| NANODOTS UPDATED DECEMBER 10, 2005 |
| QDs/Cancer/Targeting Cancer Cells/Quantum dots simultaneously target and image cancer cells in live mice/ ACS.org URL |
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| Gold Quantum Dots: Fluorescing "Artificial Atoms" Could Have Applications in Biological Labeling, Nanoscale Optoelectronics/Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Tech site |
| Nano-Proprietary Silicon Nanoparticles United States Patent Application 20040166319 Priority date Feb. 21, 2003 What is claimed is: 1. A porous silicon powder comprising a plurality of silicon particles wherein the outermost layers of said particles are porous. Used in floating gate memory devices, sensors, display materials, fluorescent tagging, biophysics, and combinations thereof Link to US patent filing Link to RB message Si Nanocrystals (quantum dots) as phosphor particles in a display screen Filed Mar. 27, 2003 (priority date September 24, 2002): United States Patent Application 20030057821 Link to US 20030057821 |
| Univ. of Texas/Austin/Light-Emitting Nanoparticles/Displays United States Patent 6,846,565 Korgel , et al. January 25, 2005 Priority date July 2, 2001 Link to US patent Link to RB message 1 Link to RB message 2 |
| University of Toronto, Ted Sargent Nanotechnologists' new plastic can see in the dark "Our calculations show that, with further improvements in efficiency, combining infrared and visible photovoltaics could allow up to 30 per cent of the sun's radiant energy to be harnessed, compared to six per cent in today's best plastic solar cells." Link to article Link to second article Link to ZD Net article |
| Univ. of Toronto, Ted Sargent, Eugenia Kumacheva Nano paint could boost antiterrorism, rescue efforts The material has the potential to enhance infrared images tenfold by coating lenses with a film a 10th of a millimetre thick and powering the material with a laser. Link to article |
| Evident Technologies, University of Toronto, Dr. Scholes, Quantum Dots in Thermoelectric Thin Films The objective of the project is to demonstrate that quantum dots can be used to produce an improved thermoelectric nanomaterial by engineering thermal and electronic properties to achieve increased efficiencies. Link to article Link to Dr. Scholes Link to Evident Technologies |
| IBN Pioneers Breakthrough Method in Nanoparticle Synthesis The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed a novel method to simultaneously control the size and morphology of nanoparticles, which can be used in pharmaceutical synthesis and novel biomedical applications. Research Scientist Dr. Yu Han and IBN Executive Director Prof. Jackie Y. Ying have developed a fluorocarbon-mediated-synthesis technique that produces nanometer-sized particles of between 50 and 300 nm with tunable pore sizes in the range of 5-30 nm. Link |
| Highly Efficient Multiple Exciton Generation in Colloidal PbSe and PbS Quantum Dots Randy J. Ellingson, Matthew C. Beard, Justin C. Johnson, Pingrong Yu, Olga I. Micic, Arthur J. Nozik, Andrew Shabaev, and Alexander L. Efros "We have shown that solar cells based on quantum dots theoretically could convert more than 65 percent of the sun's energy into electricity, approximately doubling the efficiency of solar cells," Nozik said. The best cells today convert about 33 percent of the sun's energy into electricity. Link to article Link to Nano Letter |