I keep an eye on the science and research publications to see what may be on the horizon for color in the future.
Even if I don’t fully understand the impact of the latest reserch it still sparks my imagination and opens my mind to new possiblities for the future as well as for using the materials available to me today.
This week Chemical Technology: A magazine highlighting the latest applications and technological aspects of research across the chemical sciences reports:
A simple process for preparing light-emitting layers of silica with wide colour variation has been developed by Italian scientists.
The promise of preparing white light emitting materials for flat displays stimulated a team led by Gianluca Accorsi of National Research Council, Bologna, to develop luminescent hybrid layers.
Rsearchers are looking at this technolgy for “colour tunable luminescent devices” and with so many interesting developments such as this one coming about it’s easy to envision color being used in new ways and across many new applications.
Maybe before long we’ll be painting our rooms with light rather than pigment or using light and color in other ways we’ve only dreamed of in the past.
The picture is from Chemical Technology and you can read the full article here.
