Fluorescent Quantum Dots (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

Fluorescent Quantum Dots

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A University of Delaware research team aims to to change the color of light, by developing new nanostructures that act like a ratchet -- combining the energy of two red photons of light into a single blue photon, which has higher energy. Such an advance could improve solar cell efficiency to chemotherapy treatments.

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Evan Krape/University of Delaware

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