A billion points of light.(sightings: the outlook for new technology)

EDN;  September 4, 2003 ;   Miller, Matthew;   383 words ......the crew of the Starship Enterprise, quantum dots are real, and researchers are making...PhD in quantum physics to understand quantum dots in principle. They're simply nanometer-sca...can alter the wavelengths they emit, quantum dots may prove useful in a variety of applications...

Quantum dots for use in bodies.

United Press International;  January 22, 2004 ;     642 words ......The crystals in question are called quantum dots. Each is made of only a few hundred...cadmium selenide. When they absorb energy, quantum dots fluoresce, emitting light in a variety...told UPI. Medical researchers could use quantum dots to circulate inside bodies and stick...

QUANTUM DOTS FOR USE IN BODIES

United Press International;  January 22, 2004 ;     665 words ...United Press International 01-22-2004 Quantum dots for use in bodies NEW YORK, Jan 22...The crystals in question are called quantum dots. Each is made of only a few hundred...cadmium selenide. When they absorb energy, quantum dots fluoresce, emitting light in a variety...

Quantum leap for quantum dots

The Scientist;  September 22, 2003 ;   Perkel, Jeffrey M;   787 words ...Researchers finally make quantum dots work for life scientists High-resolution...fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals or "quantum dots." Containing several hundred to a few thousand atoms, quantum dots exhibit several desirable properties...

Sandia Researchers Use Quantum Dots as New Approach to Solid-State...

AScribe Science News Service;  July 14, 2003 ;     787 words ......solid-state white light-emitting device using quantum dots. In the future, the use of quantum dots as light-emitting phosphors may represent...is based on encapsulating semiconductor quantum dots - nanoparticles approximately one billionth...

Quantum dots light up cancer cells in mice.(Nanotechnology)(Brief Article)

Science News;  August 7, 2004 ;     263 words ......nanometer-size semiconductor crystals known as quantum dots, researchers recently opened a new way...detecting cancer, scientists have now used quantum dots to track down and light up cancer cells...made with elements such as cadmium, quantum dots are toxic, making them ...

Tiny semiconductors may provide rapid, long-lasting computer data storage

The Hindustan Times;  March 9, 2008 ;     356 words ......information into tiny semiconductors called quantum dots is just a matter of nanoseconds. Dieter...led the project, said that said that quantum dots could fill the gap left by modern-day...information storage. He said that memory based quantum dots can provide a storage speed nearly ...

Quantum Dots for Solid-State Lighting.

Energy Optimization News;  July 1, 2003 ;     787 words ......solid-state white light-emitting device using quantum dots. In the future, the use of quantum dots as light- emitting phosphors may represent...is based on encapsulating semiconductor quantum dots-nanoparticles approximately one billionth...

Quantum Dots That Produce White Light Could Be Light Bulb's Successor.

AScribe Business & Economics News Service;  October 20, 2005 ;     787 words ......of special microscopic beads called quantum dots. And you have what could become the...of the incandescent lamp. Until now quantum dots have been known primarily for their...University discovered a way to make quantum dots spontaneously produce broad-spectrum...

Canadian Inventors Develop Powdered Quantum Dot Manufacturing Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 21, 2006 ;     310 words ......developed a method for manufacturing powdered quantum dots. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark...a "method for manufacturing powdered quantum dots comprising the steps of: reacting quantum dots comprising a core, a cap and a first...

Researchers use quantum dots for lighting.(Assembly Lines)

Assembly;  September 1, 2003 ;     508 words ......first while light emitting device using quantum dots. In the future, the use of quantum dots as light-emitting phosphors may represent...is based on encapsulating semiconductor quantum dots--nanoparticles approximately one billionth...

BIOTAGS: Quantum Dots Label Living Mice.

Biomolecular Diagnostics News;  June 1, 2003 ;     456 words ......labels, molecule-size nanocrystals called quantum dots, which can circulate through the bloodstream...issue of Science titled Water-Soluble Quantum Dots for Multiphoton Fluorescence Imaging...demonstrated a new approach to using quantum dots for biological studies of living animals...

Cheaper solar panels.(In The News: Short news items of interest to the...

Science and Children;  July 1, 2007 ;     301 words ......molecular specks of semi-conductors called quantum dots, a discovery that could clear the way...making four-legged cadmium selenide quantum dots, which previous research has shown to...chemical and biomolecular engineering. Quantum dots are megamolecules of semi-conducting...

British, New Zealand Inventors Develop Quantum Dots Forming Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 9, 2007 ;     389 words ......have developed a method of forming quantum dots for extended wavelength operation. According...optoelectronic device incorporating semiconductor quantum dots whose ground state emission occurs at...provided by forming a first layer of quantum dots covered by a spacer layer with ...

MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS CONNECTS WITH (QUANTUM) DOTS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 10, 2008 ;     497 words ......producing high-quality, water-soluble "quantum dots" for biological research. By using a...the conventional approach to making quantum dots, resulting in brighter, more stable dots. Quantum dots are specially engineered nanoscale crystals...