For the longest while, scientists have been flummoxed by the incessant coruscating emitted by individual molecules; no matter their methods, they could never quite seem to overcome a troubling optical quirk known sensibly as "blinking." Thanks to a brilliant crew at the University of Rochester, however, we now understand the basic physics behind the phenomenon, and together with a team from Eastman Kodak, a nanocrystal has been created that can constantly emit light. In theory, the discovery could lead to "dramatically less expensive and more versatile
lasers, brighter LED lighting, and biological markers that track how a drug interacts with a cell at a level never before possible." Indeed, one could envision that future displays could be crafted by painting a grid of differently sized nanocrystals onto a flat surface, making even OLED TVs look chubby in comparison. Now, if only we had a good feeling that such a device was destined for a CES in our lifetime...
posted May 11th 2009 8:02AM
Dude. That is SO getting old.
So does this mean one day our TV will be paper thin?
ahhh but is it as thin as wafer thin ham?
They look like Swine Flu discoballs.
Will this keep Boeing in business then?
living today rocks
at least i'll hab time to save... i want one of these grafted onto my skin lol
yeah but can they display 3d imagery like my iz3d does?
I'm an Optics Major at UR! Hotness. I love it when we get a mention. w00t.
Lol I graduated from UR in 99 and a few friends of mind did optics back then... w00t UR.
Lasers from my fingers plz.
pew pew pew
When will the first generic product doused in Swarovski Nano-Crystals™ emerge?
the first sentence of this post should earn a world record for "most big words in a sentence"