Quantum dots are nanoscale crystals capable of emitting light of different colours which can bring greater power efficiency, brightness and colour purity to displays than previous generations.
Major manufacturers such as Samsung are already using the tech in some of their premium displays to improve their HDR capabilities.
Now, a team of researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a way to construct blue quantum dots – typically the most difficult colour to manufacture – to be more accurate, efficient and cost effective than existing quantum dots.
The new method is based on self-organising chemical structures and a cutting-edge imaging technique.
While pixels can appear almost any colour to the human eye, they are not actually the smallest element on your screen as they are typically made up of subpixels which are red, green and blue.
The variable intensity of these subpixels gives the individual pixels the appearance of a single colour from...