quantum dot

English

Noun

quantum dot (plural quantum dots)

1. (nanotechnology, quantum mechanics) A fluorescent nanoparticle of semiconducting material.

   Synonym: QD (initialism)

   • 2011 June 18, “Dotting the eyes”, in The Economist‎:

     A quantum dot is a semiconductor crystal a few nanometres (billionths of a metre) across – about 50 atoms wide, in other words.

   • 2016 May 6, Joanna Klein, “How a Mysterious Bacteria Almost Gave You a Better TV”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     There was talk that Apple would release an iMac with a quantum dot screen last year. But then the company switched course, declaring that the existing process for making these little crystals was too toxic to the environment.

Translations

fluorescent nanoparticle

Bulgarian: квантова точка (kvantova točka) Chinese: Cantonese: 量子點 / 量子点 Danish: kvanteø French: point quantique (fr) Georgian: კვანტური წერტილი (ḳvanṭuri c̣erṭili) German: Quantenpunkt (de) m Hebrew: נקודה קוונטית Italian: punto quantistico m Japanese: 量子ドット (ryōshi-dotto) Korean: 양자점 (yangjajeom) Polish: kropka kwantowa Portuguese: ponto quântico m Romanian: nanocristal Russian: ква́нтовая то́чка f (kvántovaja tóčka) Spanish: punto cuántico Tagalog: damuing tuldok Ukrainian: квантова точка (kvantova točka)

Further reading

• quantum dot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mutton quad