A series of new cyclic trinuclear Au(I) complexes with alkoxy side chains of various lengths were synthesized as photoluminescence materials. None of the complexes emitted luminescence in solution; however, some showed photoluminescence in the crystalline phase. Single crystal X-ray structural analyses revealed that an intermolecular interaction between two Au atoms (aurophilic interaction) exi...

We report scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images of surfaces of GaN films and the observation of luminescence from those films induced by highly spatially localized injection of electrons or holes using STM. This combination of scanning tunneling luminescence (STL) with STM for GaN surfaces and the ability to observe both morphology and luminescence in GaN is the first step to investigate p...

  Photoproteins are excellent reporter systems because they don’t have virtually background signal. Aequorin is the most well-known photoprotein. Three improved engineered photoproteins photina, i-photina and c-photina, were also recently developed and optimized for generation of Ca2+ mobilization assays precisely. The total light emission is greater than aequorin and their reacti...

We report here the synthesis, polymerization, and properties of highly fluorescent vinyl polymers containing pendant pyrrolopyridazines. Their luminescence quantum efficiencies can be as high as 60%, and all polymers showed strong luminescence even in the solid state, which is indicative of little self-quenching in these systems. The polymers were processable into films, fibers, and rods that w...

In order to study the effect of viscosity on bubbles in a cavitating fluid, the properties of laser-induced bubbles and the resulting luminescence pulses are examined for various glycerol-water mixtures over 1-8 bars of pressure. Bubbles are generated by a Nd:YAG laser, with the bubble radius monitored by a laser-beam photodiode system and the luminescence structure measured by fast photomultip...

In this work, the luminescence properties of new materials based on open-shell molecular systems are studied. In particular, we prepared polymeric films and organic nanoparticles (ONPs) doped with triphenylmethyl radical molecules. ONPs exhibit a uniform size distribution, spherical morphology and high colloidal stability. The emission spectrum of low-doped ONP suspensions and low-doped films i...

In this paper the absorption and luminescence properties of some heterocycles incorporating the quinolizine [1] or indolizine [2] ring system are studied. The investigated compounds 1 [3], 2 a b [4], 3 [4], 4 a b [5], 5 [5] and 6 a c [6] are shown in Figure 1. There are no data in the literature on their luminescence properties. Quantum chemical investigations have been performed to elucidate w...

Self-aggregating calix[4]arenes carrying four DOTA ligands on the upper rim for stable complexation of paramagnetic GdIII-ions have already been proposed as MRI probes. In this work, we investigate the luminescence properties of TbIII-DOTA-calix[4]arene-4OPr containing four propyl-groups and compare them with those of the analog substituted with a phthalimide chromophore (TbIII-DOTA-calix[4]are...

The electrochemical and photophysical properties of [(X-tpy)Ru(tpy-(fc)2-tpy)Ru(X-tpy)] (tpy ) terpyridyl; X ) -H (1a), -OCH3 (1b), -Cl (1c); fc ) ferrocenyl) and [(X-tpy)Ru(tpy-CtC-(fc)2CtC-tpy)Ru(X-tpy)] (X ) -H (2a), -OCH3 (2b), -Cl (2c)) are described. The ground-state HOMO and LUMO energies were probed by electrochemical measurements. The excited-state photophysical properties were probed ...

Spectral and kinetic properties of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) luminescence from different fluoride crystals doped with Nd, Er or Tm are discussed. Concentration quenching of VUV luminescence, the impact mechanism of the energy transfer from the matrix to the emission centers as well as nonradiative relaxation processes in the rare earth ions have been detected and studied. The crystal properties ...