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Small-molecule, ionic isolation lattices, or SMILES
These 3D-printed materials known as small-molecule, ionic isolation lattices, or SMILES, contain fluorescent dyes that emit a luminescent glow under ultraviolet light and are the world's brightest-known fluorescent materials.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DMR 1533988.]
Learn more in the Indiana University news story Brightest-known fluorescent materials have academic, commercial potential. (Date of image: May 2020; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Aug. 30, 2024)
Credit: James Brosher, Indiana University
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