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quantum dot

A minuscule crystal of semiconductor material composed of various compounds of chemicals such as cadmium, zinc, tellurium, selenium and sulfur. Less than 500 nanometers in size, these "nanoparticles" react to electricity or light by emitting their own light across the visible range of wavelengths from 470 to 730 nm.

The applications for quantum dots include solid state lighting, with the potential to render incandescent bulbs obsolete in the future and the ability to paint lighting systems onto materials. They are used in the manufacture of medical sensors and solar cells. Thin film deposits of quantum dots on solar cell substrates substantially increase their voltage output by fluorescing the light before it is captured. See QuantumFilm.

quantum dot [‚kwänt·əm ′dät]

(electronics)

A quantized electronic structure in which electrons are confined with respect to motion in all three dimensions.

(physics)

quantum dot - (Or "single-electron transistor") A location capable of containing a single electrical charge; i.e., a single electron of Coulomb charge. Physically, quantum dots are nanometer-size semiconductor structures in which the presence or absence of a quantum electron can be used to store information.

See also: quantum cell, quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata.

http://www-mtl.mit.edu/MTL/bulletin/v6n2/Kumar.html.

["Quantum Dot Heterostructures", D. Bimberg, et al, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Dec 1998].

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No references found	6,423,551, 6,699,723 and 6,927,069 (Organo Luminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystal Probes for Biological Applications and Process for Making and Using Such Probes), which were licensed to Invitrogen by the UC Regents. Half-year litigation review: two trial dates approach by Instrument Business Outlook Nanofabrication and nanoscale characterization is the topic of the second volume, which includes chapters on semiconductor nanocrystals, advanced transmission-electron microscopic characterization of semiconductor quantum structures, dilute nitrade semiconductors for optoelectronic devices, properties and applications of nanocrystalline diamond, characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals, and dye-sensitized semiconductor nanostructures. Handbook of semiconductor nanostructures and nanodevices; 5v by SciTech Book News Nevertheless, attempts to include such impurities in tiny clumps of atoms known as semiconductor nanocrystals have often failed. In search of the imperfect nanocrystal by Science News	Semicoke Semicolon Semicolonial Territory semicoma semicompreg semiconducting compound semiconducting crystal semiconductive loading tube Semiconductor Semiconductor Avalanche Diode Semiconductor Detector Semiconductor Device Semiconductor Diode semiconductor disk semiconductor doping Semiconductor Electronics Semiconductor Heterojunction semiconductor heterostructure Semiconductor heterostructures semiconductor intrinsic properties semiconductor IP semiconductor junction Semiconductor Laser Semiconductor Material semiconductor memory Semiconductor nanocrystal semiconductor rectifier Semiconductor Spectrometer semiconductor storage semiconductor thermocouple semiconductor trap Semiconductor, Amorphous Semiconductor, Organic semiconductor-diode parametric amplifier semiconjugate axis semiconservative replication Semicontinuous Function semicontrolled mosaic semiconvection semicratonic semicrystalline semicubical parabola semidense list semidesert Semidesert Zones Semidesert Zones of Subtropical Belts Semidesert Zones of Temperate Belts Semidesert Zones of Tropical Belts semidetached binary semidetached dwelling semidetached house	semiconductor intrinsic properties Semiconductor IP Semiconductor junction Semiconductor junction semiconductor laser semiconductor laser semiconductor laser Semiconductor lasers Semiconductor lasers Semiconductor Manufacturers' Association Semiconductor manufacturing Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp Semiconductor Manufacturing Operational Modeling and Simulation Semiconductor Manufacturing System Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Group Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Workshop Semiconductor material Semiconductor material Semiconductor material Semiconductor material Semiconductor materials Semiconductor materials Semiconductor materials Semiconductor materials Semiconductor Materials & Equipment Semiconductor memories Semiconductor memory Semiconductor Microcavity Light Emitter Semiconductor Multiple-Compton Telescope Semiconductor nanocrystal Semiconductor Nanocrystals Semiconductor Nanofabrication Facility Semiconductor on Insulator Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Interferometric Wavelength Converter Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Wavelength Converter Semiconductor Oxide Nitride Oxide Semiconductor Semiconductor Packaging Material Company Semiconductor physics Semiconductor physics Semiconductor physics Semiconductor physics Semiconductor Process Representation Semiconductor Production Equipment Semiconductor Products Sector Semiconductor Professionals Online Group Semiconductor rectifier Semiconductor Reliability Assessment Program Semiconductor Research Corporation Semiconductor Research Council Semiconductor Safety Association Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror Semiconductor Sector Index Semiconductor Solutions Network Company Semiconductor Spectrometer semiconductor storage Semiconductor Supply Chain Association

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6,423,551, 6,699,723 and 6,927,069 (Organo Luminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystal Probes for Biological Applications and Process for Making and Using Such Probes), which were licensed to Invitrogen by the UC Regents.

Half-year litigation review: two trial dates approach by Instrument Business Outlook

Nanofabrication and nanoscale characterization is the topic of the second volume, which includes chapters on semiconductor nanocrystals, advanced transmission-electron microscopic characterization of semiconductor quantum structures, dilute nitrade semiconductors for optoelectronic devices, properties and applications of nanocrystalline diamond, characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals, and dye-sensitized semiconductor nanostructures.

Handbook of semiconductor nanostructures and nanodevices; 5v by SciTech Book News

Nevertheless, attempts to include such impurities in tiny clumps of atoms known as semiconductor nanocrystals have often failed.

In search of the imperfect nanocrystal by Science News

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