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Figure 35 shows the electrophosphorescence spectra of complex 53 for 3% and 12% doped in CBP. A sUght red shift for increasing doping concentration is seen, but the emission spectra were independent of current densities up to 150 mA cm. The same emission peak is found from a solution phosphorescence spectra of complex 53. The emission peaks of ot-NPD and the host, which are located in the blue at aroimd 440-450 nm and aroimd 480 nm, or intermediate exciplexes are not present. Another characteristic of phosphorescent dyes is the considerable reduction of the linewidth of the emission spectra compared to standard luminescence materials like Alqs. In the case of complex 53, the line width is only 52 mn (compared to an undoped Alqs emission where the line width is 83 run), which leads to the saturated color that is necessary for high-performance color displays, assuming that the emission maximum is well located around one of the primary colors green, blue, or red. 

Computed radiography with Luminescence Imaging Plates (IP) has become a routine method in medical applications. It is a new medium for filmless radiography. Since the last five years several tests were performed to check this method for industrial NDT [1-3]. ASTM already issued a proposal for a standard. 

We assume that standard Coulomb-correlated models for luminescent polymers [11] properly described the intrachain electronic structure of m-LPPP. In this case intrachain photoexcitation generate singlet excitons with odd parity wavefunctions (Bu), which are responsible for the spontaneous and stimulated emission. Since the pump energy in our experiments is about 0.5 eV larger than the optical ran... 

The reported quantum yields of the long-chain aldehydes in the luminescence reaction catalyzed by P. fischeri luciferase are 0.1 for dodecanal with the standard I (Lee, 1972) 0.13 for decanal with the standard I (McCapra and Hysert, 1973) and 0.15-0.16 for decanal, dodecanal and tetradecanal with the standard III (Shimomura et al., 1972). Thus, the quantum yield of long-chain aldehydes in the bacterial bioluminescence reaction appears to be in the range of 0.10-0.16. 

Luminescence activity. The specific luminescence activities (quanta/s emitted from 1ml of a solution of A280nm,icm 1.0) of luciferases A, B and C are in a range of 1.2 4.1 x 1016 photons/s when measured with the standard assay buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl, pFl 7.8, containing 1M NaCl, 0.05% BSA, and 0.14 xg/ml of coelenterazine, at 24°C). These are the highest specific activities of coelenterazine luciferases. 

Assay of pholasin. Two different methods have been used. In the first method, light intensity or total light emission is measured when a standard solution of luciferase is added to a pholasin sample (Henry et al., 1970). In the second method, total light emission is measured when 1 ml of a degassed solution of 0.3 mM FeSC>4 is injected into 2 ml of 0.15 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, containing a pholasin sample and 0.75 M NaCl (Michelson, 1978). The luminescence reaction is complete within 2 or 3 min. 

Cormier and Dure (1963) found another type of luciferin and called it protein-free luciferin. Protein-free luciferin was found in the vapor condensate of freeze-drying whole animals, and also in the 3 5-56 % ammonium sulfate fraction of the crude extract noted above. The protein-free luciferin behaved like an aromatic or heterocyclic compound and it was strongly adsorbed onto Sephadex and other chromatography media, requiring a considerable amount of solvent to elute it. The luminescence reaction of protein-free luciferin in the presence of luciferase required a 500-times higher concentration of H2O2 compared with the standard luciferin preparation. Both types of the luciferin preparation had a strong odor of iodoform. 

For monitoring the day-by-day fluctuation of the sensitivity of luminometer, the radioactive luminescence standard described by Hastings and Weber (1963), and Hastings and Reynolds (1966) is most useful and convenient (see also Section 2.6). 

Jablonski (48-49) developed a theory in 1935 in which he presented the now standard Jablonski diagram" of singlet and triplet state energy levels that is used to explain excitation and emission processes in luminescence. He also related the fluorescence lifetimes of the perpendicular and parallel polarization components of emission to the fluorophore emission lifetime and rate of rotation. In the same year, Szymanowski (50) measured apparent lifetimes for the perpendicular and parallel polarization components of fluorescein in viscous solutions with a phase fluorometer. It was shown later by Spencer and Weber (51) that phase shift methods do not give correct values for polarized lifetimes because the theory does not include the dependence on modulation frequency. 

Many current multidimensional methods are based on instruments that combine measurements of several luminescence variables and present a multiparameter data set. The challenge of analyzing such complex data has stimulated the application of special mathematical methods (80-85) that are made practical only with the aid of computers. It is to be expected that future analytical strategies will rely heavily on computerized pattern recognition methods (79, 86) applied to libraries of standardized multidimensional spectra, a development that will require that published luminescence spectra be routinely corrected for instrumental artifacts. Warner et al, (84) have discussed the multiparameter nature of luminescence measurements in detail and list fourteen different parameters that can be combined in various combinations for simultaneous measurement, thereby maximizing luminescence selectivity with multidimensional measurements. Table II is adapted from their paper with the inclusion of a few additional parameters. 

Requirements for standards used In macro- and microspectrofluorometry differ, depending on whether they are used for Instrument calibration, standardization, or assessment of method accuracy. Specific examples are given of standards for quantum yield, number of quanta, and decay time, and for calibration of Instrument parameters. Including wavelength, spectral responslvlty (determining correction factors for luminescence spectra), stability, and linearity. Differences In requirements for macro- and micro-standards are considered, and specific materials used for each are compared. Pure compounds and matrix-matched standards are listed for standardization and assessment of method accuracy, and existing Standard Reference Materials are discussed. 

