GREEN GLOW



Sean Hill, a graduate student in Kenneth Hanson’s research group at Florida State University, pours an eerie green-glowing solution of a boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dye into an Erlenmeyer flask. The ultraviolet light (365 nm) emitted by the two devices on either side makes the dye glow. BODIPY dyes have unique optical properties that make them ideal for applications, such as biological imaging and solar energy conversion.



Credit: Courtesy of Kenneth Hanson



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