Sentences with phrase «phosphorescence in»

You can see bio-luminescent plankton that cause a ethereal phosphorescence in the water.

Waves, sparkling with phosphorescence in the darkness, crash on the shore just beyond my safe square of blanket.

One food dye in particular, Sunset Yellow, «only exhibits phosphorescence in viscous solution, so we wanted to examine others that tend to be nonfluorescent to see if they might fluoresce in viscous solutions,» Ludescher explained.

Not exact matches

Heat and light, being modes of motion, «phosphorescence» and «incandescence» are phenomena to which consciousness has been likened by the production - theory: «As one sees a metallic rod, placed in a glowing furnace, gradually heat itself, and — as the undulations of the caloric grow more and more frequent — pass successively from the shades of bright red to dark red (sic), to white, and develope, as its temperature rises, heat and light, — so the living sensitive cells, in presence of the incitations that solicit them, exalt themselves progressively as to their most interior sensibility, enter into a phase of erethism, and at a certain number of vibrations, set free (dégagent) pain as a physiological expression of this same sensibility superheated to a red - white.»

Phosphorescence is encountered by many on a daily basis — ranging from glow - in - the - dark dials on watches to t - shirt lettering.

Phosphorescence from organic compounds has typically been observed at extremely low temperatures and in the absence of oxygen, which limits their scope for practical applications.

Something in the rock released more energy than weak phosphorescence could explain.

A ghostly phosphorescence, a gleaming flash, its large eyes unblinking as it slipped into a seam in the current, then rose toward the luminous surface where a school of tuna was pecking at the tiny larvae and crustaceans snagged on a weed line.

I hope everyone gets a chance to see phosphorescence at least once in their lifetime.

As the darkness progressed, the water splashing from our dipping paddles erupted in a shower of glowing phosphorescence.

This cast phosphorescent polyurethane sculpture, which transforms from gentle ivory to vivid glow - in - the - dark green, reflects Benglis» lifelong fascination with natural phosphorescence, as well as her intrinsic ability to bring ephemeral natural phenomena and sensations into physical permanence through her art.

Referencing the body and the natural world, she later began using polyurethane to create larger volumes that rise from the floor and cantilever off the wall, which she describes as «frozen gestures» — some containing phosphorescence that glows in the dark.

Benglis, who created her first phosphorescent piece in 1971, has long been intrigued by natural phosphorescence, whether found in bioluminescent waters and phosphorescent caves or in the glow of fireflies.

Both are in thermodynamic equilibrium at each individual wavelength, much as Kirchoff describes, and there's not much business about excitation and delayed emission going on (as there is in phosphorescence and luminescence).

(You could even have a greenhouse effect based on LW - phosphorescence (maybe with nanoparticles suspended in the air)-- but that's a bit exotic.)

The exploitation of near - field energy transfer, solid - state solvation, and phosphorescence enables 10-fold increases in the power obtained from photovoltaic cells, without the need for solar tracking.