In this paper, preparation of SrAl2O4:Eu,Dy luminescent pigment has been investigated. Coprecipitation as a low cost and facile method was selected. X-ray diffraction patterns indicated the formation of SrAl2O4:Eu,Dy phase through calcinations process above 800 °C. Moreover, a few amount of silica caused the structural transformation to alumina silicate phase. Transparent glaze which consist of...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a rapidly growing class of hybrid materials with many multifunctional properties. The permanent porosity plays a central role in the functional properties. In particular, the luminescent MOFs with a permanent porosity have wide applications in guest species recognition and adsorption. In this contribution, we aim to develop tunable colors and white-light lumi...

Highly scattering plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) present a challenge for optical diagnostic methods to monitor TBC delamination because scattering attenuates light transmitted through the TBC and usually degrades contrast between attached and delaminated regions of the TBC. This paper presents a new approach where reflectance-enhanced luminescence from a luminescent sublayer inc...

Combining copper(II) chloride, 4-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine and triethylamine in dimethylformamide (DMF) results in the instantaneous formation of a metallogel with as little as 0.51 wt% of gelator. The metallogel was found to encapsulate a luminescent lanthanide cluster, yielding a luminescent metallogel.

This paper proposes a new biopsychophysical concept of phosphene phenomenon. Namely, visual sensation of phosphenes is due to the intrinsic perception of ultraweak bioluminescent photon emission of cells in the visual system. In other words, phosphenes are bioluminescent biophotons in the visual system induced by various stimuli (mechanical, electrical, magnetic, ionizing radiation, etc.) as we...

We investigated the enhancment of the upconversion luminescence (UCL) of NaYF4:Yb 3 + /Er 3 + co-doped nanocrystals using a 3D plasmonic nanoantenna architecture: disk-coupled dots-onpillar antenna array (D2PA). By optimizing the D2PA structure, we observed a 310-fold UCL enhancement uniformly over a large area and an 8-fold reduction in the luminescence decay time. The enhancement factor is tw...

Aequorin and obelin are photoproteins whose calcium controlled bioluminescent light emission is used for labeling in assays, for the determination of calcium concentrations in vivo, and as a reporter in cellular imaging. Both of these photoproteins emit blue light from a 2-hydroperoxycoelenterazine chromophore, which is non-covalently bound in the hydrophobic core of the proteins. In an effort ...

Experimental techniques are developed to determine the applicability of a particular luminescing center for use in a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC). The relevant steady-state characteristics of eighteen common organic laser dyes are given. The relative spectral homogeneity of such dyes are shown to depend upon the surrounding material using narrowband laser excitation. We developed three ...