Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots. The researchers placed green-emitting perovskite quantum dots in a solution containing either chlorine or iodine. The solution was then run through a microfluidic system that incorporated a light source. The microfluidic environment enabled precise reaction control by ensuring uniform light exposure across small solution volumes, approximately 10 microliters per reaction droplet. The light triggered reactions that made the green-emitting perovskite quantum dots move closer to the blue end of the spectrum when chlorine was present in the solvent and closer to the red end of the spectrum when iodine was present in the solvent.
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