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A revolution in lighting

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Key materials discoveries have prompted the rise of inorganic light-emitting diodes in the lighting industry. Remaining challenges are being addressed to further extend the impact of this technology in lighting, displays and other applications.

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Figure 1: Chip designs for blue-emitting InGaN LEDs.
Figure 2: Different approaches for obtaining white light from LEDs.
Figure 3: Luminescent materials for LCD displays.

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  1. Philipp Pust and Wolfgang Schnick are in the Department of Chemistry, University of Munich (LMU), Butenandtstrasse 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany,

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  2. Peter J. Schmidt is at Philips GmbH, Lumileds Development Center Aachen, Philipsstrasse 8, 52068 Aachen, Germany,

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Pust, P., Schmidt, P. & Schnick, W. A revolution in lighting. Nature Mater 14, 454–458 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4270

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