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Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotophor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotophor >"A scotophor is a material showing reversible darkening and bleachin
by peter_d_sherman 3y ago
Related:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotophor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotophor
>"A scotophor is a material showing reversible darkening and bleaching when subjected to certain types of radiation. The name means dark bearer, in contrast to phosphor, which means light bearer.[1] Scotophors show tenebrescence (reversible photochromism) and darken when subjected to an intense radiation such as sunlight."
- masswerk 3y agoThanks! (It's actually linked in the article.)
- peter_d_sherman 3y agoI had not known that there were materials called 'Scotophors', nor what their properties were, prior to reading the article, so I thought it apropos to highlight this point by requoting Wikipedia's comments about these materials, here... I assume you're the author of this article? It's an excellent article! Well written... And I learned some stuff I didn't know previously. So, thank you for writing this excellent article!
- masswerk 3y agoYes, I'm the author. I didn't know anything about this before seeing those 2.5 secs in the video, going, hold on, what is this? So I went on to find out, and thought it may be interesting to share. (Because, well, as I have now found out, what would be the point in sitting on this piece of information? :-) )