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New Research on Semiconductor Nanocrystals to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency

Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin.

18 Jun 2010

Luminaires Now Available Based on Qshift Coral Nanotechnology

NN-Labs is pleased to announce the immediate availability of materials based on NNCrystal’s Qshift Coral technology following the recent successfully completed review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

From NN-Labs, LLC 17 Jun 2010

Researchers Develop New Quantum Dots in Optical Microcavities

For the very first time, a team of researchers in Germany has introduced quantum dots in fully epitaxial nitride laser structures without the need for hybrid systems -- effectively eliminating the cumbersome method ...

17 Jun 2010

Analytical Applications of Enzymatic Growth of Quantum Dots

The search for time and cost effective as well as sensitive methods for bioanalytical assays is currently of great interest. At the center of Biofunctional Nanomaterials in San Sebastian (Spain), Valery Pavlov and his co...

16 Jun 2010

New Dark Pulse Laser Generates Light Using Quantum Dots

In an advance that sounds almost Zen, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have demonstrated a new type of pulsed laser that excels at not producing light.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 10 Jun 2010

Nano-Imaging Techniques, Quantum Dots Help in Early Detection of Diseases

During SNM's 57th Annual Meeting, investigators presented the results of a multidisciplinary study involving the capture of radiation luminescence and radioactive-excited nanoparticles to help detect subtle signs of ...

8 Jun 2010

Graphane Opens Up New Possibilities for Nanoelectronics

Graphane is the material of choice for physicists on the cutting edge of materials science, and Rice University researchers are right there with the pack – and perhaps a little ahead. Researchers mentored by Bori...

26 May 2010

QD Vision Purchases Quantum Dot Patent Portfolio from Motorola

QD Vision, developer of Quantum Light™ nanotechnology-based products for solid state lighting and displays, today announced it has purchased from Motorola a patent portfolio pertaining to the use of quantum dot tec...

25 May 2010

New Automated Device Controls the Position of Single Quantum Dot

Quantum dots may be small. But they usually don’t let anyone push them around. Now, however, JQI Fellow Edo Waks and colleagues have devised a self-adjusting remote-control system that can place a dot 6 nanometers long to within 45 nm of any desired location.

24 May 2010

New Method of Characterizing Tumor Biopsies using Quantum Dots

One important discovery made about cancer over the past decade is that as a tumor develops, the molecular identity of its cells begins to diverge. As a result, any given tumor is likely to contain groups of cells with di...

21 May 2010