Upside.FM Podcast: UP051: UbiQD // making low-hazard quantum dots
Interview begins: 08:48
Debrief begins: 1:05:44
20th November 2024
Quantum Dot Technology Awarded Technical Assistance from Los Alamos National Laboratory Through New Mexico’s TRGR Initiative11th September 2024
Los Alamos-Based UbiQD is Runner Up at Japan’s CFS Open Innovation Pitch 202413th May 2024
UbiQD Secures Financial Support from State of New Mexico for Next Phase of Expansion into Advanced Energy Applications19th March 2024
UbiQD’s Quantum Dot Greenhouse Technology Wins 2024 SXSW Innovation Award and U.S. Department of Agriculture SBIR Grant18th March 2024
Los Alamos’ UbiQD recognized at South by Southwest (SXSW)12th March 2024
UbiQD takes home SXSW Innovation Award for new greenhouse technology11th March 2024
2024 SXSW Innovation Awards Winners Announced6th February 2024
A Further Look at UbiQD’s Quantum Dot Technology for Agriculture, Solar, and Beyond25th January 2024
2024 SXSW Innovation Awards Finalists Announced21st December 2023
Scenes From UbiQD’s Christmas Party At Fuller Lodge18th December 2023
Tailoring the color spectrum of sunlight to improve crop growth14th December 2023
UbiGro Aims for Innovation in How Growers Optimize Sunlight16th November 2023
UbiQD rolls out new greenhouse product, eyes bigger New Mexico manufacturing facility15th November 2023
Quantum Dot Leader Unveils UbiGro® Cover to Enhance Greenhouse Productivity6th October 2023
Nobel Prize for Quantum Dots Validates the Broad Applicability of UbiQD’s Core Technology4th October 2023
Your Guide to the Newest Nobel Prize: Quantum Dots21st September 2023
Fastest Growing Companies – Small category3rd September 2023
Injecting ‘quantum dots’ into solar panels24th August 2023
Los Alamos Based UbiQD Executes On Local Economic Development21st August 2023
Richard Eeds Show – Hunter McDaniel, UbiQD Founder and CEO16th August 2023
Partnership with public solar company largest deal yet for this Los Alamos startup15th August 2023
UbiQD Expands Collaboration with First Solar on Quantum Dot-Enhanced Solar Modules16th July 2023
Nanotechnology: Coming to a Greenhouse Near You10th July 2023
UbiQD partner with IMOD for Educational Outreach event with SPIN Girls20th June 2023
NREL Windows Research Clearly Making a Difference16th May 2023
Los Alamos-based UbiQD Recognized As Best Overall Venture At 2023 NREL Industry Growth Forum3rd May 2023
News Release: 6 Earn Top Awards at 2023 NREL Industry Growth Forum22nd April 2023
Earth Day 2023 – Igniting a Brighter Future for Our Earth28th March 2023
Undecided with Matt Ferrell: How Solar Panels Are Changing Agriculture – Agrivoltaics Revisited23rd March 2023
Best day ever for GreenTech Americas28th February 2023
Click | Hunter McDaniel | Strategizing for Corporate Partnership2nd January 2023
UbiQD 2022: Year in Review5th December 2022
NASA Funds Scale-Up of Fluorescent Greenhouse Roofing Technology30th November 2022
Luminescent solar concentrators for agrivoltaics, greenhouses5th November 2022
Transparent solar panels will soon become a window of energy and light in your home26th October 2022
Window to a Solar Future22nd September 2022
International partnership will help Los Alamos company commercialize its technology20th September 2022
UbiQD and SICPA Expand Partnership on Anti-Counterfeit Security Inks22nd August 2022
UbiQD- Leveraging quantum dots to improve crop yield & harvesting sunlight to generate electricity17th August 2022
U.S. Air Force Funds Photovoltaic Window Technology on Military Bases21st May 2022
New Mexico-based ‘quantum dot’ maker growing by leaps and bounds15th May 2022
On The Job In Los Alamos: Liseth Garay At UbiQD8th May 2022
On The Job In Los Alamos: Kimberly Carson At UbiQD28th April 2022
UbiQD and SWM International Agree to Co-Develop Next Generation Quantum Dot Interlayers for Electricity-Producing Windows12th April 2022
