The present invention generally relates to a system for treating a fluid and specifically to a treatment system configured for improved bacterial reduction, wherein the system comprises a field emission based UV light source adapted to emit light within a ultraviolet C (UVC) spectrum with a wavelength range having an upper range limit being higher compared to light emitted from a mercury based UV light source.

A white light emitting device includes a blue LED chip having a dominant emission wavelength of about 440-465 nm, and a phosphor layer configured to be excited by the dominant emission wavelength of the blue LED chip. The phosphor layer includes a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 480-519 nm, a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 520-560 nm, and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 620-670 nm. The first phosphor and the second phosphor both have a garnet structure as represented by A.sub.3B.sub.5O.sub.12:Ce, A is selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, and a combination of thereof, and B is selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, and a combination of thereof.

A luminescent material is disclosed with emission in the near infrared wavelength range, the luminescent material including Sc.sub.1-x-yA.sub.yRE:Cr.sub.x, wherein MO=P.sub.3O.sub.9, BP.sub.3O.sub.12, SiP.sub.3O.sub.12; A=Lu, In, Yb, Tm, Y, Ga, Al, where 0x0.75, 0y0.9. A wavelength converting structure including the luminescent phosphor is also disclosed.

The present invention generally relates to a field emission light source and specifically to a field emission light source adapted to emit ultraviolet (UV) light. The light source has a UV emission member provided with an electron-excitable UV emitting material. The material is at least one of LuPO.sub.3:Pr.sup.3+, Lu.sub.2Si.sub.2O.sub.2:Pr.sup.3+, LaPO.sub.4:Pr.sup.3+, YBO.sub.3:Pr.sup.3+ and YPO.sub.4:Bi.sup.3+.

The present invention provides a thermally decomposable binder for which dewaxing can be performed at low temperatures, and an inorganic fine particle-dispersed paste composition comprising this binder. Specifically, the present invention provides a thermally decomposable binder comprising an aliphatic polycarbonate resin comprising a constituent unit represented by formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are identical or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and n is 1 or 2, and provides an inorganic fine particle-dispersed paste composition comprising this binder.

An object of the present invention is to provide an infrared light-emitting phosphor which emits light in a wavelength range where the sensitivity of a detector is high by combination with a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits light in the visible light region, and to provide an infrared light-emitting device using the infrared light-emitting phosphor. The object can be achieved with a light-emitting device including a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits ultraviolet light or visible light and a phosphor that absorbs ultraviolet light or visible light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element and emits light in the infrared region, wherein an emission peak wavelength in the infrared region of the phosphor emitting in the infrared region is from 750 to 1,050 nm, and the half width of an emission peak waveform is more than 50 nm.

A white light emitting device includes a blue LED chip having a dominant emission wavelength of about 440-465 nm, and a phosphor layer configured to be excited by the dominant emission wavelength of the blue LED chip. The phosphor layer includes a first phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 480-519 nm, a second phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 520-560 nm, and a third phosphor having a peak emission wavelength of about 620-670 nm. The first phosphor and the second phosphor both have a garnet structure as represented by A.sub.3B.sub.5O.sub.12:Ce, A is selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, and a combination of thereof, and B is selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, and a combination of thereof.

The present invention generally relates to a system for treating a fluid and specifically to a treatment system configured for improved bacterial reduction, wherein the system comprises a field emission based UV light source adapted to emit light within a ultraviolet C (UVC) spectrum with a wavelength range having an upper range limit being higher compared to light emitted from a mercury based UV light source.

The present invention generally relates to a field emission light source and specifically to a field emission light source adapted to emit ultraviolet (UV) light. The light source has a UV emission member provided with an electron-excitable UV emitting material. The material is at least one of LuPO.sub.3:Pr.sup.3+, Lu.sub.2Si.sub.2O.sub.2:Pr.sup.3+, LaPO.sub.4:Pr.sup.3+, YBO.sub.3:Pr.sup.3+ and YPO.sub.4:Bi.sup.3+.

The invention relates to faceted gemstones based on a luminescent glass composition that contains particular oxides of rare earth metals and thus enables the faceted gemstones to be identified, and to a process for identifying the gemstones.