Biomanufacturing of CdS Quantum Dots (IMAGE)

Lehigh University

Biomanufacturing of CdS Quantum Dots

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Using an engineered strain of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia to control particle size, Lehigh researchers biosynthesized quantum dots using bacteria and cadmium sulfide to provide a route to low-cost, scalable and green synthesis of CdS nanocrystals with extrinsic crystallite size control in the quantum confinement range. The result is CdS semiconductor nanocrystals with associated size-dependent band gap and photoluminescent properties.

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Linda Nye for Lehigh University

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