Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) constitute a platform to explore various quantum effects. Their size-dependent colors are essentially a naked-eye, ambient-condition visualization of the quantum ...

Mar. 8, 2021 — 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 ...

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanocrystals that exhibit unique optical characteristics due to quantum confinement effects, which result in discrete electronic states and size-tunable ...

A quantum dot contains a small finite number (of the order of 1-100) of conduction band electrons, valence band holes, or excitons, i.e., a finite number of elementary electric charges. Skip to ...

Quantum confinement. Because of the dots’ small size, the amount of energy released is relatively consistent from electron to electron, yielding emissions of a single color. The color is entirely ...

The quantum size effect (QSE) is a phenomenon observed in nanomaterials where their electronic, optical, and magnetic properties deviate from those of the bulk material when the size of the material ...

This energy quantum confinement effect dynamically traps photons within the waveguide, enabling unprecedented suppression of local dissipation.

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov developed and discovered quantum dots, particles whose size governs their properties. By Emma Bubola and Katrina Miller The Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...

Quantum Computing: Quantum effects, such as superposition and entanglement, form the basis of quantum computing.Quantum computers leverage these effects to perform complex calculations and solve ...

Double quantum dots provide an ideal model system for studying interactions between localized impurity spins. We report on the transport properties of a series-coupled double quantum dot as electrons ...