Upconverting nanoparticles

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Upconverting nanoparticles are tiny crystals—thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair—that can absorb infrared light (the heat radiation invisible to our eyes) and convert it into visible light that we can see. Unlike most materials that simply get warmer when absorbing infrared light, these spe…