Certain advanced technologies, such as 3D displays, biosensing, and security printing, can utilize circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), which is produced when specific types of molecules are ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence. The room-temperature technique ...

ASHBURN, Va. — Luke Lavis paints the insides of cells, but he’s not an artist, he’s a color chemist. As head of molecular tools and imaging at Janelia Research Campus, Lavis is responsible for helping ...

Initially stacked benzene layers increase fluorescent color change drastically when exposed to pressure, suggesting new ways to design the pressure sensors used in machinery and medical devices.