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quantum dot.

Noun
Sci-FiSettingTechnical
MEANING

A very small semiconductor structure in which confined charge carriers produce size-dependent quantum effects.

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size-dependent light emission; nanoscale semiconductor particles; a display’s color-producing material; confinement at a very small physical scale

Words that belong together

  • a quantum-dot display
  • a quantum dot emitter
  • semiconductor quantum dots

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The quantum dots emitted different colors despite sharing the same underlying material.
The engineer chose a quantum-dot emitter for the sensor’s narrow optical band.

Related words

quantum confinementsemiconductor nanocrystalemitter
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular quantum dot; plural quantum dots. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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