phosphorescence
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Unfortunately, the phosphorescence also gives the sails the slightest green tinge in daylight.
From Washington Post
“We all took off our clothes and swam with the phosphorescence under the moonlight.”
In contrast to fluorescence and phosphorescence, bioluminescenct reactions do not require the initial absorption of sunlight or other electromagnetic radiation by a molecule or pigment to emit light.
From The Guardian
Dr. Post suspects the phosphorescence is the result of interactions between boron and nitrogen impurities in the diamond’s near-flawless carbon frame.
From New York Times
Thirty years ago, McAleese had a newly minted doctoral degree in chemistry, with author credits on research papers with titles like “Elimination of moisture and oxygen quenching in room-temperature phosphorescence.”
From Seattle Times
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