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Title: Inorganic volumetric light source excited by ultraviolet light

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5031419

The invention relates to a composition for the volumetric generation of radiation. The composition comprises a porous substrate loaded with a component capable of emitting radiation upon interaction with an exciting radiation. Preferably, the composition is an aerogel substrate loaded with a component, e.g., a phosphor, capable of interacting with exciting radiation of a first energy, e.g., ultraviolet light, to produce radiation of a second energy, e.g., visible light. 4 figures.

DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5306445; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-884445
OSTI ID:
5031419
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 18 May 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English