Harnessing the light fantastic

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Channel: Royal Society of Chemistry · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Professor Nick Terrill, principal beamline scientist at Diamond Light Source, explained how intense light produced at the UK's national synchrotron science facility in Oxfordshire is being used to examine colour changing polymers and research the next generation of photovoltaics, which use plastic instead of silicon.

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