All quantum dots articles
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Quantum dot matrix printer creates 3D structures
Nanocrystals used as 3D printer ink, without the need for an organic matrix
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Quantum dot heat engine works without moving parts
Similar systems could be used to generate electricity from waste heat in solar cells
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Sponsored
Harnessing electronic display technology in bioimaging
Less toxic than quantum dots, can conjugated polymer nanoparticles revolutionise bioimaging?
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‘Cyborg’ bacteria beat plants at their own game
Microbes harvest sunlight by coating themselves in cadmium sulfide nanoparticles
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Perovskite quantum dots boost artificial photosynthesis
Perovskite and graphene combined to enhance photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide
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Quantum dot first for carbon–carbon bond photocatalysis
Cheap nanosized semiconductors rival expensive precious metal catalysts in photoredox reactions
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Capturing infrared to give solar cells a lift
Quantum dots could help solar devices break efficiency limit
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Podcast
Chemistry World podcast – November 2015
This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner, Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death
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Urine recycled into quantum dots
New way of producing carbon dots provides a cheaper and greener alternative to conventional synthesis
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Environmentally-friendly quantum dots make their mark
Indium phosphide nanoparticles offer non-toxic alternative to cadium for richer, more colourful display screens
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New synthesis heralds low-cost quantum dots
A new set of precursors whose reactivity can be precisely tuned could let quantum dots deliver on their promise in displays and solar cells
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Emily Weiss: Tuneable illumination
Emily Weiss tells Guy Jones how quantum dots are the perfect combination of molecular chromophores and bulk semiconductors
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Three glowing mice
People’s exposure to nanoparticles could be tested for with skin biopsies