Chemically Switchable Ultraviolet Luminescence (IMAGE)

Drexel University

Chemically Switchable Ultraviolet Luminescence

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In the presence of a water molecule on its surface, lanthanum aluminate film on a strontium titanate crystal emits ultraviolet light from its interior. (Illustration not to scale).

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Drexel University

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