In this paper, possibilities and limits of the application of REE3+ luminescence (especially the Nd3+4F3/2 → 4I9/2 emission) as structural probe are evaluated. Important factors controlling the Nd3+ luminescence signal are discussed, including effects of the crystal-field, crystal orientation, structural state, and temperature. Particular attention was paid to the study of the accessory mineral...

Si nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 doped with P and Au at concentrations in the range of 1 10–3 10 cm 3 exhibit photoluminescence quenching. Upon increasing the Au concentration, a gradual decrease in nanocrystal photoluminescence intensity is observed. Using a statistical model for luminescence quenching, we derive a typical radius of 3 nm for nanocrystals luminescing around 800 nm. Au doping al...

Rapid, multiplexed, sensitive and specific identification and quantitative detection of nitric oxide (NO) are in great demand in biomedical science. Herein, a novel multifunctional probe based on the intramolecular LRET (luminescence resonance energy transfer) strategy, TRP-NO, was designed for the highly sensitive and selective ratiometric and luminescence lifetime detection of lysosomal NO. B...

  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...

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 reaction kinetics is a...

Magnetically stabilized luminescence is observed in hexagonal boron nitride. The luminescence is induced by absorption of cold neutrons and is in the visible region. In the absence of a magnetic field, the photon emission level is observed to decay over several hundred seconds. A fraction of this luminescence can be suppressed if the temperature is T . 0.6 K and the magnetic field is B & 1.0 T....

Strong broad photoluminescence similar to that observed in some materials grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) has been observed in Si/Si, -,Ge,/Si quantum wells grown by chemical vapor deposition. As grown, the samples exhibited SiGe band-edge phonon-resolved bound-exciton luminescence, but after being self-implanted with silicon and annealed at 600 “C, a deep broad luminescence band 80-100 m...

In this work, a near-infrared CCD-based singlet oxygen luminescence two-dimensional imaging method is proposed to detect singlet oxygen by its 1270nm luminescence. Two-dimensional singlet oxygen images with its near-infrared luminescence during photosensitization could be obtained with a CCD integration time of 1s, without scanning. The data presented shows a linear relationship between the sin...