{"id":200247,"date":"2024-11-27T05:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/simple-method-can-recover-and-recycle-quantum-dots-in-microscopic-lasers"},"modified":"2024-11-27T05:26:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:26:00","slug":"simple-method-can-recover-and-recycle-quantum-dots-in-microscopic-lasers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/simple-method-can-recover-and-recycle-quantum-dots-in-microscopic-lasers","title":{"rendered":"Simple method can recover and recycle quantum dots in microscopic lasers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/simple-method-can-recover-and-recycle-quantum-dots-in-microscopic-lasers2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have discovered a way to recycle the tiny particles used to create supraparticle lasers, a technology that precisely controls light at a very small scale. The breakthrough could help manage these valuable materials in a more sustainable way.<\/p>\n<p>Supraparticle lasers work by trapping light inside a tiny sphere made of special particles called quantum dots, which can absorb, emit, and amplify light very efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>They are made by mixing quantum dots in a solution that helps them stick together in tiny bubbles. However, not all attempts succeed, and even successful lasers degrade over time. This leads to wasted materials, which can be expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have discovered a way to recycle the tiny particles used to create supraparticle lasers, a technology that precisely controls light at a very small scale. The breakthrough could help manage these valuable materials in a more sustainable way. Supraparticle lasers work by trapping light inside a tiny sphere made of special particles called quantum [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,1617,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}