purpose: to evaluate bacterial and fungal contamination of donor corneas before and after decontamination at eye bank of i.r. of iran based on cultures. methods: this descriptive study was performed on 131 donor eyes (whole globe or cut cornea) used for corneal transplantation at labbafinejad hospital during a 6-month period. microbiologic culture was performed at three stages: before enucleati...

Donor–acceptor–donor molecules containing heavy chalcogen atoms, which feature multi-color polymorphism, external-stimuli responsive luminochromism, thermally-activated delayed fluorescence, and room-temperature phosphorescence, have been developed.