Albuquerque Business First honored Hunter McDaniel, Founder, and CEO of UbiQD, for its annual 40 Under 40 Awards30th March 2022
Orange is the New Green, for Greenhouses29th March 2022
Quantum Dots and Climate Change – E89 Carbotnic Podcast21st March 2022
UbiQD to develop new type of greenhouse roof with Canadian company18th February 2022
JTIP Funds Approved for UbiQD in February17th February 2022
UbiQD says its greenhouse tech can lead to increased crop growth8th February 2022
UbiQD Shares New Greenhouse Case Studies, Launches UbiGro.com AgTech Website7th February 2022
These Holiday Inn windows have a secret job17th December 2021
High-level IP attorney joins Los Alamos tech startup after three decades at Los Alamos National Laboratory1st November 2021
UbiQD Installs Quantum Dot Solar Window Pilots in Commercial Buildings6th October 2021
UbiQD on The Richard Eeds Show24th August 2021
New Grant for Photovoltaics Research Center Will Support Net Zero Push1st July 2021
SPIE: “A billion windows on quantum dots”27th January 2021
UbiQD Publishes Initial Results of a NASA-Funded Agriculture Study, Optimizing Spectral Quality for Growing Plants on Space Missions Using Quantum Dot Films24th January 2021
Journal North: ‘Tweaking sunlight’13th January 2021
LA Daily Post: Homegrown New Mexico Science And Tech Companies Including UbiQD Awarded Innovation Research Grants9th December 2020
UbiQD Announces $7M in Series A Funding to Scale Deployment of Quantum Dot Technology in Agriculture and Energy12th October 2020
HortiDaily: The Coupling of Nanotech and Luminescence to Optimize Greenhouse Light24th September 2020
Breakout Labs Spotlight Series: From Farm to Table — Quantum Dots That Do it All15th September 2020
Printed Electronics Now Q&A: Nanosys, UbiQD Bringing Quantum Dots to Agriculture7th September 2020
New Scientist: Windows Become Transparent Solar Panels with Added Nanoparticles1st September 2020
UbiQD CEO Editorial: Why Green Energy Needs an Aesthetics Revolution27th August 2020
IMID2020: Quantum Dot Luminescent Solar Concentrators: The Future of Energy20th August 2020
Los Alamos Monitor: A Summer of Innovation19th August 2020
NMEDD: August JTIP Funds Support 457 New Jobs13th August 2020
Optimizing the Aesthetics of High-Performance CIS/ZnS Quantum Dot Luminescent Solar Concentrator Windows16th July 2020
Los Alamos ScienceFest 2020: Space Veggies – How Quantum Dots Help Grow Vegetables on Earth & Space7th July 2020
Eyes on UbiQD – Los Alamos Science Fest 20204th June 2020
IEEE: Quantum Dots Shift Sunlight’s Spectrum to Speed Plant Growth20th May 2020
Fast Company: ‘Quantum dot’ tech helps grow more plants by making sunlight more powerful7th February 2020
Hello Tomorrow 2020: UbiQD Recognized as Top 7 Global Food & Agriculture Startup17th December 2019
Agritech Tomorrow: Photosynthetically Efficient Colors for Crop Growth and Biomass Accumulation2nd December 2019
NASA Awards UbiQD Second, Larger Contract to “Tailor the Solar Spectrum for Enhanced Crop Yield for Space Missions”19th November 2019
Albuquerque Journal: Harvesting of Red Light Accelerates Plant Growth5th November 2019
UbiQD Earns 2019 Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award26th September 2019
Get in my Garden Podcast: Materials of the Future to Increase Greenhouse Yields19th August 2019
MCX Material Insight: UbiQD Dots24th July 2019
Upside.FM Podcast: UP051: UbiQD // making low-hazard quantum dots23rd July 2019
UbiQD Announces Novel Quantum Dot Optical Fiber Technology That Delivers Extra Light to the Lower Canopy of Plants10th July 2019
Fiber-Coupled Luminescent Concentrators for Medical Diagnostics, Agriculture, and Telecommunications19th March 2019
UbiQD Wins 2019 SXSW Pitch Competition, Hyper-Connected Communities Category27th February 2019
