NanoMaterialsand

Quantum Dots

Faissal and Francis

Who is Faissal?

• Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering• Likes:

– Light (I had cool textbooks)– Materials (I liked the packaging on my potato

chips)

• Research Interests:– Optical Limiting, and Electro-Optic Property

Changes– Solar Cells

Who is Francis?

• Undergraduate Student, Electrical Engineering

What Nanomaterials Can Do?

• Imagine a cell phonethat can project onto walls

• A photochromatic/transition lensthat changes color instantly

• Nightvision goggles thatwork better(http://www.azonano.com)

What You Can Do With Nanomaterials?

• Make smaller, more powerful,lasers, and light emitters

• Make materials that changetheir behavior very quickly

• Make detectors that arevery sensitive

Why Do We Need Nanomaterials?

• Faster, more sensitive, more efficient, higher speeds, lower power consumption, and ability to operate in a greater range of temperatures.

What Are Nanomaterials?

• QW QR QD

How do Nanomaterials Work?

• Electrons are confined in a potential well

What is the Physics and Chemistry?

• Bohr Model

• Pauli

• Band Structure

How Did I Get Interested In Nanomaterials?

• Half-Life

• Alpha Centauri

• Deus Ex