consumer electronics displays quantum dots founded 2001 2001 founder larry bock headquarters nanosys 233 s. hillview dr milpitas california u.s. area served worldwide key people jason hartlove president and ceo products products list qdef quantum dot enhancement film quantumrail number of employees 120 website www.nanosysinc.com nanosys is a nanotechnology company located in milpitas california founded in 2001 . 1 nanosys designs products for lcds based on quantum dots . contents 1 products 1.1 quantum dot enhancement film qdef 1.2 quantumrail 2 awards 3 founders funding and patents 4 references 5 external links products edit quantum dot enhancement film qdef edit nanosys quantum dot enhancement film or qdef is an optical film component for led driven lcds . each sheet of qdef contains trillions of tiny quantum dot phosphors . qdef enables lcds to be brighter and more colorful by providing a high quality tri color white light from a standard blue led light source . larger than a water molecule but smaller than a virus these tiny phosphors convert blue light from a standard gallium nitride gan led into different wavelengths based upon their size . larger dots emit longer wavelengths red while smaller dots emit shorter wavelengths green . blending together a mix of dot colors allows nanosys to precisely engineer a new spectrum of light to customer specifications . 2 the quantum dots are tuned to create better color by changing their size during fabrication to emit light at just the right wavelengths . traditional light emitting materials such as crystal phosphors have a broad fixed spectrum . quantum dots can convert light to nearly any color in the visible spectrum giving display designers the ability to tune and match the spectrum more accurately to color filters while improving energy efficiency . designed to replace the functionality of a diffuser sheet while actively converting color qdef can be added to an lcd s film stack with little change in overall thickness or manufacturing process fig 1 . qdef was announced on may 17 2011 at the society for information display sid display week tradeshow . 3 4 it has been adopted in products such as the amazon kindle fire hdx 7 2013 5 and the asus zenbook nx 500 2014 . 6 at the consumer electronics show 2015 it became known that nanosys has licensed samsung electronics as well as 3m to manufacture qdef products . qdefs from 3m are used by chinese led backlit lcd tv manufacturers hisense uled tv and changhong qled tv tv sets . 7 fig 1 exploded diagram showing qdef integration into a standard lcd quantumrail edit announced just after ces in january 2010 as part of a commercial agreement with korean consumer electronics manufacturer and lg subsidiary lg innotek 8 9 the quantum rail is a glass capillary optical component containing red and green quantum dots that is inserted between the leds and the lightguide panel lgp of an led lcd in manufacturing to improve color gamut . fig 2 quantumrail led lcd implementation diagram awards edit society for information display best in show award 2014 quantum dot enhancement film qdef high dynamic range wide color gamut demo with dolby 10 society for information display best in show 2014 small booth category 11 society for information display gold component of the year award 2012 quantum dot enhancement film qdef 12 society for information display best in show 2011 small booth category 13 silicon valley business journal emerging technology awards winner life sciences 14 wall street journal 2010 technology innovation awards runner up semiconductors 15 founders funding and patents edit nanosys was founded by larry bock charles lieber and paul alivisatos . they were subsequently joined by steve empedocles wally parce and calvin chow . major funders of the company include venrock associates samsung arch venture partners intel el dorado ventures polaris venture partners prospect ventures harris & harris group lux capital kodak and wasatch advisors . 16 nanosys has developed a significant quantum dot patent portfolio with over 200 issued and pending patents worldwide . 1 these patents cover the fundamentals of quantum dot construction as well as component and manufacturing designs . this portfolio is the result of collaborations between nanosys and universities such as massachusetts institute of technology mit lawrence berkeley national laboratory and hebrew university as well as industry collaborations with companies including philips lumileds and life technologies . 1 references edit a b c nanosys who we are . retrieved july 14 2011 . the economist dotting the eyes how tiny crystals can improve picture quality . june 16 2011 . retrieved july 14 2011 . nanosys unlocks full color lcd viewing experience with nanotechnology announcing qdef . may 17 2010 . retrieved july 14 2011 . fastcompany new gadget mantra the screen s the thing . may 18 2010 . retrieved july 14 2011 . kindle fire incredibly innovative first tablet display to use super high tech quantum dots . displaymate.com . retrieved 2014 06 10 . asus adopts 3m color enhancing technology for asus zenbook nx500 notebook pc check url value help . nanosys.com . retrieved 2014 06 10 . tekla perry ces 2015 placing the bets on the new tv technologies . ieee spectrum january 7 2015 . retrieved january 12 2015 nanosys completes commercial agreement with lgit for its quantum rail lighting products . january 21 2010 . retrieved july 14 2011 . nanosys and lg innotek agree deal for newfangled led backlit displays . january 22 2010 . retrieved july 14 2011 . nanosys qdef wins display component of the year at sid nanosys . nanosysinc.com . retrieved on 2014 06 10 . sid awards page . june 10 2014 . retrieved june 10 2014 . nanosys qdef wins display component of the year at sid nanosys . nanosysinc.com . retrieved on 2013 09 05 . sid award announcement press release . may 18 2011 . retrieved july 14 2011 . duan mary december 3 2010 . blood clotting technology could be lifesaver . retrieved july 14 2011 . leger john m. september 27 2010 . wsj tech innovation awards . the wall street journal . retrieved july 14 2011 . nanosys closes second round of series e financing on path to commercialize architected materials for lcd and battery markets . october 26 2010 . retrieved july 14 2011 . external links edit video robert scoble discusses nanosys display technology with ceo jason hartlove retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nanosys & oldid 724535423 categories nanotechnology institutionsmanufacturing companies based in californiananotechnology companiescompanies based in palo alto californiahidden categories pages with url errors navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity 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