UbiQD Mourns the Passing of Board Member Katharine Chartrand14th February 2019
Phys.org: Quantum Bees22nd January 2019
Catalyzing Commercialization: Quantum Dot Windows Produce Low-Cost Renewable Energy10th January 2019
Technology Validation with NREL via the Wells Fargo IN2 Program9th January 2019
UbiQD Selected as Finalist for 2019 SXSW Pitch28th November 2018
UbiQD Selected for SBIR Match27th November 2018
UbiQD Launches Its First QD Product, UbiGro Greenhouse Film31st October 2018
UbiQD Joins Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) Program7th September 2018
Evidence of Band-Edge Hole Levels Inversion in Spherical CuInS2 Quantum Dots20th August 2018
Strem and UbiQD Sign Distribution Agreement for Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots19th August 2018
NASA Contract Media Coverage13th August 2018
NASA Awards UbiQD Contract to Develop Greenhouse Films for Space Missions10th July 2018
While connecting dots – conversation with UbiQD CEO (2/2)6th July 2018
Connecting correct dots – conversation with UbiQD CEO (1/2)21st March 2018
A novel pollen-tracking method: using (UbiQD) quantum dots as pollen labels15th March 2018
Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce $750,000 Grant for Los Alamos Manufacturing Company to Continue Developing Solar Energy Window Technology12th March 2018
National Science Foundation Awards UbiQD Phase II SBIR Grant9th February 2018
How quantum dots supercharge farming, medicine and solar, too30th January 2018
High-Performance CuInS2 Quantum Dot Laminated Glass Luminescent Solar Concentrators for Windows24th January 2018
The Dawn of Solar Windows14th January 2018
Double-Paned Solar Windows Crank Up Efficiency27th November 2017
UbiQD And Descartes Labs Announce Expansions19th October 2017
Deal of the Week: NM startup lands a key investment from major Silicon Valley name16th October 2017
Growing Quantum Dot Manufacturer, UbiQD, Named Breakout Labs Portfolio Company7th September 2017
Novel Light Emission Mechanisms in UbiQD Dots14th August 2017
New Mexico company licenses innovative solar panel technology from two Washington universities9th August 2017
3 New Mexicans to know who are behind budding startups7th August 2017
Tech company [plans to] buy building in Los Alamos3rd August 2017
Northern NM startup gets loan to buy building2nd August 2017
Dr. Hunter McDaniel from UbiQD, Founder and CEO – New Mexico Career Profile31st July 2017
Los Alamos company’s innovation ignites prospect of energy-gathering windows29th July 2017
Council Approves $325,000 LEDA Loan For UbiQD13th July 2017
UbiQD Promotes Los Alamos ScienceFest on KRSN29th June 2017
Los Alamos startup hires trio of science, business experts, continues to grow staff28th June 2017
UbiQD Welcomes Three New Employees to its New Mexico-Based Team14th June 2017
Spectro-electrochemical Probing of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Processes in Exciton Recombination in I–III–VI2 Nanocrystals1st June 2017
UbiQD Headlines Los Alamos County Economic Development Report28th April 2017
Trio of NM startups working with national labs to advance next-generation technologies21st April 2017
Phase-Transfer Ligand Exchange of Lead Chalcogenide Quantum Dots for Direct Deposition of Thick, Highly Conductive Films10th April 2017
UbiQD Announces Record Efficiency from its Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots30th March 2017
Tech CEOs reflect on soon-to-close Tech Ventures Corp.6th March 2017
One Company’s Dream: To Power the Cities of the Future3rd March 2017
Quantum Dot Thin-Films as Rugged, High-Performance Photocathodes19th January 2017
New Mexico Business Subsidies For Job Training Top $5.5 Million In 4th Quarter, 201618th January 2017
Quantum Dots Forum: Exclusive Interview With Founder Of UbiQD11th January 2017
U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New Mexico10th January 2017
Lumileds, UbiQD and More to Headline at the 2017 Quantum Dots Forum21st November 2016
UbiQD will Present at the 2017 Quantum Dots Forum15th November 2016
Five Los Alamos Innovations Win R&D 100 Awards10th October 2016
Doctor-blade deposition of quantum dots onto standard window glass for low-loss large-area luminescent solar concentrators11th September 2016
Los Alamos Dots – KOAT729th August 2016
UbiQD on KRSN 1490 AM25th August 2016
Sandia, Los Alamos Labs Land 18 Finalists for R&D 100 awards24th August 2016
Garcia Richard Visits with Tech Transfer Companies8th August 2016
Two NM Companies Pickup Funding in DOE Clean Energy Pilot Program3rd August 2016
UbiQD Technology Could “Change World”2nd August 2016
Udall, Heinrich, Luján Announce $225,000 Grant For Los Alamos Manufacturing Company To Develop Solar Energy Technology1st August 2016
UbiQD Wins Grant to Turn Windows into Solar Generators31st July 2016
Scenes From UbiQD Grand Opening In Los Alamos And An Inside Look At The New Facility7th July 2016
UbiQD Awarded U.S. Patent22nd June 2016
NSF SBIR Phase I: Luminescent Solar Concentrating Glass Window Quantum Dot Coatings9th May 2016
ACS Photonics – Quality Factor of Luminescent Solar Concentrators and Practical Concentration Limits Attainable with Semiconductor Quantum Dots27th April 2016
NPR: New Mexico’s Ski Lift Pitch Matches Entrepreneurs With Investors3rd March 2016
UbiQD wins ABQid Ski Lift Pitch Contest18th February 2016
UbiQD’s McDaniel Briefs Kiwanis on His New Business17th February 2016
Albuquerque Business First – These entrepreneurs will make their pitch on a Taos ski lift26th January 2016
ACS Nano – Size-Dependent Exciton Formation Dynamics in Colloidal Silicon QDs25th January 2016
Department of Energy – UbiQD Awarded SBIR Grant SSL Technology (FY16 PHASE I RELEASE 1)26th November 2015
Udall Introduces Updated Bill To Expand DOE Tech Transfer, Build NM’s Economy19th November 2015
Los Alamos Technology Gains National Backing17th November 2015
UbiQD Named Top High-Growth Company and Job Creator in Northern NM, Closes Round of Financing5th October 2015
Top 10 Quantum Dot Companies in 2015, UbiQD named #727th August 2015
New Materials News – UbiQD President: We’re looking for partner to bring QD photovoltaic windows to market24th August 2015
Nature Nanotechnology – Highly Efficient Large-Area Colourless Luminescent SolarConcentrators Using Heavy-Metal-Free QDs7th July 2015
Santa Fe Scene – Naked Business: Scientist 2 Startup18th June 2015
Santa Fe Scene – Postdoc Metamorphosis21st May 2015
KVSF 101.5 The Voice of Santa Fe – Podcast of Dr. Hunter McDaniel on the Robert Eeds Radio Show19th May 2015
New Materials News – Cd-based QD tech should stay legal until truly non-toxic solution found, says UbiQD President18th May 2015
UbiQD Raises Funds, Finalizes Licensing12th May 2015
Los Alamos Daily Post – Quantum Dot Startup Takes Another Quantum Leap11th May 2015
UbiQD Licenses Technology Developed at MIT and LANL4th May 2015
Venture Acceleration Fund Invests in UbiQD3rd February 2015
New Mexico Consortium Supports Quantum Dot Start-Up22nd January 2015
Tuning Carrier Mobilities and Polarity of Charge Transport in Films of CuInSexS2–x Quantum Dots17th December 2014
KVSF 101.5 The Voice of Santa Fe – Back in the Black: Getting Beyond the Hard Times20th October 2014
Albuquerque Journal – Marketable Technologies Abundant in New Mexico29th September 2014
TEDxLANL – Quantum Dots and the Importance of Thinking Small12th September 2014
Los Alamos Daily Post – LACDC’s LAVA 2014 Elevator Pitch Winners Announced at LANL Feynman Awards18th August 2014
Albuquerque Journal – 10 Startups Present at Venture Summit
Interview begins: 08:48
Debrief begins: 1:05:44