Forging a dream material with semiconductor quantum dots
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and collaborators have succeeded in creating a “superlattice” of semiconductor quantum ...
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Symmetric graphene quantum dots for future qubits
The development of robust semiconductor spin qubits could help the realization of large-scale quantum computers in the future. However, current ...
Graphene quantum dots show promise as novel magnetic field sensors
Trapped electrons traveling in circular loops at extreme speeds inside graphene quantum dots are highly sensitive to external magnetic fields ...
Princeton Chemistry creates quantum dots at room temp using lab-designed protein
Nature uses 20 canonical amino acids as building blocks to make proteins, combining their sequences to create complex molecules that ...
New quantum dots study uncovers implications for biological imaging
A new study involving researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago achieved a milestone in the synthesis of multifunctional photonic ...
Quantum dots form ordered material
Quantum dots are clusters of some 1,000 atoms which act as one large ‘super-atom’. It is possible to accurately design ...
Lattice distortion of perovskite quantum dots induces coherent quantum beating
A research group led by Prof. WU Kaifeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy ...
Smart lighting system based on quantum dots more accurately reproduces daylight
Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a ...
A new arrangement: Using quantum dots to quench the smallest ferrimagnetism
Most people are not aware of magnetic forces in their everyday lives, but continuously rely on them in electric motors, ...
One step synthesis of efficient red emissive carbon dots and their bovine serum albumin composites with enhanced multi-photon fluorescence for in vivo bioimaging
Carbon dots (CDs) are a kind of zero-dimensional carbonaceous nanomaterial. Due to their ultra-small size (usually less than 10 nm), ...
Quantum dots shine bright to help scientists see inflammatory cells in fat
URBANA, Ill. – To accurately diagnose and treat diseases, doctors and researchers need to see inside bodies. Medical imaging tools ...
Realizing warm white light-emitting with high efficient emission and high color rendering index by using ligand modified CsPbBr3 quantum dots
In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.200075 , the research group of Professor Zhigang Zang from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China ...
Quantum dots boost perovskite solar cell efficiency & scalability
Perovskites are hybrid compounds made from metal halides and organic constituents. They show great potential in a range of applications, ...
Connecting the dots to find new treatments for breast cancer
Scientists at KAIST believe they may have found a way to reverse an aggressive, treatment-resistant type of breast cancer into ...
Development of a single-process platform for the manufacture of graphene quantum dots
Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST) Graphene consists of a planar structure, with carbon atoms connected in a hexagonal ...
Getting quantum dots to stop blinking
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Quantum dots, discovered in the 1990s, have a wide range of applications and are perhaps best known ...
Connecting the dots between material properties and qubit performance
UPTON, NY—Engineers and materials scientists studying superconducting quantum information bits (qubits)—a leading quantum computing material platform based on the frictionless flow of paired electrons—have ...
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A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons
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Within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat – a great threat to the coral reef in Eilat
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How eating natto might help to distress
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GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
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Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators
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Study highlights long-term benefits of family-based care following institutional care