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A Harvard-based team has manufactured a matrix of diamond nanowires.
A Harvard-based team has manufactured a matrix of diamond nanowires with defects called nitrogen vacancies. When stimulated with green light, these defects emit one red photon at a time. Such a construct is promising for the new field of quantum computing. Learn more in one of the most recent NSF press releases on nanotechnology, For Nanowires, Nothing Sparkles Quite Like Diamond.
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