fluorescence
nounUS /flʊˈɹɛsəns/
Etymology Coined by British physicist George Stokes in 1852 from fluorspar + -escence.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle.
- A multi-institution US research team has combined some creative chemistry, fluorescence microscopy and laser-driven microballistics to gain a clearer view of just what happens in a high-strain-rate impact, and to tease out the relative contribution of different kinds of energy dissipation within the target (Nat. Commun., doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52663-1).2024 October 7, Stewart Wills, “A Deeper View of High-Speed Impacts”, in Optics & Photonics News:
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The light so emitted.
- Derived terms
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autofluorescence, bifluorescence, biofluorescence, chemifluorescence, cryofluorescence, cytofluorescence, cytoimmunofluorescence, epifluorescence, fluoresce, fluorescein, fluorescence anisotropy, fluorescence microscope, fluorescence microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, fluorescent, histofluorescence, hyperfluorescence, hypofluorescence, immunocytofluorescence, immunofluorescence, macrofluorescence, magnetofluorescence, microfluorescence, multifluorescence, neurofluorescence, nonfluorescence, pseudofluorescence, spectrofluorescence, stereofluorescence, superfluorescence, thermofluorescence, transfluorescence, videofluorescence, X-ray fluorescence