Luminescence
"Luminescence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Emission of LIGHT when ELECTRONS return to the electronic ground state from an excited state and lose the energy as PHOTONS. It is sometimes called cool light in contrast to INCANDESCENCE. LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS take advantage of this type of light emitted from LUMINESCENT AGENTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D049449
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.358.500.505.650.665 G01.590.540.665 G01.750.250.650.665 G01.750.770.578.665
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| Concept/Terms |
Luminescence- Luminescence
- Luminescence, Physical
- Physical Luminescence
Chemiluminescence- Chemiluminescence
- Chemiluminescence, Physical
- Physical Chemiluminescence
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