Quantum Dots Improve Colors on TV and Computer Screens

High-tech specks called quantum dots could bring brighter, more vibrant color to mass market TVs, tablets, phones and other displays. A new technology called 3M quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF), unveiled at the 248th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has the potential to efficiently make liquid crystal display (LCD) screens more richly colored. That’s because quantum dot, or “QD,” displays need less energy compared to other high-color options. QDs are superconducting crystals so small that 10,000 could fit across the width of a human hair.