New blue light-emitting lasers leverage low-toxicity colloidal quantum dots
Blue lasers, lasers that emit a light beam with a wavelength between 400 nm and 500 nm, are key components of various ...
Moving from the visible to the infrared: Developing high quality nanocrystals
"The way we did it was taking [one of] the already perfected, visible ones; cadmium selenide, which is considered to be the ...
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A Synthesis for Quantum Dots, Born of Necessity, Unlocks a Nano-world of Opportunities
In 1993, Bawendi and his collaborators concentrated on forming high-quality cadmium selenide quantum dots. Through these efforts, Bawendi revolutionized the chemical production of quantum dots, ...
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The best of both worlds
The tetrapod shape for cadmium selenide quantum dots is achieved when their synthesis is carried out in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. Solterra has licensed Rice University's ...