Quantum dots that are small and non-blinking offer new opportunities for dynamic single-molecule imaging in live cells. Fluorescent dyes and proteins have been invaluable for visualizing the ...

Quantum dots – nanoparticles of semiconductors – were first theorized in the 1970s and then successfully synthesized in the early 1980s. When semiconductor particles are made small enough, they ...

This issue features a theme on colloidal quantum dots, bringing together primary research findings and overviews, along with articles on the commercialization of this technology. It is a commonly ...

In a paper published in the journal Pharmaceuticals, researchers developed metformin carbon quantum dots (MetCQDs) to improve ...

The device reportedly achieved the highest power conversion efficiency ever reported for flexible quantum dot solar cells. Quantum dots are tiny particles of semiconductors that can carry a charge ...

Researchers from the University of Chicago, University of California Berkeley, Northwestern University, the University of ...

Researchers adopt a new ligand to enhance the efficiency and stability of perovskite quantum dot solar cells. Solar cell efficiency increases to 15.3% by correcting distortions on the surface of ...

Three US-based scientists won the prize for pioneering quantum dots that were once thought impossible to make The Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their work in ...

Quantum dots, tiny particles of semiconductor that can carry a charge, made from various materials, have been investigated as possible solar cell materials. Those based on perovskites have proved ...

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) materials have shown great potential for applications in lighting and display fields due to their wide color gamut, adjustable emission wavelength, high quantum ...

A research team has achieved coherent population trapping (CPT) in a semiconductor double quantum dot (DQD) system. CPT is an ...