Nanocluster-based white-light-emitting material employing surface tuning
| Patent Number: | 7,235,190 |
| Issued: | 6/26/2007 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | A method for making a nanocrystal-based material capable of emitting light over a sufficiently broad spectral range to appear white. Surface-modifying ligands are used to shift and broaden the emission of semiconductor nanocrystals to produce nanoparticle-based materials that emit white light. |
| Filed: | 9/2/2004 |
| Application Number: | 10/933,069 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |