I doubt that they have been using the squashing te

I doubt that they have been using the squashing technique. I expect that QMC is simply using the "more complex processes" to make their dots.

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Intentionally “squashing” colloidal quantum dots during chemical synthesis creates dots capable of stable, “blink-free” light emission that is fully comparable with the light produced by dots made with more complex processes. The squashed dots emit spectrally narrow light with a highly stable intensity and a non-fluctuating emission energy. New research at Los Alamos National Laboratory suggests that the strained colloidal quantum dots represent a viable alternative to presently employed nanoscale light sources, and they deserve exploration as single-particle, nanoscale light sources for optical “quantum” circuits, ultrasensitive sensors and medical diagnostics.

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If this technique has been available for use over the last couple of years, then why is Los Alamos just now publishing the research?

Where in the micro reactor does the squashing occur? Tiny rolling pins?