Figure 1: Description of the upconversion nanocrystals. The ease of manufacture of these nanocrystals and their suitability for solution processing, as well as the demonstrated compatibility of ...

Take oxygen, for example: Oxygen is a key molecule for life, and in order to understand ecosystem dynamics it can be important to follow its ways in much detail. Optical sensors that use luminescent ...

Researchers at HSE University and the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a way to control both the color and brightness of the glow emitted by rare ...

Luminescence is the emission of light produced by means other than heat. Bioluminescence is just one of the many forms of luminescence. Often, these types of luminescence are mistakenly grouped ...

Chinese scientists have recently developed a facile photochemical route for the preparation of gold nanoparticles with excellent luminescence properties. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are noble metal ...

Flexible three-dimensional (3D) displays drive innovation in the next-generation display technology, as they allow for the creation of versatile and adaptable displays that can be easily manipulated ...

The Sheffield Luminescence Dating Facility specialises in the measurement of quartz and feldspar-rich sands from sedimentary sequences, which can be absolutely dated within a range of 10 to 300,000+ ...