quantum dot

quantum dot (plural quantum dots)

1. (nanotechnology, quantum mechanics) 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.

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