Silver ions are a strong antiseptic with a broad spectrum. Treatment of textiles and leather with nanosilver particles is a new idea for real clean wear. The nanometer-size particles have a large specific surface resulting in the release of silver ions in antiseptic concentration. One way to investigate nanosilver treated leather is the intrinsic fluorescence of organic material. This fluoresce...

Fluorescence spectra of proteins are determined chiefly by the polarity of the environment of the tryptophan and tyrosine residues and by their specific interactions. A thorough consideration of fluorescence spectrometers and their calibration is provided along with important information regarding spectrometer cells, buffers and clarification of samples. Protocols are provided for recording flu...

We report on a study of the radiation resistance and fluorescence of bismuth germanate scintillation crystals doped with europium (BGO : Eu). The transmission spectrum, the light output and the fluorescence spectrum of BGO : Eu crystals were measured before and after irradiation . The radiation resistance of BGO : Eu crystals was found to be increased with increase of europium doping. A red flu...

We present three methods for deriving water-leaving radiance L(w)(lambda) and remote-sensing reflectance using a hyperspectral tethered spectral radiometer buoy (HyperTSRB), profiled spectroradiometers, and Hydrolight simulations. Average agreement for 53 comparisons between HyperTSRB and spectroradiometric determinations of L(w)(lambda) was 26%, 13%, and 17% at blue, green, and red wavelengths...

Native fluorescence, or autofluorescence (AF), consists in the emission of light in the UV-visible, near-IR spectral range when biological substrates are excited with light at suitable wavelength. This is a well-known phenomenon, and the strict relationship of many endogenous fluorophores with morphofunctional properties of the living systems, influencing their AF emission features, offers an e...

The fluorescence spectra of the title compound have been measured in ethanol and in aqueous solutions of different p H . In ethanol the neutral molecule's fluorescence (at 360 nm) is observed, whereas in aqueous solutions emission occurs from the anion (at 428 nm) and from a " tautomer ic " species (at 460 nm), but not from the neutral molecule. An aqueous solution at p H 3, which contains abou...

A new fluorescence dye, N-amino-4-(2-hydroxyethylamino)-1,8-naphthalimide (AHN), based on 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalic anhydride was synthesized as a fluorescence probe for determining water content in organic solvents. Changing from a non-polar to a polar solvent increases the solvent interaction with excitation spectrum and emission spectrum shifts to longer wavelengths. The fluorescence intensity ...

The fluorescence light emitted by a 4-level system in J = 1/2 to J = 1/2 configuration driven by a monochromatic laser field and in an external magnetic field is studied. We show that the spectrum of resonance fluorescence emitted on the π transitions shows a signature of spontaneously generated interference effects. The degree of interference in the fluorescence spectrum can be controlled by m...