Fluorescent probes based on quantum dots have emerged as a versatile platform for the selective and sensitive detection of metal ions in environmental, clinical and industrial settings. These ...
Chicago, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global quantum dots market was valued at US$ 9.90 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach US$ 23.13 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 9.92% during ...
"And today you can use a previously unstable quantum dot as part of your TV." Working with UChicago PME and Chemistry Department quantum dot expert Prof. Dmitri Talapin, a co-author of the paper, Zvi ...
Researchers have found a clever way to make quantum dots, tiny light-emitting crystals, produce streams of perfectly controlled photons without relying on expensive, complex electronics. By using a ...
Light-based quantum technologies, such as quantum communication and photonic quantum computing, require reliable sources of individual photons and, ideally, pairs of entangled photons. Semiconductor ...
Fluorescent reporter molecules are used for microscopy, real-time PCR, microarrays, and other applications. Yet most fluorescent dyes share some fundamental flaws: They are subject to photobleaching, ...
QDs can bind covalently or non-covalently to biomolecules like antibodies, proteins, peptides, aptamer nucleic acids, small molecules, liposomes, lectins, and monosaccharides to identify specific ...
The quantum size effect (QSE) is the change in a material's electronic, optical, magnetic, or thermal behavior when one or more of its dimensions become small enough to confine charge carriers such as ...
Quantum science, cellular biology and high-def TVs come together in new biosensors. (Nanowerk News) Putting hypersensitive quantum sensors in a living cell is a promising path for tracking cell growth ...