scholarly journals The bright future: Imaging dynamic cellular events with quantum dots

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Smith ◽  
Mary M. Wen ◽  
Shuming Nie
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Light Emission ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Semiconductor Quantum Dots ◽  
Broad Absorption ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Simultaneous Excitation ◽  
New Class ◽  
Cellular Events ◽  
Optical And Electronic Properties

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are tiny light-emitting particles that have emerged as a new class of fluorescent labels for biology and medicine. Compared with traditional fluorescent probes, QDs have unique optical and electronic properties such as size-tuneable light emission, narrow and symmetric emission spectra, and broad absorption spectra that enable the simultaneous excitation of multiple fluorescence colours.

scholarly journals Spectrographic Microfluidic Memory

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Erickson ◽  
Baiyang Li ◽  
James R. Adleman ◽  
Saurabh Vyawahare ◽  
Stephen Quake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Semiconductor Quantum Dots ◽  
Excitation Wavelength ◽  
Data Encoding ◽  
New Class ◽  
Multiple Species ◽  
Tunable Emission

Recent advancements in micro- and nanoscale fluidic manipulation have enabled the development of a new class of tunable optical structures which are collectively referred to as optofluidic devices. In this paper we will introduce our recent work directed towards the development of a spectrographic optofluidic memory. Data encoding for the memory is based on creating spectrographic codes consisting of multiple species of photoluminescent nanoparticles at discrete intensity levels which are suspended in liquids. The data cocktails are mixed, delivered and stored using a series of soft and hard-lithography microfluidic structures. Semiconductor quantum dots are ideally suited for this application due to their narrow and size tunable emission spectra and consistent excitation wavelength. Both pressure driven and electrokinetic approaches to spectral code writing have been developed and will be experimentally demonstrated here. Novel techniques for data storage and readout are also discussed and demonstrated.

Quantum dot–polymer conjugates for stable luminescent displays

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (28) ◽  
pp. 13368-13374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushant Ghimire ◽  
Anjaly Sivadas ◽  
Ken-ichi Yuyama ◽  
Yuta Takano ◽  
Raju Francis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Quantum Dot ◽  
Semiconductor Quantum Dots ◽  
Broad Absorption ◽  
Polymer Conjugates ◽  
Absorption Of Light

The broad absorption of light in the UV-Vis-NIR region and the size-based tunable photoluminescence color of semiconductor quantum dots make these tiny crystals one of the most attractive antennae in solar cells and phosphors in electrooptical devices.

Light Emitting Diode with MOS Structures Containing Multiple-Stacked Si Quantum Dots

2007 ◽  
Vol 121-123 ◽  
pp. 557-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Xu ◽  
Katsunori Makihara ◽  
Hidenori Deki ◽  
Yoshihiro Kawaguchi ◽  
Hideki Murakami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Luminescence Intensity ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Light Emission ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Infrared Light ◽  
Gate Bias ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Mos Structures ◽  
Si Quantum Dots

Light emitting diode with MOS structures containing multiple-stacked Si quantum dots (QDs)/SiO2 was fabricated and the visible-infrared light emission was observed a room temperature when the negative gate bias exceeded the threshold voltage. The luminescence intensity was increased linearly with increasing the injected current density. The possible luminescence mechanism was briefly discussed and the delta P doping was performed to obtain the doped Si QDs and the improvement of EL intensity was demonstrated.

scholarly journals Quantum Dots—Assisted 2D Fluorescence for Pattern Based Sensing of Amino Acids, Oligopeptides and Neurotransmitters

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (17) ◽  
pp. 3655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Zabadaj ◽  
Patrycja Ciosek-Skibińska
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Specific Interactions ◽  
High Quantum Yield ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
Broad Absorption ◽  
Amount Of Information ◽  
Decay Times ◽  
Proof Of Principle

Quantum dots (QDs) are very attractive nanomaterials for analytical chemistry, due to high photostability, large surface area featuring numerous ways of bioconjugation with biomolecules, usually high quantum yield and long decay times. Their broad absorption spectra and narrow, sharp emission spectra of size-tunable fluorescence make them ideal tools for pattern-based sensing. However, almost always they are applied for specific sensing with zero-dimensional (0D) signal reporting (only peak heights or peak shifts are considered), without taking advantage of greater amount of information hidden in 1D signal (emission spectra), or huge amount of information hidden in 2D fluorescence maps (Excitation-Emission Matrixes, EEMs). Therefore, in this work we propose opposite strategy—non-specific interactions of QDs, which are usually avoided and regarded as their disadvantage, were exploited here for 2D fluorescence fingerprinting. Analyte-specific multivariate fluorescence response of QDs is decoded with the use of Partial Least Squares—Discriminant Analysis. Even though only one type of QDs is studied, the proposed pattern-based method enables to obtain satisfactory accuracy for all studied compounds—various neurotransmitters, amino-acids and oligopeptides. This is a proof of principle of the possibility of the identification of various bioanalytes by such fluorescence fingerprinting with the use of QDs.

