Quantum dots, often denoted artificial atoms, are the exquisite tools by which quantum behavior can be probed on a scale appreciably larger than the atomic scale, that is on the nanometer scale.

• 量小圆点， 经常指示的人造原子，是量行为可以被可观对一个规模检查得比原子规模大的精致的工具， 那在纳米规模上。