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MIT Researchers Edwin Thomas and Joseph Walish with their gel.
MIT researchers Edwin Thomas and Joseph Walish report in Nature Materials they've created photonic gel crystals that can be tuned to emit light of many different colors across the visible and near-infrared spectrum. The responsiveness of the photonic crystals makes them likely candidates for active components of display, sensory or telecommunication devices.
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