Electrostatic Discharge Characteristics of InGaN/GaN Light-Emitting Diodes with Si-Doped Graded Superlattice

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 7733-7737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwanjae Lee ◽  
Cheul-Ro Lee ◽  
Jin Soo Kim ◽  
Jin Hong Lee ◽  
Kee Young Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Emission ◽  
Electrostatic Discharge ◽  
Light Emitting Diode ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Small Variation ◽  
Injection Current ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Gan Led ◽  
Si Doped

We report the influences of a Si-doped graded superlattice (SiGSL) on the electrostatic discharge (ESD) characteristics of an InGaN/GaN light-emitting diode (LED). For comparison, a conventional InGaN/GaN LED (C-LED) was also investigated. The luminous efficacy for the SiGSL-LED was 2.68 times stronger than that for the C-LED at the injection current of 20 mA. The resistances estimated from current–voltage (I–V) characteristic curves were 16.5 and 8.8 Ω for the C-LED and SiGSL-LED, respectively. After the ESD treatment at the voltages of 4000 and 6000 V, there was no significant change in the I–V curves for the SiGSL-LED. Also, there was small variation in the I–V characteristics for the SiGSL-LED at the ESD voltage of 8000 V. However, the I–V curves for the C-LED were drastically degraded with increasing ESD voltage. While the light emission was not observed at the injection current of 20 mA from the C-LED sample after the ESD treatment, the emission spectra for the SiGSL-LED sample were clearly measured with the output powers of 10.47, 9.66, and 7.27 mW for the ESD voltages of 4000, 6000, and 8000 V respectively.

scholarly journals Highly pure green light emission of perovskite CsPbBr_3 quantum dots and their application for green light-emitting diodes

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 15071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cunlong Li ◽  
Zhigang Zang ◽  
Weiwei Chen ◽  
Zhiping Hu ◽  
Xiaosheng Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Light Emitting Diodes ◽  
Light Emission ◽  
Green Light ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Green Light Emission

Organic Syntheses and Characteristics of Novel Conjugated Polymers for AMOLEDs

2010 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
Su Hee Song ◽  
Young Eup Jin ◽  
Joo Young Shim ◽  
Kwang Hee Lee ◽  
Hong Suk Suh
Keyword(s):  
Conjugated Polymers ◽  
Blue Emission ◽  
Wavelength Region ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Polymer Backbone ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Long Wavelength ◽  
New Class ◽  
Solid Thin Films ◽  
Pl Emission

Conjugated polymers with a stabilized blue emission are of importance for the realization of large flat panel AMOLED displays using polymer light-emitting diodes. Several novel conjugated polymers using newly developed templates for the stabilized EL emission are reported. Poly(2,6-(4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene)) (PCPP) is a new class of blue-emitting polymers utilizing a new back-bone. This material emits a efficient blue EL without exhibiting any unwanted peak in the long wavelength region (green region) even after prolonged annealing at an elevated temperature of 150oC in air, or operation of the device. New electroluminescent spiro-PCPPs, poly((2,6-(3',6'-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)-spiro(4H-cyclopenta[def] phenanthrene-4,9'-[9H]fluorene)))-alt-(2,6-(4,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-4H-cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene))) (spiro-PCPP-alt-PCPP) and poly((2,6-(3',6'-bis(2-ethylhexyloxy)-spiro(4H-cyclopenta[def] phenanthrene-4,9'-[9H]fluorene)))-alt-(1,4-phenylene)) (spiro-PCPPP), have been synthesized by the Suzuki polymerization. The PL emission spectra of polymers in THF solution show a same maximum peak at 397 nm. The maximum PL emission spectra of polymers appeared at around 463 and 456 nm in solid state, respectively. The PL spectra in solid thin films show more red-shifted over 60 nm than solution conditions. The blue emissions at 400-409 nm for the π–π* transitions of conjugated polymer backbone are almost completely quenched or decreased.

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