Trap-controlled mechanoluminescent materials

JC Zhang, X Wang, G Marriott, CN Xu - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Mechanoluminescence (ML) is generated during exposures of certain materials to
mechanical stimuli. Many solid materials produce ML during their fracturing, however, the …

Survey of the literature on mechanoluminescence from 1605 to 2013

P Jha, BP Chandra - Luminescence, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanoluminescence (ML) is a type of luminescence induced by any mechanical action on
solids. The light emissions induced by elastic deformation, plastic deformation and fracture …

Comparison of triboluminescent emission yields for 27 luminescent materials

WA Hollerman, RS Fontenot, KN Bhat, MD Aggarwal… - Optical Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
In 1888, Wiedemann and Schmidt defined triboluminescence (TL) as the emission of light
produced by mechanical action. In 1999, Sage and Geddes patented a design for a sensor …

A versatile low-cost laboratory apparatus for testing triboluminescent materials

RS Fontenot, WA Hollerman, MD Aggarwal, KN Bhat… - Measurement, 2012 - Elsevier
The design and fabrication of a simple low-cost laboratory apparatus used to test
triboluminescent properties of materials is reported. This unique experimental system …

Fracto-mechanoluminescence and mechanics of fracture of solids

BP Chandra, VK Chandra, P Jha, R Patel… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The present paper explores the correlation between fracto-mechanoluminescence and
fracture of solids and thereby provides a clear understanding of the physics of fracto …

Mechanical, spectral, and luminescence properties of ZnS: Mn doped PDMS

RS Fontenot, SW Allison, KJ Lynch… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Zinc sulfide doped with manganese (ZnS: Mn) is one of the brightest triboluminescent
materials known and has been studied for a variety of applications. The powder form of this …

Aqueous route to color-tunable Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots

H Labiadh, TB Chaabane, D Piatkowski… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mn-doped zinc sulfide (Mn: ZnS) quantum dots stabilized by 3-mercaptopropionic acid
(MPA) were synthesized at 100° C in basic aqueous solution using the nucleation-doping …

Detecting mechanoluminescence from ZnS: Mn powder using a high speed camera

L Kobakhidze, CJ Guidry, WA Hollerman… - IEEE Sensors …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There are a number of techniques currently being used for damage detection and
monitoring of civil, aerospace, and military structures and aircraft. However, the major …

Measuring the Process Variability in Triboluminescence Emission Yield for EuD4TEA

WA Hollerman, RS Fontenot, KN Bhat… - … Materials Transactions A, 2012 - Springer
Europium dibenzoylmethide triethylammonium (EuD 4 TEA) is one of the brightest known
triboluminescent materials. Emission from EuD 4 TEA can be seen in daylight and has been …

Experimental and theoretical study of the mechanoluminescence of ZnS: Mn nanoparticles

R Sharma, DP BiSen, BP Chandra - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2015 - Springer
We report the synthesis and mechanoluminescence (ML) of manganese-doped zinc sulfide
(ZnS) nanoparticles. Clusters of ZnS: Mn nanocrystals were prepared by chemical …