Download or read book Physics and Chemistry of Luminescence Materials, W. M. Yen Memorial Symposium written by Uwe Happek and published by The Electrochemical Society. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics covered during the Professor W.M. Yen Memorial Symposium included; 1) identification of luminescent centers, loss centers and non-radiative processes, 2) synthesis and characterization of novel phosphor materials, 3) persistent phosphor materials, 4) high energy (x-ray, gamma ray, cathode ray) excitation of luminescence, including scintillators, 5) electroluminescence, 6) luminescence from glasses, 7) theoretical analysis of luminescence phenomena, and 8) synthesis and characterization of luminescent nanoparticles.