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Chemistry World May 31, 2006 Jon Evans	Carbon Joins the Dots Carbon could soon replace cadmium as the material of choice for quantum dots, following the development of fluorescent carbon nanoparticles by scientists.
Scientific American December 5, 2005 Graham P. Collins	Cheaper Dots A new process slashes the cost of quantum dots (fluorescent nanoparticles of semiconducting material).
Reactive Reports Issue 30 David Bradley	Shedding light on quantum dots Hybridising an inorganic nanocrystal and a quantum dot lead to a quantum dot-organic light-emitting device (QD-OLED) a new kind of optoelectronic device that could lead to new types of flat panel displays to supersede liquid crystal displays in everything from mobile devices to TV sets.
Chemistry World October 13, 2011 Rachel Cooper	Beating the Counterfeiters Scientists from China have created nanoparticles with dual mode color for anti-counterfeiting ink, making it harder to imitate than current inks.
IEEE Spectrum August 2012 Prachi Patel	Quantum Dots Are Behind New Displays They make LCDs brighter and could challenge OLEDs for future TV dominance
Technology Research News September 8, 2004	Photonic Crystal Throttles Light Researchers have showed that the spacing of a photonic crystal can be used to control the timing of light emitted by a quantum dot.
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Patrick Walter	Three glowing mice Mice injected with quantum dots are helping scientists understand how nanoparticles can accumulate in the body.
Chemistry World August 2, 2006 Bea Perks	Quantum Leap for Virus Trackers Glowing quantum dots are helping researchers study how viruses infect cells, and although the fluorescent nanoparticles have only been used on plant viruses so far, the technique could prove to be invaluable for drug development.
Chemistry World June 12, 2015 Tim Wogan	New synthesis heralds low-cost quantum dots Quantum dots could become commonplace in display screens thanks to a new synthesis technique that should make them cheaper
Technology Research News January 28, 2004	Protein orders semiconductor bits Researchers working to make structures at the size-scale of molecules are tapping self-assembly techniques found in nature. Researchers have found a way to construct fairly complicated nanostructures by combining a genetically engineered form of the protein cohesin with quantum dots.
Bio-IT World February 18, 2004	Quantum Dot Thinks Big People pay good money for Quantum Dot's products -- tiny semiconductors just about 10 nanometers across. To pharmaceutical companies, medical researchers, and diagnostic labs, these "quantum dots" are more valuable than precious metals.
Industrial Physicist Feb/Mar 2003 Jennifer Oullette	Quantum dots for sale Artificial atoms illluminate biotechnology and other fields
Home Theater March 26, 2002	Next Wave: Hi-Def LCD Screens Liquid crystal displays have been around a long time, but only in the past year or so have they gotten the engineering attention they deserve -- as potentially movie-quality displays...
CIO September 1, 2002 Cormac Foster	Painting a Rosy View Philips Research has developed a fabrication process that allows them to "paint" liquid crystals on any substrate without the need to sandwich it. The resulting displays are less expensive, faster to produce, and can eventually be far larger and more flexible than current LCDs.
Chemistry World May 23, 2014 Jennifer Newton	A good hair day for glowing nanoparticles Hair contains just the right balance of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for making fluorescent nanoparticles.
Chemistry World June 11, 2009 Lewis Brindley	'Electronic glue' makes nanocrystals connect American chemists have developed an 'electronic glue' to link nanocrystals together - allowing groups of the crystals to be highly conductive.
The Motley Fool October 12, 2005 Carl Wherrett	Q-Dots No More Quantum Dot sells out to Invitrogen. Will the absence of an IPO window will push other private nanotech companies to sell now rather than go through the arduous process of a public listing?
PC Magazine May 4, 2004 Alfred Poor	What's New With Displays Our guide explains state-of-the-art display technology and looks ahead.
Chemistry World August 2010	Column: The crucible Did you hear about the McDonald's 'Shrekgate' fiasco? Colorful characters from the Shrek movies adorned drinking glasses being sold in the burger chain's US branches, but sadly the images had been painted with cadmium pigments.
Chemistry World March 6, 2015 Anisha Ratan	Phone camera checks water for arsenic UK scientists have developed a mobile phone-based system to help people avoid drinking water contaminated with arsenic.
Chemistry World February 10, 2006 Jon Evans	Medical Future for Tiny Quantum Dots U.S. researchers have crossed a milestone in biological imaging by developing quantum dots small enough to pass from the blood stream into bodily tissue.
Reactive Reports Issue 40 David Bradley	A Golden Glow A new class of quantum dots made from small clusters of gold atoms is at the heart of fluorescing "artificial atoms" that could act as biological labels and nanoscale optoelectronics.
Technology Research News January 1, 2003 Eric Smalley	Electron pairs power quantum plan Researchers from HP Laboratories and Qinetiq plc in England have mapped out a way to manipulate a pair of very cold electrons that could eventually lead to practical quantum computers made from quantum dots, or tiny specks of the type of semiconductor material used in electronics.
Popular Mechanics May 2007 Seth Fletcher	Quantum Computing: 5-Minute Know-It-All The holy grail of computing is still out of reach -- but it's getting closer.
Technology Research News September 10, 2003	Light drives electron logic Building a quantum computer is extremely difficult, and working models are at least one to two decades away. Researchers have taken the proposition a step forward by demonstrating a conditional logic gate made from a pair of electrons trapped in a quantum dot.
Chemistry World January 30, 2009 Hayley Birch	Nanocrystals Get in Shape for Catalysis New research in fine tuning the shape and size of nanoparticles could lead to important advances in catalysis.
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Sarah Adee	Scientists Start Quest for the Silicon Quantum Computer Sandia research could link silicon circuits to quantum computers.
IEEE Spectrum February 2010 Edward H. Sargent	Infrared Optoelectronics You Can Apply With a Brush Infrared quantum dots will lead to cheaper photovoltaic cells. When the fabrication of optoelectronic devices becomes almost as easy as splashing paint on a canvas, our assumptions about the high cost of high-performance optoelectronic devices will be turned on its head.
Chemistry World June 27, 2014 Patrick Walter	Simple substitution cuts solar cell toxicity A cheap chemical used to make bath salts and tofu looks to be the solution to cutting toxic cadmium from a promising type of solar cell.
Chemistry World May 27, 2011 Sean Milmo	EU bans cadmium in plastics, jewellery The EU is banning the use of cadmium, a heavy metal carcinogen, in plastics, jewellery and brazing or soldering sticks from December this year.
Technology Research News February 23, 2005	Process yields semiconductor foam Researchers from Wayne State University have made crystalline aerogels -- new semiconductor materials that are very porous, giving them very high surface areas.
Technology Research News August 11, 2004	Speck trios make secret codes Researchers have devised a way to use quantum dots -- tiny bits of semiconductor -- to print invisible secret codes onto surfaces. The method could be used to authenticate valuable documents like passports and certificates.
Technology Research News September 8, 2004 Eric Smalley	Polymer Serves up Single Photons Researchers have made a room-temperature, single-photon source using polymer molecules that could be used in quantum cryptography devices and eventually for quantum computing
Chemistry World January 5, 2012 Helen Bache	Cleaning Cadmium From Blood With the development of modern industries, heavy metal pollution in humans is on the rise, say researchers in China, who have now designed a supermagnetic nanocomposite to effectively remove one of the pollutants - cadmium ions - from blood.
Technology Research News February 23, 2005	Light writes data in electrons Researchers developed a spin memory device that writes data as electron spins using lasers, stores the electrons in quantum dots, and reads spin information by applying a voltage to the quantum dots to generate photons.