Abstract:
A polymerizable composition includes at least one monomer, a photoinitiator capable of initiating polymerization of the monomer when exposed to light, and a phosphor capable of producing light when exposed to radiation (typically X-rays). The material is particularly suitable for bonding components at ambient temperature in situations where the bond joint is not accessible to an external light source. An associated method includes: placing a polymerizable adhesive composition, including a photoinitiator and energy converting material, such as a down-converting phosphor, in contact with at least two components to be bonded to form an assembly; and, irradiating the assembly with radiation at a first wavelength, capable of conversion (down-conversion by the phosphor) to a second wavelength capable of activating the photoinitiator, to prepare items such as inkjet cartridges, wafer-to-wafer assemblies, semiconductors, integrated circuits, and the like.
Abstract:
A polymerizable composition includes at least one monomer, a photoinitiator capable of initiating polymerization of the monomer when exposed to light, and a phosphor capable of producing light when exposed to radiation (typically X-rays). The material is particularly suitable for bonding components at ambient temperature in situations where the bond joint is not accessible to an external light source. An associated method includes: placing a polymerizable adhesive composition, including a photoinitiator and energy converting material, such as a down-converting phosphor, in contact with at least two components to be bonded to form an assembly; and, irradiating the assembly with radiation at a first wavelength, capable of conversion (down-conversion by the phosphor) to a second wavelength capable of activating the photoinitiator, to prepare items such as inkjet cartridges, wafer-to-wafer assemblies, semiconductors, integrated circuits, and the like.
Abstract:
A light source comprises: (a) a source of plasma discharge that emits electromagnetic radiation, a portion of which has wavelengths shorter than about 200 nm; and (b) a phosphor composition that comprises particles, each of the particles comprising at least a first phosphor and at least a second phosphor, the phosphor composition is disposed such that the first phosphor absorbs substantially the portion of EM radiation having wavelengths shorter than about 200 nm, and the first phosphor emits EM radiation having wavelengths longer than about 200 nm.
Abstract:
A rare earth element doped composition having a dopant concentration of up to about 60 mole percent of one or more rare earth elements selected from Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, wherein the composition is optically transparent to wavelengths at which excitation, fluorescence or luminescence of the rare earth elements occur. Method for making the compositions, composite materials having dispersed therein the compositions and luminescent devices containing optical or acoustical elements formed from the composite materials are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a phosphor precursor by using a mixing device comprising: (a) at least one first inlet flow passage; (b) at least one second inlet flow passage, the first and the second inlet flow passages connect together so as to form a collision section; and (c) an outlet flow passage which is connected with the collision section, the method comprising the steps of: (i) supplying continuously a first and a second raw phosphor materials into the inlet flow passages; (ii) introducing the first and the second raw phosphor material solutions into the collision section so as to form a phosphor precursor; and (iii) releasing continuously the phosphor precursor from an exit of the outlet flow passage with controlling a Reynolds number of the phosphor precursor to be not less than 3000 while retaining the phosphor precursor in the outlet flow passage for not less than 0.001 seconds.
Abstract:
Stimulable phosphor sheet comprises a plurality of stimulable phosphors which are mixed together or which take on the form of layers. The stimulable phosphors have different response speeds, with which light emission from the stimulable phosphors responds to stimulating rays which cause them to emit light in proportion to the amounts of radiation stored thereon during their exposure to radiation, and different radiation absorption characteristics which represent absorptivity with respect to energy levels of the radiation. Radiation images of an object are stored on the stimulable phosphor sheet. The stimulable phosphor sheet is then exposed to pulsed stimulating rays. Light emitted by the stimulable phosphor sheet is detected with different timings corresponding to the response speeds of the stimulable phosphors, and a plurality of image signals representing the radiation images are thereby obtained. Thereafter, subtraction processing for the radiation images is carried out on the plurality of the image signals.
Abstract:
A display tube comprising in an evacuated envelope means to generate at least one electron beam which is focused on a display screen and describes a field thereon, which display screen comprises a terbium-activated blue-luminescing phosphor on a carrier, and in which the light emitted by the phosphor falls through a filter. If the energy of the emissions of the phosphor which find their origin in the .sup.5 D.sub.3 -level of terbium is at least 40% of the energy of the emissions of all terbium levels and the filter has a transmission of more than 75% at those wavelengths where the .sup.5 D.sub.3 .fwdarw..sup.7 F.sub.5 and the .sup.5 D.sub.3 .fwdarw..sup.7 F.sub.4 emissions of terbium are located and the filter has a transmission of less than 10% at those wavelengths where the .sup.5 D.sub.4 .fwdarw..sup.7 F.sub.5 and the .sup.5 D.sub.4 .fwdarw..sup.7 F.sub.4 and the .sup.5 D.sub.4 .fwdarw..sup.7 F.sub.3 emissions of terbium are located so that the color point of the filtered light is located in the range x.ltoreq. 0.200 and y.ltoreq.0.100 in the CIE color triangle, a well saturated blue picture is displayed having a satisfactorily high energy efficiency.
Abstract:
X-ray image converters using rare earth oxyhalide phosphors activated with terbium and/or thulium ion are described exhibiting improved brightness. Novel reflector means are provided in said x-ray image converter devices which reflect UV radiation incident thereupon back through the phosphor layer to associated readout or recording means sensitive to this wavelength radiation. A multi layer x-ray screen construction utilizing said improved reflector means is also described providing improved image sharpness while further reducing the crossover problem because more reflected UV radiation is being transmitted to an associated photographic film.
Abstract:
A rare earth element activated divalent metal represented by the formulaM.sup.II FX.xSiO.sub.2 :yLnwherein M.sup.II is at least one divalent metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca, Sr, Mg, Zn and Cd; Ln is at least one rare earth element selected from the group consisting of Eu, Tb, Ce, Tm, Dy, Pr, Ho, Nd, Yb, Er, Sm and Gd; X is at least one halogen selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br and I; x and y are numbers satisfying the condition 5.times.10.sup.-5 .ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.5 and of 0
Abstract:
A method for the recrystallization of activated rare-earth oxyhalide phosphors is disclosed. The method comprises recrystallizing the phosphor by firing a phosphor-flux mixture in an inert atmosphere. The phosphor-flux is substantially homogeneous and the flux contains substantially dehydrated magnesium halide. One particularly preferred phosphor made by the method is a lanthanum oxychloride phosphor coactivated with bismuth and ytterbium. This phosphor made by the present method has high speed and low afterglow.