Flipping a light switch in the cell: Quantum dots used for targeted neural activation
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: Javascript is currently not supported or disabled by this browser . Please enable Javascript for full . functionality Science and technology news Home Nanotechnology Physics Space Earth Electronics Technology Chemistry Biology Medicine Health Other Sciences General Physics Condensed Matter Optics Photonics Superconductivity Plasma Physics Soft Matter Quantum Physics Flipping a light switch in the cell : Quantum dots used for targeted neural activation February 8, 2012 Enlarge Optically excited quantum dots in close proximity to a cell control the opening of ion channels . Credit : Lugo et al . University of Washington By harnessing quantum dots—tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few billionths of a meter across—researchers at the University of Washington UW have developed a

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