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Nanosys Partnering With UbiQD to Develop Quantum Dot Films for Greenhouses

TV tech is going horticultural. Quantum dots supplier Nanosys is teaming with materials company UbiQD to develop and manufacture greenhouse films that use fluorescent QDs to help “plants get more from the sun,” said the companies Wednesday. The films convert…

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underused portions of sunlight to “more photosynthetically efficient” orange light that plants crave, they said. The greenhouse films market uses 20 times more QD films in terms of area than the display industry and continues to grow by double digit percentages annually, said Nanosys CEO Jason Hartlove. Greenhouses are a “massive opportunity” for QD technology, he said.