Figure 1. Millipede luminescence and predation. (A) Motyxia sequoiae photographed in natural light, and (B) entirely with light from bioluminescence; (C) Mean proportion of millipedes attacked versus luminescence. Number of individuals attacked above bars; (D) Rodent incisor marks in clay millipede; (E) Live millipede (arrow) with anterior segments 1–14 missing after predator attack. Biolumines...

We report an investigation of luminescent and tunable photonic crystal structures formed by the infiltration and inversion of opal templates with high index and luminescent materials. Protocols are reported for the deposition of these materials and the properties of the resulting structures investigated by conventional structural and optical measurements. The properties of multi-layered and bac...

Reporter genes, such as luciferase, are important tools for studying gene expression. The use of reporter genes allows the in vitro and in vivo measurement of gene expression from virtually any endogenous genetic control element. Luciferase enzyme and its subsequent luminescent reaction is often the gene reporter of choice for many experimental conditions. Here we describe the measurement of lu...

ISSN: 0267-8292 (Print) 1366-5855 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tlct20 Dye-integrated cholesteric photonic luminescent solar concentrator Andrea L. Rodarte, Fredy Cisneros, Linda S. Hirst & Sayantani Ghosh To cite this article: Andrea L. Rodarte, Fredy Cisneros, Linda S. Hirst & Sayantani Ghosh (2014) Dye-integrated cholesteric photonic luminescent solar concentrator...

G-quadruplexes represent a versatile sensing platform for the construction of label-free molecular detection assays owing to their diverse structures that can be selectively recognized by G-quadruplex-specific luminescent probes. In this Survey and Summary, we highlight recent examples of the application of the label-free strategy for the development of G-quadruplex-based luminescent detection ...

The past ten years have evidenced the rapid development of bipyridinium-based coordination polymers, however, the design and synthesis of photo-switchable luminescent materials with a non-destructive readout capability based on bipyridinium ligands are still at the primary stage. In this work, two new coordination polymers with a bipyridinium-functionalized m-benzenedicarboxyl ligand were synth...

Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) based luminescent nanoparticles exhibit unique, outstanding luminescent properties, and represent promising candidates as nanoplatforms for theranostic applications. There is an urgent need to facilitate their further development and applications in diagnostics and therapeutics as a novel class of nanotools. Here, in this critical review, we outlined the recent significa...

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are zinc-dependent endopeptidases that degrade the extracellular matrix (ECM) and regulate the extracellular microenvironment. Despite the significant role that MMP activity plays in cell-cell and cell-ECM interactions, migration, and differentiation, analyses of MMPs in vitro and in vivo have relied upon their abundance using conventional immunoassays, rather t...

Common Western-blot imaging systems have previously been adapted to measure signals from luminescent microplate assays. This can be a cost saving measure as Western-blot imaging systems are common laboratory equipment and could substitute a dedicated luminometer if one is not otherwise available. One previously unrecognized limitation is that the signals captured by the cameras in these systems...

Highly luminescent network films on flat indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates are prepared by electropolymerization using an electroactive and fluorescent compound as precursor; the LEDs prepared using these films as a light emitting layer achieve the maximum luminance and external quantum efficiency of 4224 cd/m(2) and 0.72%, respectively, which demonstrates that electrochemical synthesis can be ...