luminescent

Examples of luminescent in the following topics:

• Tracking Cells with Light

  • Advanced technology enables tracking cells with light by introducing fluorescent or luminescent reporter genes into the cells' genome.

• 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.

• 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.

• Dosimetry

  • In the United States, these dosimeters usually contain materials that can be used in thermoluminescent dosimetry or optically stimulated luminescence.

• Reporter Fusions

  • Commonly used reporter genes that induce visually identifiable characteristics usually involve fluorescent and luminescent proteins.

• Cathode Rays

  • Faraday had been the first to notice a dark space just in front of the cathode, where there was no luminescence.