Integrating Sphere Setup for the Traceable Measurement of Absolute Photoluminescence Quantum Yields in the Near Infrared

2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 1345-1352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Würth ◽  
Jutta Pauli ◽  
Cornelia Lochmann ◽  
Monika Spieles ◽  
Ute Resch-Genger
Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1042
Author(s):  
Silvia Grassi ◽  
Olusola Samuel Jolayemi ◽  
Valentina Giovenzana ◽  
Alessio Tugnolo ◽  
Giacomo Squeo ◽  
...  

Poorly emphasized aspects for a sustainable olive oil system are chemical analysis replacement and quality design of the final product. In this context, near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) can play a pivotal role. Thus, this study aims at comparing performances of different NIRS systems for the prediction of moisture, oil content, soluble solids, total phenolic content, and antioxidant activity of intact olive drupes. The results obtained by a Fourier transform (FT)-NIR spectrometer, equipped with both an integrating sphere and a fiber optic probe, and a Vis/NIR handheld device are discussed. Almost all the partial least squares regression models were encouraging in predicting the quality parameters (0.64 < R2pred < 0.84), with small and comparable biases (p > 0.05). The pair-wise comparison between the standard deviations demonstrated that the FT-NIR models were always similar except for moisture (p < 0.05), whereas a slightly lower performance of the Vis/NIR models was assessed. Summarizing, while on-line or in-line applications of the FT-NIR optical probe should be promoted in oil mills in order to quickly classify the drupes for a better quality design of the olive oil, the portable and cheaper Vis/NIR device could be useful for preliminary quality evaluation of olive drupes directly in the field.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 2898
Author(s):  
Ilya S. Kritchenkov ◽  
Anastasia I. Solomatina ◽  
Daria O. Kozina ◽  
Vitaly V. Porsev ◽  
Victor V. Sokolov ◽  
...  

Synthesis of biocompatible near infrared phosphorescent complexes and their application in bioimaging as triplet oxygen sensors in live systems are still challenging areas of organometallic chemistry. We have designed and synthetized four novel iridium [Ir(N^C)2(N^N)]+ complexes (N^C–benzothienyl-phenanthridine based cyclometalated ligand; N^N–pyridin-phenanthroimidazol diimine chelate), decorated with oligo(ethylene glycol) groups to impart these emitters’ solubility in aqueous media, biocompatibility, and to shield them from interaction with bio-environment. These substances were fully characterized using NMR spectroscopy and ESI mass-spectrometry. The complexes exhibited excitation close to the biological “window of transparency”, NIR emission at 730 nm, and quantum yields up to 12% in water. The compounds with higher degree of the chromophore shielding possess low toxicity, bleaching stability, absence of sensitivity to variations of pH, serum, and complex concentrations. The properties of these probes as oxygen sensors for biological systems have been studied by using phosphorescence lifetime imaging experiments in different cell cultures. The results showed essential lifetime response onto variations in oxygen concentration (2.0–2.3 μs under normoxia and 2.8–3.0 μs under hypoxia conditions) in complete agreement with the calibration curves obtained “in cuvette”. The data obtained indicate that these emitters can be used as semi-quantitative oxygen sensors in biological systems.


1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1008-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Leckie ◽  
P. M. Teillet ◽  
G. Fedosejevs ◽  
D. P. Ostaff

Knowledge of the spectral characteristics of trees with varying degrees of needle loss is essential for developing remote sensing techniques for assessing defoliation. Spectra covering the range 400–2400 nm were acquired for single tree crowns suffering varying degrees of cumulative defoliation due to the spruce budworm (Choristoneurafumiferana (Clem.)), using a spectrometer mounted in the bucket of a boom truck. Spectra over the range 360–1100 nm were also obtained for the components of defoliated trees (i.e., needles, bare branches, and lichen), using a separate spectrometer and integrating sphere. Estimates of defoliation symptoms of each tree were made from the ground and above the tree. Changes in reflectance had a close and simple relationship with the defoliation symptoms measured. The spectral differences due to cumulative defoliation that were observed were broad-band features. The best spectral regions for differentiating levels of cumulative defoliation symptoms were the blue, red, shorter near-infrared wavelengths, and middle-infrared. Although currently available satellite and airborne sensors operate in these spectral regions, defoliation assessment may be improved by the use of optimized spectral bands.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2083
Author(s):  
Tiago D. Martins ◽  
Eurico Lima ◽  
Renato E. Boto ◽  
Diana Ferreira ◽  
José R. Fernandes ◽  
...  

Photodynamic therapy is a medical modality developed for the treatment of several diseases of oncological and non-oncological etiology that requires the presence of a photosensitizer, light and molecular oxygen, which combined will trigger physicochemical reactions responsible for reactive oxygen species production. Given the scarcity of photosensitizers that exhibit desirable characteristics for its potential application in this therapeutic strategy, the main aims of this work were the study of the photophysical and photochemical properties and the photobiological activity of several dicyanomethylene squaraine cyanine dyes. Thus, herein, the study of their aggregation character, photobleaching and singlet oxygen production ability, and the further application of the previously synthesized dyes in Caco-2 and HepG2 cancer cell lines, to evaluate their phototherapeutic effects, are described. Dicyanomethylene squaraine dyes exhibited moderate light-stability and, despite the low singlet oxygen quantum yields, were a core of dyes that exhibited relevant in vitro photodynamic activity, as there was an evident increase in the toxicity of some of the tested dyes exclusive to radiation treatments.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (19) ◽  
pp. 7740-7748
Author(s):  
Daize Mo ◽  
Li Lin ◽  
Pengjie Chao ◽  
Hanjian Lai ◽  
Qingwen Zhang ◽  
...  

The chlorinated dots based on chlorinated benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole unit possess higher fluorescence quantum yields, larger Stokes shifts, and better photostability than the fluorinated dots.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 1880-1887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youming Zhang ◽  
Zhao Chen ◽  
Jun Song ◽  
Junjie He ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
...  

A family of chromophores with an isomeric donor–acceptor framework are synthesized, which show remarkably different emission wavelengths with high photoluminescence quantum yields and decent electroluminescent efficiencies.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (25) ◽  
pp. 5011-5018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Leubner ◽  
R. Schneider ◽  
A. Dubavik ◽  
S. Hatami ◽  
N. Gaponik ◽  
...  

Influence of different thiol ligands on growth kinetics, photoluminescence quantum yields, and colloidal stability of near-infrared emitting CdHgTe nanocrystals is systematically studied.


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