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Firefly Bioluminescence Could Inform New LEDs

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SYRACUSE, N.Y., June 20, 2012 — Nanoscience is being used to exploit the natural light produced by fireflies in the hope of producing lights that glow without batteries or electricity. “Firefly light is one of nature’s best examples of bioluminescence,” said Mathew Maye, an assistant professor of chemistry at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. “We’ve found a new way to harness biology for nonbiological applications by manipulating the interface between the biological and nonbiological components.” Produced in Maye’s laboratory, the custom quantum...Read full article

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    Published: June 2012
    Glossary
    bioluminescence
    Heatless light emissions from living organisms caused by the combination of oxygen and pigments such as luciferin.
    cadmium sulfide
    An inorganic compound, yellow to orange in color, that fluoresces strongly enough when bombarded by a high-current-density electron beam to be used as a high-intensity light source.
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
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