quantum dot

English

Noun

quantum dot (plural quantum dots)

1. (nanotechnology) A fluorescent nanoparticle of semiconducting material.
   • 2011, ‘Dotting the eyes’, The Economist, 18 Jun 2011:

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

   Synonym: QD

Translations

fluorescent nanoparticle

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

  Cantonese: 量子點／量子点

• Danish: kvanteø
• French: point quantique
• German: Quantenpunkt (de) m
• Hebrew: נקודה קוונטית
• Italian: punto quantistico m
• Japanese: 量子ドット (ryōshi-dotto)
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• 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)

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