Credit: EPFL/ Lisa AckermannResearchers discovered that exposing tellurite glass to femtosecond laser light develops semiconducting nanocrystals, opening the possibility of turning glass into electricity-generating surface areas using just light.What occurs when you expose tellurite glass to femtosecond laser light? The outcomes are published in PR Applied.Interested in how the atoms in the tellurite glass would reorganize when exposed to quick pulses of high energy femtosecond laser light, the researchers stumbled upon the formation of nanoscale tellurium and tellurium oxide crystals, both semiconducting materials etched into the glass, specifically where the glass had been exposed.” Using tellurite glass produced by associates at Tokyo Tech, the EPFL group brought their know-how in femtosecond laser innovation to customize the glass and examine the effect of the laser.