«We named the phenomenon «quantum - confined bandgap narrowing» and this mechanism may be applicable to all semiconductors, when they are linked
with graphene quantum dots.
Not exact matches
This makes
graphene an excellent candidate material for future energy needs, as well as in
quantum computing for enormous calculations
with little energy use.
But so far he has not observed the
quantum Hall effect, suggesting that something crucial separates his
graphene from the kind made
with adhesive tape.
The
graphene - QD image sensor was fabricated by taking PbS colloidal
quantum dots, depositing them onto the CVD
graphene and subsequently depositing this hybrid system onto a CMOS wafer
with image sensor dies and a read - out circuit.
An electron microscope image shows flake - like nanoplatelets made of
graphene quantum dots drawn from coal and
graphene oxide sheets, modified
with boron and nitrogen.
Graphene quantum dots vary
with their size: Large dots form molecular - scale transistors, intermediate ones show
quantum chaos, and the smallest act as single - electron detectors.
The Center for Integrated
Quantum Materials (CIQM), based at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), will receive up to $ 20 million over five years to fund research and education programs that explore the unique electronic behavior of
quantum materials, including
graphene, topological insulators, and nitrogen - vacancy center diamond,
with the goal of achieving new breakthroughs in electronics, photonics, and computing.
A team at Rice University has used nitrogen - doped
graphene quantum dots to create ethylene and ethanol,
with stability and efficiency close to that of electrocatalysts like copper.
For example, Lin is developing chemical and biological sensors based on functional nanomaterials, like protein cages,
quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, and
graphene, that interact
with peptides, enzymes, antibodies and DNA.