quantum dot

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quantum dot - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  quantum dot
  single-electron transistor
  
     <physics> (Or "single-electron transistor") A location capable
     of containing a single electrical charge; i.e., a single
     electron of Coulomb charge.  Physically, quantum dots are
     nanometer-size semiconductor structures in which the
     presence or absence of a quantum electron can be used to store
     information.
  
     See also: quantum cell, quantum cell wire, quantum-dot cellular automata
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     (http://www-mtl.mit.edu/MTL/bulletin/v6n2/Kumar.html).
  
     ["Quantum Dot Heterostructures", D. Bimberg, et al, John
     Wiley & Sons Ltd., Dec 1998].
  
     (2001-07-17)