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Infrared detectors made from quantum dots—a keener eye for the invisible

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Empa researchers are working on miniaturized IR detectors made of quantum dots.

Colloidal quantum dots can be applied to different materials by means of spin coating or printing.

They are cheaper, more energy-efficient and more flexible than conventional semiconductors.

One possible application of this technology would be smart textiles.

Their task now is to make this promising technology even faster, cost-effective, more flexible and more sustainable. More information: Gökhan Kara et al, Scaling of Hybrid QDs-Graphene Photodetectors to Subwavelength Dimensions, ACS Photonics ( 2024 ). DOI: 10.1021 /acsphotonics.3c01759 Provided by Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyThis story was originally published on Phys.org . Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates..

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