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Quantum Dots

Quantum dots (QD) are semiconductor nanocrystals which exhibit quantum mechanical
behavior. The interesting electronic properties of quantum dots arise from the specific size
of their energy band gaps.

Biological and chemical applications

Quantum dots are also finding important medical applications, for example potential cancer
treatments, intracellular processes, tumor targeting, diagnostics and cellular imaging at high
resolutions.

Also used in photodetectors, photovoltaics and light emitting diodes.

How Quantum dots help to treat potential cancers?

Dots can be designed so they accumulate in particular parts of the body and then deliver
anti-cancer drugs bound to them.

What are the advantages of this?

Their big advantage is that they can be targeted at single organs, such as the liver, much
more precisely than conventional drugs, so reducing the unpleasant side effects that are
characteristic of untargeted, traditional chemotherapy.

What are the other purposes?

Quantum dots are also being used in place of organic dyes in biological research; for
example, they can be used like nanoscopic light bulbs to light up and color specific cells that
need to be studied under a microscope. They're also being tested as sensors for chemical
and biological warfare agents such as anthrax. Unlike organic dyes, which operate over a
limited range of colors and degrade relatively quickly, quantum dyes are very bright, can be
made to produce any color of visible light, and theoretically last indefinitely (they are said to
be photostable).

https://www.explainthatstuff.com/quantum-dots.html
https://www.azoquantum.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=31

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