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Quantum Dots Give LCD Makers the Edge

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They’re tiny inorganic semiconductor particles 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Yet, because of the unique combination of efficiency and narrow emission profiles, quantum dots are having an outsize impact on the consumer display market, posing a formidable rival to OLED technology. Unlike other down-converting materials, such as phosphors, quantum dots have a unique capacity to efficiently absorb high-energy blue light and re-emit that light at longer wavelengths, such as green and red. In quantum dot-enabled displays — marketed as QLED technology...Read full article

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    quantum dots
    A quantum dot is a nanoscale semiconductor structure, typically composed of materials like cadmium selenide or indium arsenide, that exhibits unique quantum mechanical properties. These properties arise from the confinement of electrons within the dot, leading to discrete energy levels, or "quantization" of energy, similar to the behavior of individual atoms or molecules. Quantum dots have a size on the order of a few nanometers and can emit or absorb photons (light) with precise wavelengths,...
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