Welcome to the Track the Twin doctoral network website. We are a consortium of scientists passionate about quantum dots. Spread out across Europe, we combine a wide set of expertise to tackle persistent issues in quantum dot stability.
Our aim is to reveal modes of failure of quantum dots on three key applications: luminescent solar concentrators, downconverting LEDs and optically pumped lasers. We regroup experts in quantum dot synthesis, electron microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, neutron scattering, single quantum dot spectroscopy, ultrafast spectroscopy, ultrafast electron diffraction, machine learned force fields and density functional theory. We will use our combined insight to generate a quantum dot digital twin and realize ageing-resilient QDs.
We are part of a Horizon Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network aiming to provide 15 doctoral candidates with the skillset to face current and future challenges in materials sciences, energy and sustainability.
Follow our social media account and keep up with our website for more information on our progress, events and discoveries! (Bluesky: @trackthetwinqd.bsky.social, X: @TracktheTwinQD, LinkedIn
News and Events
Inaugural Track the Twin workshop in Ghent
Inaugural Track the Twin workshop in Ghent. We overviewed basics of QDs, and the applications the consortium will be pursuing. More importantly this was an occasion to meet our fellow members of the consortium. We had the opportunity to meet 8 doctoral candidates and to discuss how we will all work together to solve our scientific goals. Doctoral candidates Aishwarya and Eder ran a very insightful hands-on session overviewing the basics of QD synthesis. A big thanks to UGhent student Jennie Bai for helping out.
Many thanks to Professor David Norris (ETH Zurich) and Professor Iwan Moreels (Ghent University) for their insightful presentations and we are very thankful to Dr Sarah Haas for leading an insightful discussion on collaborative research.
The consortium will meet again in person in July 2025!!!
