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A Future Colorfully Lit by Mystifying Physics of Paint-on Semiconductors

Laser light in the visible range is processed for use in the testing of quantum properties in materials in Carlos Silva's lab at Georgia Tech. Credit: Georgia Tech/Allison Carter

Laser light in the visible range is processed for use in the testing of quantum properties in materials in Carlos Silva’s lab at Georgia Tech. Credit: Georgia Tech/Allison Carter

Some novel materials that sound too good to be true turn out to be true and good. An emergent class of semiconductors, which could affordably light up our future with nuanced colors emanating from lasers, lamps, and even window glass, could be the latest example. These materials are very radiant, easy to process from solution, and energy-efficient. The nagging question of whether hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) could really work just received a very affirmative answer in a new international study led by physical chemists at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The researchers observed in an HOIP a “ri...

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