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Development of Quantum Dots for Molecular and Cellular Imaging Earns 2012 AAAS Fellow Distinction

Three Emory University professors representing chemistry, biochemistry and biochemical engineering have been selected as 2012 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor AAAS members bestow upon their peers. AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

11 Dec 2012

UW Faculty Named American Physical Society Fellows for Quantum Research

Five University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are among about 250 newly named fellows of the American Physical Society, an honor bestowed upon no more than half of one percent of the professional society's membership.

6 Dec 2012

Researchers Employ Quantum Dots to Explore Effect of High Traffic on Active Transport via Microtubules

Inside many growing cells, an active transport system runs on nano-sized microtubule tracks that resemble a highway, complete with motors carrying cargo quickly from a central supply depot to growing tips or wherever materials are needed. In spite of the cell's busy, high-traffic environment, researchers know the system somehow works efficiently, without accidents or traffic jams.

4 Dec 2012

QMC Granted US Patent for Synthesis of Inorganic Tetrapod Quantum Dots

Quantum Materials Corporation, Inc. proudly announces the USPTO patent grant of a fundamental disruptive technology for synthesis of Group II-VI inorganic tetrapod quantum dots. The patent, "Synthesis of Uniform Nanoparticle Shapes with High Selectivity" and invented by Professor Michael S. Wong's group at William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX, for the first time gives precise control of both QD shape and dimension during synthesis and is adaptable to quantum dots production of industrial scale quantities.

21 Nov 2012

Researchers Discover Hollow, Coated Versions of Quantum Dots

Serendipity proved to be a key ingredient for the latest nanoparticles discovered at Rice University. The new "lava dot" particles were discovered accidentally when researchers stumbled upon a way of using molten droplets of metal salt to make hollow, coated versions of a nanotech staple called quantum dots.

20 Nov 2012

First Step towards Creating a Secure Quantum Telecommunications Device

Quantum mechanics offers the potential to create absolutely secure telecommunications networks by harnessing a fundamental phenomenon of quantum particles. Now, a team of Stanford physicists has demonstrated a crucial first step in creating a quantum telecommunications device that could be built and implemented using existing infrastructure.

16 Nov 2012

Tetrapod Quantum Dots with Higher Brightness Improve Biochemical Assays

Millions of laboratory tests and biological assays are conducted every year to explore cellular processes. Quantum Materials Corporation has now developed tetrapod quantum dots, improved fluorescent markers that can more effectively gain knowledge of how body systems function and chronic conditions and diseases such as cancer metabolize and impact health and longevity.

14 Nov 2012

CdSe Quantum Dots and Nickel Catalysts Improve Light-Driven Hydrogen-Production Systems

Hydrogen is an attractive fuel source because it can easily be converted into electric energy and gives off no greenhouse emissions. A group of chemists at the University of Rochester is adding to its appeal by increasing the output and lowering the cost of current light-driven hydrogen-production systems.

9 Nov 2012

New Solar Cell with External Quantum Efficiency of More than 100%

Research shows newly developed solar powered cells may soon outperform conventional photovoltaic technology.

29 Oct 2012

Microwave Photons Analyze Electrons Trapped in Quantum Dots

In a key step toward creating a working quantum computer, Princeton researchers have developed a method that may allow the quick and reliable transfer of quantum information throughout a computing device.

20 Oct 2012