Since 09/28/2004

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SANDIA PRESS RELEASES AND NEWS COVERAGE

Periodically, Sandia issues press releases, or is covered in the local and national press.  A selection is shown below.

Press Releases:

·   Sandia wins two R&D 100 Awards (July 9, 2004)

·   Wireless nanocrystals efficiently radiate visible light: Marriage of quantum well, quantum dots could produce white light (June 22, 2004)

·   Sandia/UNM self-assembly process forms durable nanocrystal arrays and independent nanocrystals: Possible uses include biological labeling, laser light, catalysts, memory storage, and relief for physicists (April 22, 2004)

·   Solid-State Lighting R&D at Sandia (January, 2004; pdf file-1.1kb)

·   New Sandia UV LEDs emit short-wavelength, high-power output (November 18, 2003)

·   Sandia researchers use quantum dots as a new approach to solid-state lighting (July 14, 2003)

·   New Sandia-developed process holds promise for brighter green, blue, white solid-state lighting (Patented cantilever epitaxy growth process overcomes previous problems that have limited LEDs’ performance) (April 8, 2003)

·   Sandia joins revolution in solid-state lighting, (April 16, 2002)

·   National Initiative proposed for Solid-State Lighting (April 16, 2002)

·   Technologies for solid-state lighting also benefit national security (April 16, 2002)

·   Light-emitting diodes - How they work (April 16, 2002)

·   Sandia launches solid-state lighting website, (April 16, 2002)

News Coverage:

·   "Bringing home a brighter future," and associated video clip featuring Jerry Simmons and Mary Crawford, Dallas Morning News / Belo Interactive, August 4, 2003 (free registration required)

·   "Light Switch," and associated video clip featuring Jerry Simmons, ScienCentral News, August 14, 2003

·   "LEDs vs. the Light Bulb," Technology Review, May 2003 (requires subscription to see full article)

·   "Revolutionary Lighting," Living On Earth (NPR) radio segment, November 1, 2002

·   "Let There Be Light," and "Government Funds Energize Solid-State Lighting," IEEE Spectrum, September 2002