Now, Rosso and teams at PNNL, EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a DOE Office of Science User Facility at PNNL, and the University of Pittsburgh developed a new approach by
combining an environmental transmission electron microscope, called an ETEM, with
nanocrystal force probes that allows scientists to watch crystals interact in a life - like situation.
The researchers report in Nano Letters that by
combining inorganic semiconductor
nanocrystals with organic molecules, they have succeeded in «upconverting» photons in the visible and near - infrared regions of the solar spectrum.