Patent ID: 7692180

Claim:
A device for producing quantum effects, comprising a material fashioned into a thin, flexible film capable of being woven and/or interlaced with a plurality of such films; a plurality of quantum dots, physically connected with the material; plurality of control paths physically connected with the material, wherein each of the plurality of control paths is operatively coupled with a respective one of the plurality of quantum dots and the plurality of control paths is adapted to carry energy from an energy source to the plurality of quantum dots; and a plurality of charge carriers capable of being confined within the plurality of quantum dots to form a respective plurality of artificial atoms; wherein the energy is adapted to cause an electric potential across each quantum dot of the plurality of quantum dots to thereby confine a respective subset of the plurality of charge carriers in a controlled configuration within each quantum dot to form a respective one of the plurality of artificial atoms; wherein the energy determines the size, shape, atomic number, and/or energy level of each artificial atom of the respective plurality of artificial atoms confined in each respective quantum dot; and wherein the plurality of artificial atoms alter the electrical, optical, thermal, magnetic, mechanical, and/or chemical properties of the material.