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A particular order – keys to artificial solid materials

Semiconductor nanoparticles can emit light or act as sensors, and their properties can be tailored to specific purposes. One particle alone is often not enough, but in an ordered material composed of many nanoparticles, the properties are amplified. A research team has used MAX IV to show that such ordered materials can be formed from low-cost, versatile perovskite semiconductor nanoparticles.