Editing Luminescence (section)

==Applications==
* [[Light-emitting diode]]s (LEDs) emit light via electro-luminescence.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ammoVEI-H2gC&q=Light-emitting+diodes+%28LEDs%29+emit+light+via+electroluminescence&pg=PA442 |title=Carbon Nanotubes: Advanced Topics in the Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications |last1=Jorio |first1=Ado |last2=Dresselhaus |first2=Gene |last3=Dresselhaus |first3=Mildred S. |author-link3=Mildred Dresselhaus |date=2007-12-18 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |isbn=978-3-540-72865-8 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Phosphor]]s, materials that emit light when irradiated by higher-energy [[electromagnetic radiation]] or [[particle radiation]]
* [[Laser]], and [[Electric light|lamp]] industry
* [[Phosphor thermometry]], measuring temperature using [[phosphorescence]]
* [[Thermoluminescence dating]]
* [[Thermoluminescent dosimeter]]
* [[Nondestructive testing|Non-disruptive observation]] of processes within a [[Cell (biology)|cell]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://media.uow.edu.au/releases/UOW247810.html |title=Light-emitting particles illuminate understanding of cellular malfunctions - News & Media @ UOW |access-date=2018-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141849/https://media.uow.edu.au/releases/UOW247810.html |archive-date=2018-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Luminescence occurs in some [[mineral]]s when they are exposed to low-powered sources of [[ultraviolet]] or [[infrared]] [[electromagnetic radiation]] (for example, [[Ultraviolet#Artificial sources|portable UV lamp]]s) at [[atmospheric pressure]] and atmospheric temperatures. This property of these minerals can be used during the process of mineral identification at rock [[outcrop]]s in the [[Field research|field]] or in the laboratory.