Perovskite frozen in MOF glass glows in rainbow colours

A photo of a number of small disks of a hard material sitting on a person's palm. Each of the disks glows in a different colour.

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Porous material preserves lead halide perovskite’s luminescent form while tailoring emission colour

Researchers have stabilised a perovskite’s luminescent crystal form, which usually decomposes rapidly at temperatures below 320˚C, by freezing it inside a metal–organic framework (MOF) glass. Moreover, the material’s emission can be tuned to any colour on the visible spectrum through small changes to its synthesis.