Luminescent device
First Claim
1. A light scattering device comprising:
- a prefabricated fiber mat configured for disposition in a respective area in a vicinity of a lamp and comprising plural layers of fibers;
said fibers in the fiber mat having an average fiber diameter between 100 and 2000 nm and individually comprising scattering centers for visible light emitted from the lamp; and
said fibers layered on each other to form an optical path length in the fiber mat which scatters at least one ray of the visible light incident on the fiber mat multiple times before exiting the fiber mat,further comprising an encapsulant disposed in contact with and at least partially encapsulating the fibers of the fiber mat.
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Abstract
A device for stimulable light emission that includes a fiber mat of nanofibers having an average fiber diameter in a range between 100 and 2000 nm, and includes plural stimulable particles disposed in association with the nanofibers. The stimulable particles produce secondary light emission upon receiving primary light at a wavelength λ. The average fiber diameter is comparable in size to the wavelength λ in order to provide scattering sites within the fiber mat for the primary light. Various methods for making suitable luminescent nanofiber mats include: electrospinning a polymer solution including or not including the stimulable particles and forming from the electrospun solution nanofibers having an average fiber diameter between 100 and 2000 nm. Methods, which electrospin without the stimulable particles, introduce the stimulable particles during electrospinning or after electrospinning to the fibers and therefore to the resultant fiber mat.
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28 Claims
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1. A light scattering device comprising:
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a prefabricated fiber mat configured for disposition in a respective area in a vicinity of a lamp and comprising plural layers of fibers; said fibers in the fiber mat having an average fiber diameter between 100 and 2000 nm and individually comprising scattering centers for visible light emitted from the lamp; and said fibers layered on each other to form an optical path length in the fiber mat which scatters at least one ray of the visible light incident on the fiber mat multiple times before exiting the fiber mat, further comprising an encapsulant disposed in contact with and at least partially encapsulating the fibers of the fiber mat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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12. A light scattering device comprising:
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a prefabricated fiber mat configured for disposition in a respective area in a vicinity of a lamp and comprising plural layers of fibers; said fibers in the fiber mat having an average fiber diameter between 100 and 2000 nm and individually comprising scattering centers for visible light emitted from the lamp; and said fibers layered on each other to form an optical path length in the fiber mat which scatters at least one ray of the visible light incident on the fiber mat multiple times before exiting the fiber mat, wherein the fibers comprises a first group of said fibers and a second group of differently-sized fibers, and said first group and second group are disposed on respective sides of the fiber mat. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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18. A fiber-based light scattering device comprising:
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a fiber mat including, fibers having an average fiber diameter in a range between 100 and 2000 nm; said fibers providing individual scattering centers within the fiber mat for scattering visible light incident on the fiber mat; and said fibers layered on each other to form an optical path length in the fiber mat which scatters at least one ray of the visible light multiple times before exiting the fiber mat; and an encapsulant disposed in contact with and at least partially encapsulating the fibers of the fiber mat. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A fiber-based light scattering device comprising:
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a fiber mat including, fibers having an average fiber diameter in a range between 100 and 2000 nm; said fibers providing individual scattering centers within the fiber mat for scattering visible light incident on the fiber mat; said fibers layered on each other to form an optical path length in the fiber mat which scatters at least one ray of the visible light multiple times before exiting the fiber mat; and an encapsulant disposed in contact with and at least partially encapsulating the fibers of the fiber mat.
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