This is what makes the light stay lit, so a fluorescent light requires a ballast in order to work. Without it, the current would increase as it passed through, ruining the lamp (bulb). Fluorescent ...

A light source consisting of a long glass tube containing mercury in a partial vacuum. Available in many lengths and several diameters, the tube is lined with a fluorescent phosphor. When the ...

Fluorescent probes are molecules that absorb light of a specific wavelength and ... for analysis with fluorescence microscopy. In this work, authors present a supramolecular fluorescent sensor ...