A light emitting film including a plurality of quantum dots and an electronic device including the same. The plurality of quantum dots constitute at least a portion of a surface of the light emitting film, the plurality of quantum dots do not include cadmium, and the at least a portion of a surface of the light emitting film includes a metal halide bound to at least one quantum dot of the plurality of quantum dots.

A light emitting film including a plurality of quantum dots and an electronic device including the same. The plurality of quantum dots constitute at least a portion of a surface of the light emitting film, the plurality of quantum dots do not include cadmium, and the at least a portion of a surface of the light emitting film includes a metal halide bound to at least one quantum dot of the plurality of quantum dots.

A light-emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting film disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a method of producing the device. The light-emitting film includes a fluorine-containing organic salt, and quantum dots that do not include cadmium, lead, or a combination thereof, and the fluorine-containing organic salt includes a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C30 hydrocarbon group, a non-metallic element, fluorine, and at least one of boron or phosphorus, and the non-metallic element includes carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, or selenium.

A coating composition includes: (i) a film-forming resin; (ii) an infrared reflective pigment; and (iii) an infrared fluorescent pigment or dye different from the infrared reflective pigment. A multi-layer coating including the coating composition, and a substrate at least partially coated with the coating composition is also disclosed. A method of detecting an article at least partially coated with the coating composition is also disclosed.

Embodiments of the invention include a light source and a nitridoberyllate phosphor disposed in a path of light emitted by the light source. The nitridoberyllate phosphor includes a trigonal planar BeN.sub.3 structure and/or a tetrahedral Be(N,O).sub.4 structure.

Embodiments of the invention include a light source and a nitridoberyllate phosphor disposed in a path of light emitted by the light source. The nitridoberyllate phosphor includes a trigonal planar BeN.sub.3 structure and/or a tetrahedral Be(N,O).sub.4 structure.

Disclosed are a method of producing an aluminate fluorescent material, such an aluminate fluorescent material, and a light emitting device. The aluminate fluorescent material production method includes: subjecting a first mixture prepared by mixing a compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound containing Mn and a compound containing Eu, and a compound containing Al, in which a compound containing Mg may be optionally mixed, to first heat treatment to give a first calcined product having an average particle diameter D1, as measured according to a Fisher Sub-Sieve Sizer method, of 6 μm or more; and subjecting a second mixture prepared by mixing a compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound containing Mn and a compound containing Eu, and a compound containing Al, and the first calcined product whose content is 10% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less relative to the total amount of the second mixture, in which a compound containing Mg may be optionally mixed, to second heat treatment to give a second calcined product.

Disclosed are a method of producing an aluminate fluorescent material, such an aluminate fluorescent material, and a light emitting device. The aluminate fluorescent material production method includes: subjecting a first mixture prepared by mixing a compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound containing Mn and a compound containing Eu, and a compound containing Al, in which a compound containing Mg may be optionally mixed, to first heat treatment to give a first calcined product having an average particle diameter D1, as measured according to a Fisher Sub-Sieve Sizer method, of 6 μm or more; and subjecting a second mixture prepared by mixing a compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound containing Mn and a compound containing Eu, and a compound containing Al, and the first calcined product whose content is 10% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less relative to the total amount of the second mixture, in which a compound containing Mg may be optionally mixed, to second heat treatment to give a second calcined product.

A phosphor powder which is represented by a general formula M.sub.x(Si, Al).sub.2(N, O).sub.3y (where M is Li and one or more alkaline earth metal elements and 0.52x0.9 and 0.06y0.36 are satisfied) and in which a part of M is substituted with a Ce element, in which the phosphor powder includes phosphor particles in which a Si/Al atomic ratio is equal to or more than 1.5 and equal to or less than 6, an O/N atomic ratio is equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1, 5 to 50 mol % of M is Li, and 0.5 to 10 mol % of M is Ce, and a diffuse reflectance X1 with respect to light having a wavelength of 700 nm is equal to or more than 88% and equal to or less than 99.9%.

A phosphor powder which is represented by a general formula M.sub.x(Si, Al).sub.2(N, O).sub.3y (where M is Li and one or more alkaline earth metal elements and 0.52x0.9 and 0.06y0.36 are satisfied) and in which a part of M is substituted with a Ce element, in which the phosphor powder includes phosphor particles in which a Si/Al atomic ratio is equal to or more than 1.5 and equal to or less than 6, an O/N atomic ratio is equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 0.1, 5 to 50 mol % of M is Li, and 0.5 to 10 mol % of M is Ce, and a diffuse reflectance X1 with respect to light having a wavelength of 700 nm is equal to or more than 88% and equal to or less than 99.9%.