A method includes mounting a ceramic phosphor on an acrylic-free and metal-containing catalyst-free tacky layer of a dicing tape, dicing the ceramic phosphor from the dicing tape into ceramic phosphor plates, removing the ceramic phosphor plates from the dicing tape, and attaching the ceramic phosphor plates on light-emitting device (LED) dies.

According to one embodiment, a white light source includes a combination of a light emitting diode and phosphors. One of the phosphors is at least a cerium activated yttrium aluminum garnet-based phosphor. There is no light emission spectrum peak at which a ratio of a largest maximum value to a minimum value is greater than 1.9. The largest maximum value is largest among at least one maximum value present in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm in a light emission spectrum of white light emitted from the white light source. The minimum value is adjacent to the largest maximum value in a longer wavelength side of the light emission spectrum.

Provided are a metal oxide composition, a light-emitting device using the metal oxide composition, and an electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device. The metal oxide composition includes a solvent including a first solvent and a second solvent, and a metal oxide, wherein the first solvent and the second solvent are different from each other, an amount of the first solvent is greater than an amount of the second solvent, and a boiling point of the second solvent is greater than a boiling point of the first solvent.

Provided is a method for producing a β-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.

A quantum dot composition, including a first quantum dot and a second quantum dot, wherein a valence band maximum energy level of the first quantum dot is different from a valence band maximum energy level of the second quantum dot, as determined by ambient photoelectron spectroscopy, and an energy band gap of the first quantum dot is identical to an energy band gap of the second quantum dot, as determined by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy.

A composition contains quantum dots (A) and a resin (B), wherein the resin (B) contains a polymer (B1) having a sulfide group, a carboxyl group, and an unsaturated double bond.

Provided is a method for producing an inorganic fluoride luminescent material having excellent light emission characteristics by using a non-aqueous hydrogen fluoride-containing liquid.

The method for producing an inorganic fluoride luminescent material includes: bringing a first inorganic fluoride luminescent material and a non-aqueous hydrogen fluoride-containing liquid having a hydrogen fluoride content in a range of 20% by mass or more and 100% by mass or less into contact with each other to obtain a non-aqueous solution containing ions derived from the first inorganic fluoride luminescent material, and bringing the non-aqueous solution and a non-aqueous organic liquid having a hydrogen fluoride content of less than 20% by mass into contact with each other to precipitate a second inorganic fluoride luminescent material.

A processing apparatus includes a chuck table having a holding surface for holding a workpiece; a horizontal moving mechanism that moves the chuck table in a horizontal direction and is supplied with a first oil; and a vertical moving mechanism that moves a processing unit in a vertical direction and is supplied with a second oil. Before mounting the workpiece on the holding surface, the holding surface is imaged by a camera while being irradiated with light, and it is examined whether or not the picked-up image is emitting light. If there is a light-emitting part in the picked-up image, it is determined that oil is adhered to the light-emitting part.

Phosphors include a CaAlSiN.sub.3 family crystal phase, wherein the CaAlSiN.sub.3 family crystal phase comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb.

Described herein are compositions and methods relating to luminescent structures.