About
QDIR (Quantum Dot Infrared) is a Chicago-based quantum imaging startup incorporated in 2020 by Matthew Ackerman and Professor Philippe Guyot-Sionnest of the University of Chicago. The company builds infrared imaging arrays from silicon microchips coated with mercury telluride quantum dots, producing infrared detectors and cameras that combine high performance with low cost. Its quantum dot nanomaterial technology supports short-wave infrared imaging at significantly lower cost than traditional infrared detectors. In June 2020, QDIR joined Cohort 4 of Chain Reaction Innovations at Argonne National Laboratory, a two-year entrepreneurship program for early-stage quantum and energy technologies. The company's colloidal quantum dot image sensors target defense, industrial inspection, autonomous vehicles, medical imaging, and scientific research, areas where infrared imaging matters but conventional technologies are too expensive.
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