quantum dot

English

Noun

quantum dot (plural quantum dots)

1. (nanotechnology) A fluorescent nanoparticle of semiconducting material.

   Synonym: QD

   • 2011 June 18, “Dotting the eyes”, in The Economist‎^[1]:

     A quantum dot is a semiconductor crystal a few nanometres (billionths of a metre) across – about 50 atoms wide, in other words.

   • 2016 May 6, Joanna Klein, “How a Mysterious Bacteria Almost Gave You a Better TV”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     There was talk that Apple would release an iMac with a quantum dot screen last year. But then the company switched course, declaring that the existing process for making these little crystals was too toxic to the environment.

Translations

fluorescent nanoparticle

• Bulgarian: квантова точка (kvantova točka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 量子點／量子点

• Danish: kvanteø
• French: point quantique (fr)
• Georgian: კვანტური წერტილი (ḳvanṭuri c̣erṭili)
• German: Quantenpunkt (de) m
• Hebrew: נקודה קוונטית
• Italian: punto quantistico m
• Japanese: 量子ドット (ryōshi-dotto)
• Korean: 양자점 (yangjajeom)
• Polish: kropka kwantowa
• Portuguese: ponto quântico m
• Romanian: nanocristal
• Russian: ква́нтовая то́чка f (kvántovaja tóčka)
• Spanish: punto cuántico
• Tagalog: damuing tuldok
• Ukrainian: квантова точка (kvantova točka)

Further reading

• quantum dot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mutton quad