Nanoparticles Enhance Light Sensitivity in Eyeless Animals (3 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Nanoparticles Enhance Light Sensitivity in Eyeless Animals (3 of 4)

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In vivo fluorescence imaging of an H. vulgaris polyp treated with P3HT nanoparticles. On the right the same animal is shown in a bright field. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 25, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by C. Tortiglione at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Milano, Italy, and colleagues was titled, 'Semiconducting polymers are light nanotransducers in eyeless animals.'

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[Credit: Claudia Tortiglione]

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