stackyFACTSThe ultra-vibrant, glowing nanocrystals powering modern high-end televisions suffer from an incredibly annoying microscopic existential crisis.
The ultra-vibrant, glowing nanocrystals powering modern high-end televisions suffer from an incredibly annoying microscopic existential crisis. Under constant light, a perfectly good quantum dot will spontaneously stop emitting photons and go totally dark, only to randomly blink back to life seconds later. This baffling phenomenon is caused by rogue electrons occasionally getting trapped on the surface of the crystal, temporarily killing its ability to glow.
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