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What does photoluminescence mean?

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Noun
  1. (physics) luminescence following the absorption of a photon.
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The authors are thankful for technological support from Hidex Cy in antiStokes photoluminescence measurement and from Pirjo Laaksonen in drawing blood samples.
Thus, Ag nanoparticles not only lower the exciton energy level but also decrease the photoluminescence intensity creating alternative paths for the decay of excitons.
They produced three forms of quantum dots, which differed according to their photoluminescence.
The triboluminescent spectrum is basically similar to that of photoluminescence, which correlates with the disorders of F atoms.
At night, there's nothing but shooting stars, photoluminescence and silence.
Dr Zwinkels said that the NRC had achieved good results with Russian opal glass, showing both high uniformity and negligible photoluminescence, provided the glass was professionally polished before first use.

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