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Putting the squeeze on nanocrystals

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Lattice strain has long been avoided in the world of quantum dots, but it is now being used to tune the colour of light emitted by these structures

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Figure 1: The conventional way to change the colour of light emitted by a quantum dot is to change its size.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee, USA

    Sandra J. Rosenthal & James R. McBride

  2. Department of Physics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee, USA

    Sandra J. Rosenthal

  3. Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee, USA

    Sandra J. Rosenthal

  4. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 37235, Tennessee, USA

    Sandra J. Rosenthal

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Rosenthal, S., McBride, J. Putting the squeeze on nanocrystals. Nature Nanotech 4, 16–17 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.386

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