Calculations confirm that surface flaws are behind fluorescence intermittency in silicon nanocrystals
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 05:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Quantum dots are nanoparticles of semiconductor that can be tuned to glow in a rainbow of colors. Since their discovery in the 1980s, these remarkable nanoparticles have held out tantalizing prospects for all kinds of new technologies, ranging from paint-on lighting materials and solar cells to quantum computer chips, biological markers, and even lasers and communications technologies.