A stone with the ability to shine revealed a phenomenon that would change the industry and the world: electroluminescence. Those little light bulbs called LEDs are the maximum exponent of the phenomenon. How do they shine and why are they so good?

No atom has been injured during the recording of this video.

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With the collaboration of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology Ministry of
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Thanks to the people who have offered me their help and talent when making this video:
To Dr. Josep Abel and Dr. Teresa Serra, from the Physics Department, for helping me with their spectrometry equipment.
To Dr. Yulia Oslonovich for giving me her power supply.
To Quico Pazo for his invaluable help. Follow him on Twitch:   / kasiusklein  
To María Ollé for her help during the recording.
To María Montesdeoca, to Hector “Vergilio” del Rosario, Victor Monzón, Kevin García and Saúl Ojeda for their patience and advice.
To Luck Studio for its incredible cover design. Twitter: @Luckstudio_
To Dr Josep Duran for being the great support and the best thesis director that could be wished for.

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►Imágenes y vídeo:

Retratos de los científicos ilustres extraídos Wikimedia Commons.
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►Bibliografía:

Zheludev, N. The life and times of the LED — a 100year history. Nature Photon 1, 189–192 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.34
Schubert. E. LightEmitting diodes. Second Edition. Cambridge. (2006) 9780511344763
A. C. Sparavigna. The Invention of Carborundum, the Synthetic Silicon Carbide. Philica,
Philica, 2018. ffhal01686436
K. P. O'Donnell, X. Chen. Temperature dependence of semiconductor band gaps. Appl. Phys. Lett. 58, 2924 (1991); doi: 10.1063/1.104723
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