BCMaterials Participates in a State-of-the-art Review Published by Nature on Colloidal Quantum Dots

BCMaterials, through its Ikerbasque Research Professor Ivan Infante, participated in a review article published by Nature on colloidal quatum dots (QD) for optoelectronics. This work gathers QD fabrication methods with a focus on the applications of QDs in printed optoelectronics and quantum optics.

This important paper is a joint effort from important research universities and research centers from the United States (Northwestern and Columbia universities), Canada (University of Toronto), Netherlands (Delft University of Technology), Belgium (Ghent and Antwerp Universities) and Switzerland (IBM Research Europe), besides BCMaterials.

The authors outline the current state-of-the-art QD syntheses, and discuss the experimental and computational analysis of QDs. These topics are then connected to the methodologies, processes and concepts required for developing QD-based photodetectors, light-emitting devices and quantum optics applications. Special attention is paid to challenges in reproducibility and current limitations of the field, such as the need to balance non-restricted material composition with high performing technology while achieving long-term stability in QD devices under operating conditions. Finally, the ongoing advancement in QD synthesis, precise atomic-level analysis and computational methodologies are highlighted as key drivers towards rational QD design, particularly in understanding how structural changes under loading impact QD properties.

BCMaterials work on colloidal quantum dots is focused in computational analysis.  This research materializes in projects such as the Track The Twin MSCA doctoral network, where computational materials science is a technique used for improving QD resilience against load-induced aging and performance degradation. Track the Twin commits to the development of digital twins that facilitate in-depth and cost-effective research.

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s43586-025-00413-y