Quantum Dots 101: How to Make a Lightbulb That is a Million Times Smaller Than an Ant

Science Straight Up
01/07/2023 23 min Temporada 4 Episodio 4
Quantum Dots 101: How to Make a Lightbulb That is a Million Times Smaller Than an Ant

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Quantum Dots are marvelous little crystalline structures that work as electrical semiconductors and emit light.  But that's not all they do.  Dr. Jennifer Hollingsworth of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, talked about the many potential applications of these tiny wonders.  Veteran broadcast journalists Judy Muller and George Lewis moderated the talk with Dr. Hollingsworth. 

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