Luminescence

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Luminescence

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Luminescence

The emission of light from the excited state of a substance

Application of Luminescence

Medical Diagnostics, Flow cytometry, Forensics, Phosphors, Glow toys, Chemical reactions etc.

http://www.shsu.edu/chm_tgc/chemilumdir/JABLONSKI.html

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Fluorescence – Quantum Dots

Nano-sized semiconductors (Q-dots) exhibit intense fluorescence properties. Examples include CdS, CdSe, InP, InAs, ZnS, PbSe.

The emission wavelength of Qdots depends on the size of the particle. The larger the size the longer the emission wavelength.

Color photographs of CdSe nanoparticles illuminated with a long-wave UV lamp

Insert figure 20.1 from:Lakowicz, J. R., Principle of Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Kluwer Academic/Plenum: 2006; p 676

Phosphorescence – Alkaline earth aluminates (MAl2O4, M = Ca, Ba, Sr) doped with Rare earth ions

SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+

Exposed to lightSrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+

Glowing in the dark (λem = 520 nm)

Insert Fig 1 from Solid State Sciences, 2007, 9, 608

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Chemiluminescence – Ru(bipy)32+

N N

N

N

NN

Ru

2+

N N

N

N

NN

Ru

3+

N N

N

N

NN

Ru

2+ *

hv (610 nm)

Oxidation

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Triboluminescence – [Ph3PCH3]2MnBr4

P

2

Mn

Br

Br Br

Br

Insert Figure 2 from Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 6054

Grind or exposure to aprotic solvents P

2

Mn

Br

Br Br

Br

Faint green Bright green

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