Nano technology is making waves in the clean-tech space—and could give the U.S. a rare lead over China in photovoltaic ...

Excitons—bound pairs of electrons and an electron hole—are quasiparticles that can arise in solids. While so-called "bright" ...

A research team has identified the synthesis principle of eco-friendly ternary quantum dots that are harmless to the human body. Using this technology, they have developed a high-efficiency, ...

First Solar teams with UbiQD to bring quantum dots to solar panels, aiming for big efficiency gains and US manufacturing scale-up.

Quantum dot nanotechnology company UbiQD has signed an exclusive, multi-year agreement to supply its proprietary fluorescent ...

This is a turning point for the quantum dot industry with this first high volume QD supply agreement outside of display,” ...

Chemists at the School of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have recently made ...

Quantum dot research won three scientists the Nobel Prize in chemistry. A quantum dot is a tiny particle that changes color based on its size. Quantum dots are used in LED lights and television ...

So where do quantum dots come in? Sony has a method. Sony's X900 and W900 lines Three of Sony's 2013 TVs will use quantum dots in their backlighting, in the guise of QD Vision's Color IQ tech (the ...

Quantum dots, semiconductor particles that can emit a rainbow of colors, have been put to work observing living cells, with possible benefits for medical diagnosis.

Quantum dots are exceptionally efficient, so a smaller amount of current can result in a lot of light. So potentially these direct-view quantum dot TVs could be brighter than OLED, ...

Quantum dots work in a similar way. But instead of being a single atom, they’re a larger semiconductor particle. They absorb light of specific wavelengths, and in return they emit light - they ...