Sentences with phrase «earth nanocrystals»

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Nanocrystals selectively infused, or «doped», with rare - earth ions have attracted the attention of researchers, because of their low toxicity and ability to convert low - energy laser light into violet - colored luminescence emissions — a process known as photon upconversion.

This light stimulates dyes made with nanocrystals of rare earth elements — a family of 17 similar metals that are not scarce but are difficult to mine.

The new particles are about 200 microns long and include several stripes of different colored nanocrystals, known as «rare earth upconverting nanocrystals.»

Taking Hell's work in super-resolution microscopy a step further, Chu discussed his use of rare earths embedded in nanocrystals to replace fluorescent organic dyes.