The Blue Room

Strong room-temperature blue-violet photoluminescence of multiferroic BaMnF4.

BaMnF4 microsheets have been prepared using a hydrothermal method. Strong room-temperature blue-violet photoluminescence has been observed (an absolute luminescence quantum yield of 67%) with two peaks located at 385 nm and 410 nm. More interestingly, photon self-absorption phenomenon has been observed, leading to an unusual abrupt decrease in the luminescence intensity at a wavelength of 400 n...

Low threshold, room-temperature microdisk lasers in the blue spectral range

Heteroleptic cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes displaying blue phosphorescence in solution and solid state at room temperature.

A series of heteroleptic Ir(III) metal complexes 1-3 bearing two N-phenyl-substituted pyrazoles and one 2-pyridyl pyrazole (or triazole) ligands were synthesized and characterized to attain highly efficient, room-temperature blue phosphorescence. The N-phenylpyrazole ligands, dfpzH = 1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)pyrazole, fpzH = 1-(4-fluorophenyl)pyrazole, dfmpzH = 1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3,5-dimethylp...

Out of the blue: Blue blood.!

© 2017 Asian Journal of Transfusion Science | Published by Wolters Kluwer ‐ Medknow Sir, A 29‐year‐old male patient with carcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction was posted for transhiatal esophagectomy. Intraoperatively, 2 units of packed red cells were ordered for transfusion to the patient and were issued to the patient as per the departmental standard operating procedure including pretran...

The vascular hybrid room--operating room of the future.

The last two decades have seen a paradigm shift in the treatment of vascular related diseases from once traditional open surgical repairs to the entire vascular tree being amenable to percutaneous interventions. Neither the classic operating room nor the conventional angiography suite is optimal for both open surgery and endovascular procedures. Important issues for the vascular hybrid operatin...