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A bright outlook for quantum dots

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The rapidly improved performance of LEDs based on multilayers of highly luminescent quantum dots could lead to promising applications in next-generation displays and lighting.

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  1. Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Siegen, Siegen, D-57068, Germany

    Alf Mews

  2. Key Laboratory of Excited State Processes, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 16 Eastern South Lake Road, Changchun, 130033, China

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Mews, A., Zhao, J. A bright outlook for quantum dots. Nature Photon 1, 683–684 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.239

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