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How can Nanotechnology be Applied to Solar Cell Preparation?

Researchers synthesized titanium oxide-coated zinc oxide (TiO2@ZnO) nanocomposites and applied them to fabricate solar cells and investigated their efficiency.

17 Jun 2022

Carbon Dots Target Nucleolus and Monitor in Real-Time

Researchers synthesized green fluorescent carbon dots (G-CDs) to target the nucleolus and monitor gene delivery, pH and biosensing conditions.

10 Jun 2022

Carbon Dot Composite Improves Photocatalytic Decomposition of Bacteria

New research discusses the fabrication of BiOBr/carbon quantum dot (CQDs) composite and its application in the degradation of wastewater bacteria.

9 Jun 2022

First Atomic-Level Observation of Phonon Behavior in Nanoengineered Quantum Dots

As electronic, thermoelectric and computer technologies have been miniaturized to nanometer scale, engineers have faced a challenge studying fundamental properties of the materials involved; in many cases, targets are too small to be observed with optical instruments.

9 Jun 2022

MoO2 Quantum Dots Strengthen Copper Composites

Linked bridge-like molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) quantum dots were generated to improve the physical and mechanical characteristics of copper composites.

1 Jun 2022

Nanosensor Selective Towards Dangerous Dye Derivative, R6G

In an article recently published, researchers designed water-stable perovskite quantum dots and a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based fluorescence nanosensor to detect R6G in food, water, and biological buffers.

26 May 2022

Tracking Endocytosis and Protein Transport with Quantum Dots

Despite the advantages of mammalian cell display technology, a few attributes of displayed proteins like their re-entry mechanism into cells remain unclear.

20 May 2022

Energy-Efficient Synthesis of High-Quality Quantum Dots

An article published recently in the journal iScience focuses on producing high-quality full-color carbon quantum dots (CQDs) under exceptionally low pressure and temperature.

19 May 2022

The Nanoparticle Properties That Govern Peptoid Self-Assembly

Two assembly regimes associated with quantum dots (QDs) and reversibly binding peptoids are reported in new research to understand what governs assembly pathways.

4 May 2022

Solar Production of Hydrogen Peroxide with Carbon Quantum Dots

A team of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Advanced Science that demonstrated an efficient and eco-friendly hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation method based on piezoelectric semiconductors.

27 Apr 2022