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AssigneesMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Hewlett-Packard Company
InventorsMoungi G. Bawendi, Jason Heine, Klavs F. Jensen, Jeffrey N. Miller, Ronald L. Moon
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An electronic device comprising a population of quantum dots embedded in a host matrix and a primary light source which causes the dots to emit secondary light of a selected color, and a method of making such a device. The size distribution of the quantum dots is chosen to allow light of a particular color to be emitted therefrom. The light emitted from the device may be of either a pure (monochromatic) color, or a mixed (polychromatic) color, and may consist solely of light emitted from the dots themselves, or of a mixture of light emitted from the dots and light emitted from the primary source. The dots desirably are composed of an undoped semiconductor such as CdSe, and may optionally be overcoated to increase photoluminescence.
An electronic device comprising:
A quantum dot colloid, comprising a population of quantum dots dispersed in a nonconductive host matrix, each quantum dot having a substantially uniform surface energy, wherein the dots are of a size distribution, composition, or a combination thereof, selected to photoluminesce light of a spectral distribution of wavelengths characteristic of a selected color when the host matrix is irradiated with light from a primary source whose wavelength is shorter than the longest wavelength of said spectral distribution.
A method of producing light of a selected color, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.