About the Practice
Problem Statement:

White Light Emission from Vegetable Extracts

Detail:

The optimized mixture of two suitably chosen plant extracts using acidic ethanol, aided by a FRET cascade from polyphenolics to curcumin to anthocyanins, generates almost pure white light, with CIE values of (0.35, 0.33) in solution, (0.26, 0.33) in gelatin gel and (0.33, 0.25) in PVA film. The color temperature of the WLE is conveniently tunable by simply adjusting the concentrations of the component emitters. The primary emitting pigments responsible for contributing to WLE are polyphenol s and anthocyanins from pomegranate, and curcumin from turmeric. WLE from such cheap and nature-friendly resources could be important in the context of lighting and sensing application. It would be interesting to see if such a system can be used as dyes for tunable dye laser applications. Given the vast number of excellent natural fluorescent dyes obtainable from renewable biosources, approaches similar to the present could lead to a more extensive range of low-cost and efficient


About the Innovator

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Dr. Vikram Singh
Address: Indian Institute Of Technology
City: Chennai
State: Tamil Nadu
PIN Code 600036

Practice Details

Link: WLE biomaterials with ease of adjusting color temperature, which will obviate more expensive alternatives currently being pursued.
Problem Scale: Around the World
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GIAN Reference: GIAN/UAL/1105
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