Despite these improvements in nanomaterial synthesis, however, batch heterogeneities persist. “Nanomaterials that rely on reduction, nucleation and growth are sensitive to seemingly every kinetic variable (temperature, solvent, impurities, glassware etc),” observed Lau and his co-authors in the NanoEHS paper. “Hence, the observed physicochemical properties can arise from a single nanoparticle population rather than the average population.” For advocates of cleaner, greener nanotechnology, that presents a quandary. How do you safeguard against potential harm from materials if you can’t even be sure what they are?


On reading the last article its clear QMC has developed a key advantage to its competitors in synthesizing quantum dots and other nanoparticles.