Quantum dots are nanoscale semiconductor or carbon-based particles that exhibit size-tunable optical and electronic properties through quantum confinement. Advances in controlled synthesis have ...

A robotic arm made of metal and plastic moves a sample in a laboratory setting. Robotic laboratories driven by artificial intelligence algorithms could speed up materials discovery. Researchers have ...

Researchers have developed a pioneering, sustainable method for producing cadmium-based quantum dots (QDs) in water using a biocompatible chalcogen source. This fully aqueous, continuous flow process ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have unveiled Rainbow, a first-of-its-kind multi-robot self-driving laboratory that autonomously discovers high-performance quantum dots – semiconductor ...

Scientists esearchers mapped the metal-amide chemistry that controls heavy-pnictogen reduction, enabling reproducible and scalable III-V infrared quantum dots. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at ...

Just one year after NREL materials science researchers Matthew Hautzinger and Sage Bauers met to exchange notes on underexplored materials in nanotechnology, their synthesis of promising Zintl-phase ...

This study reveals that low-temperature nucleation and high-temperature growth represent an effective strategy for balancing monomer and ionic ligand supply in the direct synthesis of ions-coordinated ...

Quantum computers have the potential to solve certain calculations exponentially faster than a classic computer could, but more research is desperately needed to make their practical use a reality.