Assembly Lines: Researchers Use Quantum Dots For Lighting
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—In a different approach to creating white light, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed the first white light-emitting device using quantum dots. In the future, the use of quantum dots as light-emitting phosphors may represent a major application of nanotechnology.
“Understanding the physics of luminescence at the nanoscale and applying this knowledge to develop quantum dot-based light sources is the focus of this work,” says Lauren Rohwer, principal investigator. “Highly efficient, low-cost quantum dot-based lighting would represent a revolution in lighting technology through nanoscience.”