Nanocrystal self-assembly sheds its secrets
A new approach gives a real-time look at how the complex structures form.
Chemists design a quantum-dot spectrometer
New instrument is small enough to function within a smartphone, enabling portable light analysis.
Cheap, flexible solar
Tuning energy levels through surface chemistry shows promise for higher efficiency quantum dot solar cells, MIT graduate student Patrick R. Brown's work shows.
Faculty highlight: Vladimir Bulovic
MIT's associate dean for innovation is inventing at the nanoscale.
Clocking energy-transfer rates in quantum dots
MIT chemistry graduate student Jolene Mork examines rates of excitonic-energy transfer.
Summer Scholars make an impact
Morgan Beck and Sarah Arveson contribute as interns to research in the Tisdale Lab.
Calling quantum dots to order
MIT chemical engineering graduate student Mark Weidman and colleagues demonstrate how to synthesize lead sulfide nanocrystals of uniform size.
Faculty highlight: William Tisdale
Understanding and controlling how energy moves in nanostructured materials such as quantum dots motivates assistant professor of chemical engineering William Tisdale.
Running the color gamut
MIT spinout’s quantum-dot technology makes LCD TVs more colorful, energy-efficient.
Improving a new breed of solar cells
Quantum-dot photovoltaics set new record for efficiency in such devices, could unlock new uses.
Fine-tuning emissions from quantum dots
New MIT analysis should enable development of improved color displays and biomedical monitoring systems.
Balance is key to making quantum-dot solar cells work
MIT team finds that the ratio of component atoms is vital to performance.
New solar-cell design based on dots and wires
MIT researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires.
MIT researchers improve quantum-dot performance
New production method could enable everything from more efficient computer displays to enhanced biomedical testing.