A semiconductor nanoparticle including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including silver, indium, gallium, and sulfur, and a semiconductor nanoparticle including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc, gallium, and sulfur, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the same. The semiconductor nanoparticle is configured to emit a green light. The green light has a peak emission wavelength of about 500 nanometers to about 580 nanometers. In the semiconductor nanoparticle, a molar ratio of zinc to indium is about 0.1:1 to about 10:1.

A random number generation method and random number generator using a ZnS scintillator. The random number generator includes: a radioisotope emission layer emitting an alpha particle or a beta particle that is emitted when an atomic nucleus decays; a polymer layer disposed under the radioisotope emission layer; an inorganic scintillator layer disposed between the radioisotope emission layer and the polymer layer and applied with an inorganic scintillator substance; and a wafer layer disposed under the polymer layer and including a photodiode detecting light produced from the inorganic scintillator layer.

Embodiments provide a quantum dot, a method for preparing a quantum dot, and a light emitting element including the quantum dot. The method for preparing a quantum dot includes forming a core including a copper atom, an indium atom, a gallium atom, and a sulfur atom, and forming a shell surrounding the core by reacting the surface of the core with hydrofluoric acid, a Group II element precursor, and a Group VI element precursor.

A luminescent printing ink for security printing includes a fluorescent substance and a phosphorescent substance which each luminesce in the visible spectral range when excited with non-visible excitation light. The printing ink contains one or more capsule luminescent pigment varieties, each of which has a core, a shell encapsulating the core and a luminescent substance present in the core. The fluorescent substance and the phosphorescent substance are each present as a luminescent substance in the core of one or more of the capsule luminescent pigment varieties so that the capsule luminescent pigments form fluorescent capsule luminescent pigments and/or phosphorescent capsule luminescent pigments. The luminescences of the fluorescent and the phosphorescent capsule luminescence pigments have the same light-fastness and the same chemical stability, and their luminescences visually produce a substantially matching colour impression.

A near-infrared fluorescent quantum dot for achieving rapid renal clearance, and a preparation method and application thereof are provided. The preparation method includes the following steps: carrying out a solvothermal reaction on a first uniformly mixed reaction system including a first probe of a near-infrared fluorescent quantum dot and a weakly polar solvent to prepare a second probe of the near-infrared fluorescent quantum dot with a particle size of less than 5 nm; and then mixing the second probe of near-infrared fluorescent quantum dot with a hydrophilic ligand to form a second uniformly mixed reaction system for a ligand exchange reaction, thus obtaining a near-infrared fluorescent quantum dot for achieving rapid renal clearance, which has a fluorescence emission wavelength ranging from 700 nm to 1700 nm. The near-infrared fluorescent quantum dot for achieving renal clearance is obtained through a simple solvothermal reaction and a subsequent ligand exchange method.

The present invention relates to a semiconductor nanoparticle composed of a compound containing Ag, Au, S and a metal M as essential constitutional elements. In the present invention, the metal M is at least any of Al, Ga, In, Tl, Zn, Cd, Hg and Cu, and the compound has a total content of Ag, Au, S and the metal M of 95 mass % or more. In addition, a ratio (x/(x+y)) of the number of atoms of Ag to a sum of the number of atoms of Ag, x, and the number of atoms of Au, y, in the AgAuS-based multicomponent compound is preferably 0.50 or more and 0.88 or less. The semiconductor nanoparticle of the present invention has appropriate emission and extinction characteristics and is biocompatible.

One aspect of this disclosure is a photoluminescent apparatus comprising a body made from a glow medium comprising a photoluminescent material and a biocompatible silicone, the photoluminescent material being hosted in and rechargeable through the biocompatible silicone, a total mass of the body comprising a concentration of the photoluminescent material greater than 20% and less than 50%. Related apparatus, kits, methods, and systems also are described.

Provided are a wireless and battery-free touch-responsive luminescent fiber and a preparation method and use thereof. The wireless and battery-free touch-responsive luminescent fiber includes a conductive core layer, a dielectric layer and a light-emitting layer sequentially from inside to outside, wherein the conductive core layer is a conductive fiber material; the dielectric layer is a first composite resin containing a high dielectric constant filler, the high dielectric constant filler having a dielectric constant of 10-80; and the light-emitting layer is a second composite resin containing a rare earth luminescent material. The preparation method includes steps of subjecting the conductive core layer to fiber pay-off, dielectric layer slurry impregnation, first heating, light-emitting layer slurry impregnation and second heating in sequence to obtain the wireless and battery-free touch-responsive luminescent fiber.

The present invention relates to a semiconductor nanoparticle composed of a compound containing Ag, Au, S and a metal M as essential constitutional elements. In the present invention, the metal M is at least any of Al, Ga, In, Tl, Zn, Cd, Hg and Cu, and the compound has a total content of Ag, Au, S and the metal M of 95 mass % or more. In addition, a ratio (x/(x+y)) of the number of atoms of Ag to a sum of the number of atoms of Ag, x, and the number of atoms of Au, y, in the AgAuS-based multicomponent compound is preferably 0.50 or more and 0.88 or less. The semiconductor nanoparticle of the present invention has appropriate emission and extinction characteristics and is biocompatible.

A security feature is presented for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS:Cu.sub.x, M.sub.y, X.sub.z; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0<x<0.002 and 0::; y<0.00015 and 0::; z<0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100 C. and 150 C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum.