luminescent
(adjective)
Emitting light by luminescence.
Examples of luminescent in the following topics:
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Tracking Cells with Light
- Advanced technology enables tracking cells with light by introducing fluorescent or luminescent reporter genes into the cells' genome.
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Signaling in Bacteria
- The luminescence makes it difficult to see the squid from below because it effectively eliminates its shadow.
- Free-living V. fischeri do not produce luciferase, the enzyme responsible for luminescence, but V. fischeri living in a symbiotic relationship with the squid do.
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Radiation Detection
- A scintillation detector is created by coupling a scintillator -- a material that exhibits luminescence when excited by ionizing radiation -- to an electronic light sensor, such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) or a photodiode.
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Dosimetry
- In the United States, these dosimeters usually contain materials that can be used in thermoluminescent dosimetry or optically stimulated luminescence.
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Reporter Fusions
- Commonly used reporter genes that induce visually identifiable characteristics usually involve fluorescent and luminescent proteins.
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Cathode Rays
- Faraday had been the first to notice a dark space just in front of the cathode, where there was no luminescence.