Materials constructed of elements from the periodic groups of II-VI, III-V or IV-VI are used to construct the man-made fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals that make quantum dots. Containing between ...

Crafted from sheets of graphene, graphene quantum dots have extraordinarily unique qualities and have been revolutionizing the field of fluorescence microscopy. Graphene quantum dots are superior to ...

Carbon dots are nanometer-scale carbon particles with photoluminescent properties, biocompatibility, and chemical stability. These characteristics support their use in areas such as bioimaging, drug ...

Researchers have found that a particular species of quantum dots that weren't commonly thought to blink, do. So what? Well, although the blinks are very short -- nanoseconds to milliseconds -- even ...

(Nanowerk News) Silk fibers produced by Bombyx mori, the domestic silkworm, have been prized for millennia as a strong yet lightweight and luxurious material. Although synthetic polymers like nylon ...

The ability to reliably and accurately detect levels of iodide ion and curcumin is crucial in the fields of food and life sciences. Iodide ion is an indispensable anion (negatively-charged ion) in ...

Fingerprints are recognized as one of the most reliable biometric features in forensic science. Carbon dots (CDs), a zero-dimensional carbon material, have emerged as an ideal candidate for ...

An estimated 14 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were used in 2020 to store data, which is the same amount of annual energy used by 1.27 million U.S. homes. To help reduce the amount of energy ...