In general, luminescence measurements are relative rather than absolute, since the Instrument characteristics and sample properties that determine the fluorescence Intensities are often not well defined. Absolute luminescence measurements are difficult to perform and require time and Instrumentation not available In most laboratories. Thus, luminescence measurements rely heavily on standards to determine Instrument responses and parameters, the chemical composition of samples, and the characteristics of chemical systems. To... 

Definition and Uses of Standards. In the context of this paper, the term "standard" denotes a well-characterized material for which a physical parameter or concentration of chemical constituent has been determined with a known precision and accuracy. These standards can be used to check or determine (a) instrumental parameters such as wavelength accuracy, detection-system spectral responsivity, and stability (b) the instrument response to specific fluorescent species and (c) the accuracy of measurements made by specific Instruments or measurement procedures (assess whether the analytical measurement process is in statistical control and whether it exhibits bias). Once the luminescence instrumentation has been calibrated, it can be used to measure the luminescence characteristics of chemical systems, including corrected excitation and emission spectra, quantum yields, decay times, emission anisotropies, energy transfer, and, with appropriate standards, the concentrations of chemical constituents in complex S2unples. 

Several books and symposium proceedings on luminescence standards and measurements have been published in the last several years, including "Advances in Standards and Methodology in Spectrophotometry" (i), "Measurement of Fhotolumlnescence" (2), "Standards in Fluorescence Spectrometry" (J), and "Modern Fluorescence Spectroscopy" (Volumes 1-4) (4). These books, the references within them, and the classic in the field, "Photoluminescence of Solutions" by C.A. Parker (5), provide the researcher with extensive information about luminescence standards and measurements. 

Requirements of Standards. The general requirements for luminescence standards have been discussed extensively (3,7-9) and include stability, purity, no overlap between excitation and emission spectra, no oxygen quenching, and a high, constant qtiantum yield independent of excitation wavelength. Specific system parameters--such as the broad or narrow excitation and emission spectra, isotropic or anisotropic emission, solubility in a specific solvent, stability (standard relative to sample), and concentration--almost require the standard to be in the same chemical and physical environment as the sample. 

Table II. Luminescence Wavelength Standards--Organics In Solution and Inorganic Ions In Glass Matrices...

Epstein, M. S. Velapoldl, R. A. Blackburn, D. Evaluation of Luminescent Glass Spheres as Calibration Standards for Micro-spectrofluorimetry National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg, MD Annual Task Report to Food and Drug Administration, 1984, 1985, 1986 also, paper to be submitted. 

Luminescence yields data that often cannot be provided by any other methodology. This book is a compilation of a wide variety of original research contributions. Substantial information is given on the use of luminescence techniques to understand specific cell responses and the chemical mechanisms of cell action. An examination of natural environments is presented in the form of specific studies that characterize materials in both solid and liquid form and give information on the respective reactions of these materials in soil and water systems. Advanced research on standardization and standards developed for luminescence studies, as well as both active and passive use of luminescence, is included. 

The determination of the electronic structure of lanthanide-doped materials and the prediction of the optical properties are not trivial tasks. The standard ligand field models lack predictive power and undergoes parametric uncertainty at low symmetry, while customary computation methods, such as DFT, cannot be used in a routine manner for ligand field on lanthanide accounts. The ligand field density functional theory (LFDFT) algorithm23-30 consists of a customized conduct of nonempirical DFT calculations, extracting reliable parameters that can be used in further numeric experiments, relevant for the prediction in luminescent materials science.31 These series of parameters, which have to be determined in order to analyze the problem of two-open-shell 4f and 5d electrons in lanthanide materials, are as follows. 

Light emission from the chemiluminescent substrate is directly proportional to the amount of the target nucleic acid in the sample, and the results are recorded as relative luminescence units (RLUs). All samples, standards, and controls are run in duplicate, and the mean RLU is used in data analysis. The percent coefficient of variation (%CV) for duplicate RLU for controls and samples must be within the recommended limit for that assay for the results to be valid. For example, negative samples must have a CV of <30% and positive samples <20% in the HCV assay. 

In the Hybrid-Capture assay (Digene), a full-length RNA probe is hybridized to denatured HBV DNA in solution and the hybrids are captured on the surface of a tube coated with anti DNA RNA hybrid antibody. The bound hybrids are reacted with antihybrid antibody labeled with alkaline phosphatase. A chemiluminescent substrate is converted to a luminescent compound by the bound alkaline phosphatase. Light emission is measured in a luminometer and the concentration of HBV DNA, in pg/ml, is determined from a standard curve. The concentrations of the standards are determined spectrometrically (A260nm/A280nm). 

TGA, iodometric, mid-IR, luminescence (fluorescence and phosphorescence) and colour formation (yellowness index according to standard method ASTM 1925) were all employed in a study of aspects of the thermal degradation of EVA copolymers [67], Figure 23 compares a set of spectra from the luminescence analysis reported in this work. In the initial spectra (Figure 23(a)) of the EVA copolymer, two excitation maxima at 237 and 283 nm are observed, which both give rise to one emission spectrum with a maximum at 366 nm weak shoulders... 

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