Luminescent pigments applications

Cathode-ray tubes have a very large number of applications which require varying phosphor qualities. Table 58 lists the most important cathode-ray luminescent pigments. 

Table 5.9-17. Selected Examples of Luminescent Pigments and their Fields of Application... 

Some applications other than laser materials are the following luminescent materials for lighting, for display in cathode-ray tubes, and for X-ray radiography scintillator materials electroluminescent thin films glasses for solar concentrators colored materials for all types of applications (e.g., pigments). The greater part of these applications were reviewed in refs. 2 and 3. Optical centers can in many cases also be used as probes of the surroundings. 

Nonmetallic inorganic materials are widely used for optical purposes lenses, pigments, interference filters, laser hosts, luminescent coatings, displays, solar cells, fiber optics, lamp bulbs, and tubes. For optical applications use is made of the refractory index, light absorption, luminescence, and nonlinear optical behavior of materials. These are intrinsic but may depend on the concentration of impurities. Refraction index and optical absorptivity in insulators are atomic properties and are only indirectly related to the structure, but the structure affects the selection rules and the term splitting in the atomic chromophores. The coordination number determines the intensity and wavelength of absorption and... 

Among ceramic materials, ZnO plays an important role owing to its diverse applications, such as catalysis [1, 2], electronic devices (gas sensors, varistors, semiconductors) [3, 4, 5], luminescent devices [6, 7], solar cells [8] pigments [9] and components for the pharmaceutical [10, 11] and cosmetic industries. 

Obviously, all these structure-sensitive factors influence the reaction kinetics in practical applications to such systems as refractories, ceramics, cement, glass, luminescent materials, semiconductors, catalysts, and pigments. The reactivity of the raw mixes of the constituents, the effects of calcination or burning conditions, and the various types of diffusing species in the course of solid reactions influence the quality of the final product. From an industrial viewpoint the reactions in ionic solid systems have a universal importance. This is so vast a field that for an illustration of this significance an arbitrary selection is necessary. It is hoped, however, that the examples discussed will convey the impact of the reactivity of ionic solids on modern industrial processes and products. 

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