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Luminescence


Luminescence is emission of light by a substance not resulting from heat; it is thus a form of cold-body radiation. It can be caused by chemical reactions, electrical energy, subatomic motions, or stress on a crystal, which all are ultimately caused by Spontaneous emission. This distinguishes luminescence from incandescence, which is light emitted by a substance as a result of heating. Historically, radioactivity was thought of as a form of "radio-luminescence", although it is today considered to be separate since it involves more than electromagnetic radiation. The term 'luminescence' was introduced in 1888 by Eilhard Wiedemann.

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Types

The following are types of luminescence:


  • Chemiluminescence, the emission of light as a result of a chemical reaction
  • Bioluminescence, a result of biochemical reactions in a living organism
  • Electrochemiluminescence, a result of an electrochemical reaction
  • Lyoluminescence, a result of dissolving a solid (usually heavily irradiated) in a liquid solvent
  • Crystalloluminescence, produced during crystallization
  • Electroluminescence, a result of an electric current passed through a substance
  • Cathodoluminescence, a result of a luminescent material being struck by electrons
  • Mechanoluminescence, a result of a mechanical action on a solid
  • Triboluminescence, generated when bonds in a material are broken when that material is scratched, crushed, or rubbed
  • Fractoluminescence, generated when bonds in certain crystals are broken by fractures
  • Piezoluminescence, produced by the action of pressure on certain solids
  • Sonoluminescence, a result of imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound
  • Photoluminescence, a result of absorption of photons
  • Fluorescence, photoluminescence as a result of singlet–singlet electronic relaxation (typical lifetime: nanoseconds)
  • Phosphorescence, photoluminescence as a result of triplet–singlet electronic relaxation (typical lifetime: milliseconds to hours)
  • Raman Emission, photoluminescence as a result of inelastic light scattering, (lifetime: nanoseconds)
  • Radioluminescence, a result of bombardment by ionizing radiation
  • Thermoluminescence, the re-emission of absorbed energy when a substance is heated
  • Cryoluminescence, the emission of light when an object is cooled (an example of this is wulfenite)

    • Applications


  • Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) emit light via electro-luminescence
  • Phosphors, materials that emit light when irradiated by higher-energy electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation
  • Phosphor thermometry, measuring temperature using phosphorescence
  • Thermoluminescence dating
  • Thermoluminescent dosimeter

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    Luminescence occurs in some minerals when they are exposed to low-powered sources of ultraviolet or infrared electromagnetic radiation (for example, portable UV lamps), at atmospheric pressure and atmospheric temperatures. This property of these minerals can be used during the process of mineral identification at rock outcrops in the field, or in the laboratory.

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    Luminescence Wikipedia
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