New Nanocrystals Show Potential For Cheap Lasers, New Lighting
Sunday, May 10, 2009 - 15:35
in Physics & Chemistry
For more than a decade, scientists have been frustrated in their attempts to create continuously emitting light sources from individual molecules because of an optical quirk called "blinking," but now scientists have uncovered the basic physics behind the phenomenon and created a nanocrystal that constantly emits light.