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Efficiently Producing Quantum Dots

Posted by kdawson on from the dots-i'll-give-you-dots dept.

generica1 writes "The Edmonton Journal is reporting on the University of Alberta's National Institute for Nanotechnology's recent invention of a new method to produce quantum dots — what are currently the world's smallest quantum dots, possibly allowing for startling increases in the efficiency of semiconductor-based equipment. 'Roughly speaking, we predict there could be a 1,000-time reduction in power consumption with electronic computers built in this new way,' said Robert Wolkow, a physicist at the University of Alberta and leader of the team behind the breakthrough. Read the article for a description of the wave-like phenomenon employed by Wolkow's team to accomplish a vastly lower power consumption during the transfer of electrons."

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  1. Re:Read the original article, not this BS by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "As usual, this is self-publicity disguised as news."

    Thanks for the link. One question, self-publicity for whom - the papers author is probably shaking his punny fist when he reads some of the news reports. "World's premiere physics journal" is the author's way of saying "the only one I know".

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    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
  2. Re:Read the original article, not this BS by kprsa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They also claim that Physical Review Letters, is considered the world's premier physics journal. By whom? It was 12th in the ranking in 2007.

    By most of the physicist I know. Publishing in higher ranked journals like Nature Physics etc. usually is good news, but good research in physics is typically awarded by a PRL paper. Actually, the existence of a one main authorship in PRL is a criterion of quality of a PhD study in my lab. Cheers, K

  3. Video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Hi,

    I'm from the group that did this work. We produced a video demonstrating a potential scheme for using this type of quantum dot.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgqqP7yPdUQ [youtube.com]