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[edit]Noun
[edit]quantum dot (plural quantum dots)
- (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
[edit]fluorescent nanoparticle
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Further reading
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