A study published in Nano Letters demonstrates the use of quantum dots to create metasurfaces, enabling two objects to exist in the same space. Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Quantum dots have been receiving extensive attention from researchers because they can be widely used for basic physics study, quantum computing, biological imaging, ...

Semiconductor spin qubits are a promising candidate for the building blocks of next-generation quantum computers due to their ...

For the first time in history, the production of semiconductor quantum dots has been achieved at room temperature using lab-designed proteins, Princeton chemists reported in a paper published in the ...

(Nanowerk News) A rapid method for detecting and identifying very small numbers of diverse bacteria, from anthrax to E. coli, has been developed by scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) ...

Light-based quantum technologies, such as quantum communication and photonic quantum computing, require reliable sources of individual photons and, ideally, pairs of entangled photons. Semiconductor ...

Depending on their applications, quantum dots need to be tailored in terms of their structure and properties. Chemists have shown that quantum dots obtained by their novel method can be successfully ...

Still fluorescent: A sample of the supraparticles recycled in the experiment. (Courtesy: Dillon H Downie, University of Strathclyde) Researchers at the University of Strathclyde, UK, have developed a ...