultraviolet light before it is released as heat.

9 Oct 2019

New Method Could Accelerate Development of Quantum Information Technologies

Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have come up with a new method that could pave the way for future progress in quantum technology.

10 Jul 2019

Combination of Quantum Dots and Perovskite Crystals can Improve the Stability of Solar Materials

Engineering researchers at the University of Toronto have integrated two evolving technologies for sophisticated solar power—and found that each one aids in stabilizing the other.

23 May 2019

Novel Approach to Fine-Tune Persistent Luminescence of Phosphors Using All-Inorganic Perovskite Quantum Dots

The use of persistent luminescence phosphors in various technological sectors has led to increasing demand for achieving rational control over the emission profiles of the phosphors. However, to date, this remains a formidable challenge.

17 Apr 2019

Quantum Dot Imaging Advances

Luminescing nanosized crystals are showing promise for peering deeply into body tissues, but first they need to be made safe. Investigations of ‘quantum dots’ for looking deeply into body tissues are rapidly evolving, but more work is required to ensure they are safe, according to a review published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

17 Apr 2019

Novel Microfluidic System for Synthesizing Perovskite Quantum Dots over Entire Visible Light Spectrum

Researchers at the North Carolina State University have created a microfluidic system for producing perovskite quantum dots over the entire visible light spectrum.

18 Mar 2019

New Technology for Assembling Graphene-Based High-Quality Single-Electron Transistors

An innovative technology capable of combining the fabrication processes of planar and vertical heterostructures, with the aim of assembling graphene-based superior-quality single-electron transistors, has been developed by scientists at the Higher School of Economics, Manchester University, the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology.

7 Mar 2019

Using Perovskites to Produce Light-Emitting Quantum Dots

In the worldwide pursuit for creating practical computing and communications devices based on quantum principles, one prospectively useful component has been unachievable: a source of light containing individual particles that is ideally predictable, constant, and with steady characteristics.

22 Feb 2019

Using Quantum Dots for Tracking Fate of Individual Pollen Grains from Flowers

At Stellenbosch University, a pollination biologist has been using quantum dots to track the destiny of individual pollen grains. This is proving to be pathbreaking in an area of research that has been affected by the lack of a universal technique for tracking pollen for more than a century.

15 Feb 2019

New Scalable, Cost-Effective Approach to Synthesize TMD Quantum Dots

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) nanomaterials like molybdenite (MoS2), with a structure similar to graphene, have been accepted as futuristic materials for their broad array of potential applications in sensors, biomedicine, photodetectors, catalysts, and energy storage devices.

28 Jan 2019

Quantum Dots News

New, Magnetically Doped Quantum Dots Capture Kinetic Energy of “Hot” Electrons

New Method Could Accelerate Development of Quantum Information Technologies

Combination of Quantum Dots and Perovskite Crystals can Improve the Stability of Solar Materials

Novel Approach to Fine-Tune Persistent Luminescence of Phosphors Using All-Inorganic Perovskite Quantum Dots

Quantum Dot Imaging Advances

Novel Microfluidic System for Synthesizing Perovskite Quantum Dots over Entire Visible Light Spectrum

New Technology for Assembling Graphene-Based High-Quality Single-Electron Transistors

Using Perovskites to Produce Light-Emitting Quantum Dots

Using Quantum Dots for Tracking Fate of Individual Pollen Grains from Flowers

New Scalable, Cost-Effective Approach to Synthesize TMD Quantum Dots

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

Quantum Dots News

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

1New Device Enables Fine-Tuning of Information Flow in Qubits

2New Discovery Links ORC Formation to Merging Galaxy Clusters

3Enhancing Quantum Error Correction Effectiveness

4Deep Underground Detectors Push Limits of Dark Matter Particle Mass

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