Chemists create quantumdots at room temperature using lab-designed protein princeton PNASNews
. Quantum dots are fluorescent nanocrystals used in electronic applications from LED screens to solar panels.
"We're interested in making life molecules, proteins, that did not arise in life," said Hecht, who led the research with Greg Scholes, the William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry and chair of the department."In some ways we're asking, are there alternatives to life as we know it? All life on earth arose from common ancestry.
"But on the other hand, they're also very good at emitting light at a certain desired wavelength, which makes them suitable for making LED screens."
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