Nanoco Technologies Limited

The possibilities of infrared imaging in allowing us to see what's invisible to the naked eye are far-reaching, with applications in the consumer, industrial and defence sectors. Quantum dots (QDs), nanoparticles around 1/1000th the width of a human hair, are set to revolutionise the image sensing industry in the coming years, enabling increased efficienc...

Quantum dots (QDs) are excellent platforms for quantum technologies applications. While other types of QDs are already in use for building quantum devices, colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are exciting alternatives. CQDs demonstrate many of the same desirable quantum mechanical properties as other QD types, but also allow qubit positioning with nanoscale pre...

Simple, fast and reliable methods for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen that causes Covid-19 in humans are still badly needed to reduce the spread of the pandemic and mitigate its impact on health care systems and on the overall socioeconomic status. Current methods are either complicated and expensive as in the case of PCR; or non reliable and in...

There remains an unmet need for patients, health providers and payers to enable precise and simple diagnosis of suspicious skin lesions. In this project we plan to exploit functionalized Vivodots(tm) nanoparticles, a safe and biocompatible type of quantum dots, to develop a non or minimally invasive and office-based procedure for the screening and diagnos...

A cancer imaging and therapeutic nano-device will be developed to enable better detection and treatment of lethal types of tumours, particularly pancreatic tumours. The design will be based on the use of biocompatible and fluorescent quantum dot nanoparticles (QDs) equipped with specific cancer targeting molecules. The proposed nano-device will enable mor...

The market for photovoltaic (PV) modules has grown at 35 % p.a. compound over the past 15 years and will exceed 40 GW in 2014. The drivers behind this extraordinary growth include the rising cost of fossil fuels, concerns over security of energy supplies and worries over climate change. Governments agencies world wide, including the DECC in the UK, are en...

Quantum dots (QDs) are fluorescent nanoparticles with unique optical properties which have stimulated wide interest in their use for biomedical diagnostic applications. In this project we will investigate QDs for cancer diagnostics using fluorescence imaging. Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) mapping is a key technique in cancer therapy (e.g. breast), since ident...

Nanoco is the sole UK manufacturer and supplier of state of the art quantum dots (QDs), tiny semiconductor crystals only a few nanometers in size. QDs exhibit unusual and interesting energy efficient properties that are exciting commercially in many fast growing markets including electroluminescent displays, solid state lighting, solar cells, biotechnolog...

Nanoco is the sole UK manufacturer and supplier of state of the art quantum dots (QDs), tiny semiconductor crystals only a few nanometers in size. QDs exhibit unusual and interesting energy efficient properties that are exciting commercially in many fast growing markets including electroluminescent displays, solid state lighting, solar cells, biotechnolog...

Water soluble fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals “quantum dots (QDs)” have been successfully used as tagging agents in biomedical applications. Compared with organic fluorophores, QDs have superior properties that make them excellent tools for addressing challenging biomedical applications that organic dyes and radio isotopes fall short of. However, c...

To develop alternative, more efficient commercially viable routes to heavy metal-free quantum dot synthesis allowing the exploitation of developing markets in the electronics industry.