Animal Phosphorescence

Metal-enhanced phosphorescence (MEP)

We report the first observation of metal-enhanced phosphorescence (MEP) at low temperature. Silver island films (SiFs) in close proximity to Rose Bengal, significantly enhance the phosphorescence emission intensity. The enhanced phosphorescence intensity is 5-fold brighter from SiFs as compared to a glass control sample at 77 K. In addition, enhanced fluorescence emission and spectral narrowing...

Chiral discrimination by phosphorescence

Phosphorescence in Bacillus Spores

The rapid classification and identification of bacteria and bacterial spores by non-invasive means remains largely unsolved. U.V. fluorescence is becoming an accepted method for detecting the presence of biological aerosols. In other studies, auto fluorescence of bacteria has been shown to be useful in identifying bacteria in a medical application. Our present work attempts to build on this app...

Phosphorescence of pyridoxal.

The effect of pH on the relative distribution of pyridoxal structures in aqueous solution was examined by fluorescence spectroscopy. The hemiacetal structure, which is the predominant species at neutral pH, exhibits a symmetrical emission band at 378 rnp and is characterized by a quantum yield of 0.08. Luminescence studies at low temperature (77” K) have permitted the analysis of the phosphores...

Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, and Chemiluminescence.

Noureen Siraj,† Bilal El-Zahab,‡ Suzana Hamdan,† Tony E. Karam,† Louis H. Haber,† Min Li, Sayo O. Fakayode, Susmita Das, Bertha Valle, Robert M. Strongin, Gabor Patonay, Herman O. Sintim, Gary A. Baker, Aleeta Powe, Mark Lowry, Jan O. Karolin, Chris D. Geddes, and Isiah M. Warner*,† †Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States ‡Department of ...