Victoria Martinez, Canadian Light Source08.21.20
There are many things quantum dots could do, but the most obvious place they could change our lives is to make the colors on our TVs and screens more pristine.
Research using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan is helping to bring this technology closer to our living rooms.
Quantum dots are nanocrystals that glow, a property that scientists have been working with to develop next-generation LEDs.
When a quantum dot glows, it creates very pure light in a precise wavelength of red, blue, or green. Conventional LEDs, found in our TV screens today, produce white light that is filtered to achieve desired colors, a process that leads to less bright and muddier colors.
Until now, blue-glowing quantum dots, which are crucial for creating a full range of color, have proved particularly challenging for researchers to develop. However, the University of Toronto (U of T) researcher Dr. Yitong Dong and collaborators
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