Researchers have successfully created electrically defined quantum dots in zinc oxide (ZnO) heterostructures, marking a ...

Researchers have explored a fascinating cooling phenomenon within halide perovskite-based "dots-in-crystal" materials, ...

In a study published in the journal Optical Materials Express titled “Recycling self-assembled colloidal quantum dot ...

Quantum dots – nanoparticles of semiconductors – were first theorized in the 1970s and then successfully synthesized in the early 1980s. When semiconductor particles are made small enough, they ...

Researchers from Chiba University investigated a promising avenue for solid-state optical cooling with perovskite quantum ...

Quantum dots that are small and non-blinking offer new opportunities for dynamic single-molecule imaging in live cells. Fluorescent dyes and proteins have been invaluable for visualizing the ...

Blue lasers, lasers that emit a light beam with a wavelength between 400 nm and 500 nm, are key components of various ...

For the first time, researchers have shown that it is possible to recycle the nanoparticles used to make microscopic ...

Researchers have discovered a way to recycle the tiny particles used to create supraparticle lasers, a technology that precisely controls light at a very small scale. The breakthrough could help ...

Creating and controlling quantum dots via electrical methods, is likely to lead to new frontiers in the quest to develop stable and efficient qubits. Exploring how zinc oxide can be used in ...