The present invention is a fluorescent material characterized by being represented by a composition of the following formula (1) and having a crystal lattice distortion obtained from a Williamson-Hall plot by X-ray diffraction within the range of 0.0005 to 0.0020.
(Sr,Ca,M).sub.3-xMgSi.sub.2O.sub.8:Eu.sub.xformula (1)
wherein M is at least one rare earth metal elements selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, Gd, Tb and La, and 0.01x0.10. Also, the present invention is a light-emitting device including the fluorescent material, and a light source that emits light by irradiating the fluorescent material with excitation light. Furthermore, the present invention is a method for producing the fluorescent material, including the steps of: obtaining an aqueous slurry of a raw material; and spray-drying the aqueous slurry with hot air at 80 to 300 C.

The present invention discloses a nitrogen-containing luminescent particle, characterized in that a structure of the nitrogen-containing luminescent particle is divided into an oxygen poor zone, a transition zone, and an oxygen rich zone from a core to an outer surface of the particle depending on an increasing oxygen content, the oxygen poor zone being predominantly a nitride luminescent crystal or oxygen-containing solid solution thereof, the transition zone being predominantly a nitroxide material, the oxygen rich zone being predominantly an oxide material or oxynitride material; the nitride luminescent crystal or oxygen-containing solid solution thereof has a chemical formula of M.sub.m-m1A.sub.a1B.sub.b1O.sub.o1N.sub.n1:R.sub.m1, the nitroxide material has a chemical formula of M.sub.m-m2A.sub.a2B.sub.b2O.sub.o2N.sub.n2:R.sub.m2, the oxide material or oxynitride material has a chemical formula of M.sub.m-m3A.sub.a3B.sub.b3O.sub.o3N.sub.n3:R.sub.m3. The nitrogen-containing luminescent particle and the nitrogen-containing illuminant of the present invention have good chemical stability, good aging and light decay resistance, and high luminescent efficiency, and are useful for various luminescent devices. The manufacturing method of the present invention is easy and reliable, and useful for industrial mass production.

A device including an LED light source optically coupled to a green-emitting U.sup.6+-doped phosphor having a composition selected from the group consisting of U.sup.6+-doped phosphate-vanadate phosphors, U.sup.6+-doped halide phosphors, U.sup.6+-doped oxyhalide phosphors, U.sup.6+-doped silicate-germanate phosphors, U.sup.6+-doped alkali earth oxide phosphors, and combinations thereof, is presented. The U.sup.6+-doped phosphate-vanadate phosphors are selected from the group consisting of compositions of formulas (A1)-(A12). The U.sup.6+-doped halide phosphors are selected from the group consisting of compositions for formulas (B1)-(B3). The U.sup.6+-doped oxyhalide phosphors are selected from the group consisting of compositions of formulas (C1)-(C5). The U.sup.6+-doped silicate-germanate phosphors are selected from the group consisting of compositions of formulas (D1)-(D11). The U.sup.6+-doped alkali earth oxide phosphors are selected from the group consisting of formulas (E1)-(E11).

The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate including a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array, a patterned metal oxide layer on the base substrate and in the plurality of sub-pixels, a portion of the metal oxide layer in any one of the plurality of sub-pixels being spaced apart from a portion of the metal oxide layer in another sub-pixel adjacent to the any one sub-pixel, and a patterned light-emitting layer on a side of the metal oxide layer away from the base substrate and in the plurality of sub-pixels. The metal oxide layer includes at least one of magnesium element or calcium element, and the light-emitting layer includes a photosensitive material and is in contact with the metal oxide layer.

A quantum dot microcapsule according to an embodiment of the present invention includes one or more quantum dots each including a ligand coupled to an outer circumferential surface thereof, the ligand being made of an organic material, and a microcapsule accommodating the one or more quantum dots. The microcapsule includes an oil or a solvent with the quantum dots dispersed therein. There are effects capable of not only effectively adjusting a density of quantum dots through formation of a microcapsule formed to include one or more quantum dots and filled with an oil, but also effectively protecting ligands of the quantum dots from an environment such as oxygen, moisture or the like, against which the ligands are weak.