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    Phosphorescence is a type of photoluminescence related to fluorescence. When exposed to light (radiation) of a shorter wavelength, a phosphorescent substance...
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    Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms. It is a form of chemiluminescence. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine...
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  • Commonly referred to as phosphorescence, persistent luminescence is the emission of light by a phosphorescent material after an excitation by ultraviolet...
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    spin multiplicity from the state of excitation to emission of light. Phosphorescence, traditionally defined as persistent emission of light after the end...
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    physics and biophysics, contributing to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction. He is...
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    term phosphorescence, meaning glow after illumination, has its origin in phosphorus, although phosphorus itself does not exhibit phosphorescence: phosphorus...
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    with addition of a few ppm of a suitable activator, exhibits strong phosphorescence. The phenomenon was described by Nikola Tesla in 1893, and is currently...
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    spin multiplicity and generally it immediately follows absorption; phosphorescence involves spin change and is delayed. Thus fluorescent materials generally...
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    that exhibit only small spin-orbit coupling. ISC can be followed by phosphorescence. Franck–Condon principle Grotrian diagram (for atoms) “Jablonski Diagram...
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    Eu:SrAl2O4), it acts as a photoluminescent phosphor with long persistence of phosphorescence. Strontium aluminates exist in a variety of other compositions including...
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