quantum dot

nano-scale semiconductor particle subject to quantum effects
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quantum dot

Summary

quantum dot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (766 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • quantum dot is credited with the discovery of Alexey Ekimov[2].
  • quantum dot is credited with the discovery of Louis E. Brus[3].
  • quantum dot is credited with the discovery of Alexander Efros[4].
  • quantum dot's image is recorded as QD S.jpg[5].
  • quantum dot's image is recorded as Colloidal nanoparticle of lead sulfide (selenide) with complete passivation.png[6].
  • quantum dot's GND ID is recorded as 4263396-5[7].
  • quantum dot's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh98002716[8].
  • quantum dot's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13572932g[9].
  • quantum dot's subclass of is recorded as semiconductor[10].
  • quantum dot's subclass of is recorded as nanomaterial[11].
  • quantum dot's Commons category is recorded as Quantum dots[12].
  • quantum dot's opposite of is recorded as quantum antidot[13].
  • quantum dot's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D045663[14].
  • quantum dot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02k2vg[15].
  • quantum dot's MeSH tree code is recorded as E07.705[16].
  • quantum dot's MeSH tree code is recorded as J01.637.512.600.650[17].
  • quantum dot's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph615513[18].
  • quantum dot's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quantum dots[19].
  • quantum dot's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/quantum-dot[20].
  • quantum dot's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://quantumcomputing.stackexchange.com/tags/quantum-dots[21].
  • quantum dot's NALT ID is recorded as 138026[22].
  • quantum dot's FAST ID is recorded as 1085097[23].
  • quantum dot's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1720848[24].
  • quantum dot's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1258084[25].
  • quantum dot's Mathematics Subject Classification ID is recorded as 81V65[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Alexey Ekimov[2], a physicist[27], b. 1945[28], of Soviet Union[29], awarded the R. W. Wood Prize[30], specialised in solid-state physics[31]; Louis E. Brus[3], a chemist[32], 1943–2026[33], of United States[34], awarded the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience[35], specialised in physical chemistry[36]; and Alexander Efros[4], a physicist[37], b. 1950[38], of Russia[39], awarded the R. W. Wood Prize[40], specialised in semiconductor physics[41].

Why It Matters

quantum dot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (766 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

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  23. [24] . WikiUMLS: Aligning UMLS to Wikipedia via Cross-lingual Neural Ranking. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  15. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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