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Researchers Receive Grant to Develop Future Nanoelectronics

A consortium based in Tampere University of Technology (TUT) has received €1.6 million grant from the Academy of Finland under its ‘Programmable Materials’ funding scheme.

13 Sep 2012

NDSU Assistant Professor Receives Prestigious Award for Research on Quantum Dots

North Dakota State University’s assistant professor for chemistry and biochemistry, Dr. Svetlana Kilina, has received the prestigious Early Career Research Program award from the United States Department of Energy for her research on quantum dots titled “Modeling of Photoexcited Process at Interfaces of Functionalized Quantum Dots.”

1 Sep 2012

Quantum Discord Could Facilitate Remote Preparation of Quantum States

Collaborative research between the University of Vienna, the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), the University of Oxford and the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore demonstrate the possibility of remote preparation of quantum states as a result of quantum discord.

8 Aug 2012

Breakthrough in Colloidal Quantum Dot Films Helps Develop Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells

A team of scientists from the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and University of Toronto (U of T) headed by Ted Sargent, an U of T Engineering Professor, has achieved a significant progress in the advancement of colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films, which in turn results in a CQD solar cell with an unprecedented efficiency of 7%.

From University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics 30 Jul 2012

Experiment to Study Relationship Between Material Imperfection and Quantum Coherence

Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have conducted an experiment to study the relationship between imperfections in some materials and quantum coherence at low temperatures. The findings of the study will help in developing improved quantum devices like the superconducting magnets.

21 Jul 2012

New Self-Assembly Technique to Create High-Surface-Density Quantum Dots

A research team comprising Drs. Takaaki Mano, Yoshiki Sakuma and Masafumi Jo from the Photonic Materials Unit of the National Institute for Materials Science is involved in the development of a sophisticated self-assembling technology known as droplet epitaxy for semiconductor quantum dots.

From National Institute for Materials Science 16 Jul 2012

Quantum Dots News

Researchers Receive Grant to Develop Future Nanoelectronics

NDSU Assistant Professor Receives Prestigious Award for Research on Quantum Dots

Quantum Discord Could Facilitate Remote Preparation of Quantum States

Breakthrough in Colloidal Quantum Dot Films Helps Develop Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells

Experiment to Study Relationship Between Material Imperfection and Quantum Coherence

New Self-Assembly Technique to Create High-Surface-Density Quantum Dots

Researchers Generate Accurate Electrical Currents Using Nano-Devices

Physicists Employ Berry’s Phase to Control Quantum Interference

Physicists Discover New Quantum Bound State Involving Three Atoms

Quantum Dots Can Track Serotonin at the Molecular Level

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

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Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

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