Light bulb phase-out offers new role for unsung heroes of electronics revolution
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 12:01
in Physics & Chemistry
With the United States' phase-out of conventional incandescent light bulbs set to start in a few months, an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) describes how the ban on 100-watt bulbs portends a huge new wave of growth for the once lowly light-emitting diode (LED).