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Quantum Dots Reveal Spin Transport Properties of DNA Sensors

Scientists have recently used iron (Fe) quantum dots (QD) electrodes to determine the spin transport properties and quantum scattering transmission characteristics of DNA sensors at room temperature.

7 Sep 2022

N-Doping Improves Carbon Quantum Dot Optical and Sensing Properties

Researchers report the synthesis of nitrogen (N)-doped carbon quantum dots from biomass precursors (glucose and ammonia) with outstanding optical properties and considerable PLQY.

18 Aug 2022

Carbon Dots Enhance Bioavailability of Nitrogen in Soybean Crops

Researchers discussed the utility of carbon dots to increase nitrogen bioavailability to support soybean growth and nutritional quality under drought stress.

16 Aug 2022

Carbon Quantum Dots Protect Against Neuronal Cell Death

A particular type of carbon nanomaterial, CQDs made of citric acid protects against oxidative stress, neuronal loss, and increased organismal mortality brought on by environmental toxins.

15 Aug 2022

Innovative Photonic Crystal and Single Quantum Dot Imaging Platform

An innovative photonic crystal and single quantum dot imaging platform was created for applications in biosensing.

11 Aug 2022

To Kill a Quasiparticle: A Quantum Whodunit

In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: groups of particles begin to behave like single particles. Physicists refer to such groups of particles as quasiparticles.

10 Aug 2022

Carbon Nanodots Used to Detect Estrogenic Steroids

A special type of carbon nanodots (R-CNDs) were utilized for electrochemical detection of estrogenic steroids present in natural and tap water as well as effluents from Swedish wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).

4 Aug 2022

Smart, Color-Controllable White Light Devices from Quantum Dots can Dynamically Reproduce Daylight

Researchers have designed smart, colour-controllable white light devices from quantum dots – tiny semiconductors just a few billionths of a metre in size – which are more efficient and have better colour saturation than standard LEDs, and can dynamically reproduce daylight conditions in a single light.

4 Aug 2022

Easy, Efficient Strategy To Make Graphene-Based Conductive Ink

The production of a remarkably conductive silver/carbon quantum dots/graphene (Ag/CQD/G) nanocomposite for manufacturing water-based conductive ink is revealed in new research.

3 Aug 2022

Nano in Size, Big on Sustainability and Performance Quantum Science Achieves Leading Device Performance for Lead-free SWIR

The leading UK-based nanomaterials innovator Quantum Science has launched INFIQ® lead-free (LF) – quantum dot (QD), a quantum dot technology that is lead-free, and continues to push the boundaries of what sustainable nanotechnology can accomplish.

From Quantum Science Ltd 3 Aug 2022