Olive oil can be used for cheap and clean synthesis of quantum dots,according to scientists in Germany.Quantum dots(semiconducting nanocrystals)are used in the production of light-emitting diodes and lasers,and as fluorescent labels in medical imaging.But current methods for making quantum dots are expensive and often use toxic phosphine molecules.This limits the production of the nanocrystals to the milligram scale.
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