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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012, Article ID 629157, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2012/629157 Research Article Developing Quantum Dot Phosphor-Based Light-Emitting Diodes for Aviation Lighting Applications Fengbing Wu,1 Dawei Zhang,1 Shuzhen Shang,1 Yiming Zhu,1 Songlin Zhuang,1 and Jian Xu1, 2 1 Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, No. 516 JunGong Road, Shanghai 200093, China 2 Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Jian Xu, jianxu@ Received 10 October 2011; Revised 4 January 2012; Accepted 4 January 2012 Academic Editor: Sylvain G. Cloutier Copyright © 2012 Fengbing Wu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We have investigated the feasibility of employing quantum dot (QD) phosphor-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in aviation applications that request Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS) compliance. Our studies suggest that the emerging QD phosphor- based LED technology could potentially be superior to conventional aviation lighting technology by virtue of the marriage of tight spectral control and broad wavelength tunability. This largely arises from the fact that the optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystal QDs can be tailored by varying the nanocrystal size without any compositional changes. It is envisioned that the QD phosphor-based LEDs hold great potentials in cockpit illumination, back light sources of monitor screens, as well as the LED indicator light