Cool...Quantum Dots

Here is one of those random posts...A fairly new and very potential-filled technology that has come onto the scene recently is the quantum dot. A quantum dot is a piece of semi-conductor material that is extremely small. In this form they have special powers that I am not going to try to explain. However they can be used in very cool ways. They have the potential to increase the efficiency of solar panels, photodetectors and even TV's. One group used this technology to create a camera chip that is almost a Billion times more sensative than the average CCD chip. This has potential applications in astronomy observations to cell phones. It is expensive now but will become cheaper so it is very cool!

I chose this article because I am quite interested in the use of quantum dots to improve current technologies. I even included them in the product that I am developing and might be receiving a patent for. I find it exciting that we can now use the things that we were unaware of just a few decades ago!

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/quantum-dot-graphene-photodetector-is.html