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Luminescent nanomaterials

Authors: Gilles LEDOUX, Bruno MASENELLI

Publication date: June 10, 2016, Review date: January 29, 2021 | Lire en français

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    5. Glossary

    nanomaterial; nanomaterial

    Material with at least one dimension smaller than 100 nm and whose properties are modified as a result.

    luminescence; luminescence

    Light emission resulting from the de-excitation of a charged particle (electron or hole).

    CIGS; Copper Indium Gallium Selenide

    Semiconductor alloy with the chemical formula Culn x Ga (1-x) Se 2 . Its energy band gap can be varied from 1 eV to &, 7 eV depending on the value of x.

    Down conversion ; down conversion

    Emission of photons with lower energies and therefore longer wavelengths than the photons used for excitation. The...

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