Described herein is the application of centrifugal spinning to provide a flexible mechanoluminescent material composed of rare earth metal doped fibers. Rare earth metal doped fibers are formed, in one embodiment, by centrifugal spinning.

A method is disclosed for forming a blended phosphor composition. The method includes the steps of firing precursor compositions that include europium and nitrides of at least calcium, strontium and aluminum, in a refractory metal crucible and in the presence of a gas that precludes the formation of nitride compositions between the nitride starting materials and the refractory metal that forms the crucible. The resulting compositions can include phosphors that convert frequencies in the blue portion of the visible spectrum into frequencies in the red portion of the visible spectrum.

The present invention relates to MASP-3 inhibitory antibodies and compositions comprising such antibodies for use in inhibiting the adverse effects of MASP-3 dependent complement activation.

Nanophosphors are provided comprising a nanoparticle core having an attached shell of smaller silicon nanoparticles attached via hydrogen bonding. Example methods for forming a nanophosphor comprise providing a silicon nanoparticle (SiNp) colloid including Si nanoparticles, and transferring the colloid to a solid state comprising silica and/or phosphor particles. Drying is allowed such that the Si nanoparticles form a coating on the particles with hydrogen bonds.

A light emitting device includes at least one first light emitting element to emit a first light and at least one fluorescent material to convert the first light to a second light. The second light has chromaticity existing in an enclosed area in a CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram. The CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram has a curved boundary indicating a spectral locus. The enclosed area is enclosed with a first straight line, a second straight line, a third straight line, and a curved line. The first straight line connects a first point at which x is equal to 0.666 and y is equal to 0.334 and a second point at which x is equal to 0.643 and y is equal to 0.334. The second straight line connects the second point and a third point at which x is equal to 0.576 and y is equal to 0.291. The third straight line connects the third point and a fourth point at which x is equal to 0.737 and y is equal to 0.263. The curved line connects the fourth point and the first point. The curved line is a part of the curved boundary.

The present invention relates to a phosphor and a composition.

A phosphor and a lighting device are disclosed. In an embodiment a lighting device includes a first phosphor disposed in a beam path of the primary radiation source, wherein the first phosphor has the formula Sr(Sr.sub.aM.sub.1a)Si.sub.2Al.sub.2(N,X).sub.6:D,A,B,E,G,L, wherein element M is selected from Ca, Ba, Mg or combinations thereof, wherein element D is one or more elements selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, alkali metals or Yb, wherein element A is selected from divalent metals different than those of the elements M and D, wherein element B is selected from trivalent metals, wherein element E is selected from monovalent metals, wherein element G is selected from tetravalent elements, wherein element L is selected from trivalent elements, wherein element X is selected from O or halogen, and wherein a parameter a is between 0.6 and 1.0.

A light source for emitting emitted light having an SPD comprising: (a) a plurality of light emitters including at least one violet solid-state emitter; (b) at least one phosphor; wherein said light emitters and said at least one phosphor being configured such that: at least 25% of the power within the SPD is in the range 390-420 nm, and the emitted light has a chromaticity which is within a Duv distance of less than 5 points from the Planckian locus.

An europium activating -type sialon phosphor contains at least one kind of element selected from the group made of yttrium, titanium, and gadolinium, wherein the total content of the at least one kind of element is more than 0 ppm and less than 1000 ppm.

Provided is a method for producing a -sialon fluorescent material, comprising preparing a composition containing a silicon nitride that contains aluminium, oxygen, and europium; heat-treating the composition at a temperature in a range of 1300 C. or more and 1600 C. or less to obtain a heat-treated product; subjecting the heat-treated product to a temperature-decrease of from the heat treatment temperature to 1000 C. as a first temperature-decrease step; and subjecting the heat-treated product to a temperature-decrease of from 1000 C. to 400 C. as a second temperature-decrease step. The first temperature-decrease step has a temperature-decrease rate in a range of 1.5 C./min or more and 200 C./min or less, and the second temperature-decrease step has a temperature-decrease rate in a range of 1 C./min or more and 200 C./min or less