The present invention is directed to liquid soap which includes a glow-in-the-dark feature. The soap has a basic soap composition and includes an effective amount of active glow-in-the-dark material contained within the soap and is dispersed therethrough. The glow-in-the-dark material, dispersed directly into the soap, may be chemiluminescent, phosphorus or other known active glow-in-the-dark material. By "active" is meant that it glows in the dark before being dispensed and is not latent materi...

A high sensitivity Dynamic Crossed Field Photomultiplier (DCFP) includes a photocathode for emitting electrons in response to a light input, an adjacent dynode for providing electron amplification by multiple secondary electron emissions in response to electrons emitted from the photocathode, a magnetic field for providing a component force to urge emitted electrons to move linearly down said dynode, a fixed-potential accelerating field over the dynode and photocathode for providing a component ...

The present invention addresses the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, and treatment of individuals with impaired visual function such as impaired dark adaptation, using regulation of pathogenic mechanisms similar to atherosclerosis. In further specific embodiments, compositions that increase reverse cholesterol transport are utilized as therapeutic targets for age-related macular degeneration and improving impaired dark adaptation. In a specific embodiment, the lipid content of the ...

In one embodiment, a dark channel array is provided which includes gain channels, each gain channel being configured to emit an output beam, and which includes a dark channel configured to cause output beams from the gain channels to be coherently couple in phase with each other.

An article is coated with a coating having a dark gray or bronze color. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises a nickel or polymer basecoat layer, and a color and protective stack layer comprised of layers of oxygen-rich refractory metal oxycarbides. The preferred dark grey, oxygen rich color layer is zirconium oxycarbide. A refractory metal adhesion layer and a refractory metal oxide top coat layer also may be used.

Apparatus for inspection of a sample includes a radiation source, which is adapted to direct optical radiation onto an area of a surface of the sample, and a plurality of image sensors. Each of the image sensors is configured to receive the radiation scattered from the area into a different, respective angular range, so as to form respective images of the area. An image processor is adapted to process at least one of the respective images so as to detect a defect on the surface.

A method and a material for creating an antireflective coating on an integrated circuit. A preferred embodiment comprises applying a dark polymer material on a reflective surface, curing the dark polymer material, and roughening a top surface of the dark polymer material. The roughening can be achieved by ashing the dark polymer material in an ash chamber. The dark polymer material, preferably a black matrix resin or a polyimide black matrix resin, when ashed in an oxygen rich atmosphere for a s...

The invention relates to methods, compositions and apparatuses, such as squirt guns and of the water emitting devices, that eject a flow of aqueous fluid having visible bioluminescence, providing "glow-in-the dark" emissions. The devices contain a population of a mechanical stress-stimulatable bioluminescent organisms, such as Pyrocystis species such as lunula and fusiformis, in suspension in a fluid. The fluid luminesces when ejected from an aperture of the device. The devices may also include ...

A magnetron preventing increases of dark current by making an axial static magnetic field on a plane containing an inner surface of an end shield on the microwave output port side in the interaction space different from the static magnetic field on a plane containing an inner surface of the end shield on the cathode stem side. The interaction-space-side axial end of a peripheral portion of the end shield associated with the weaker static magnetic field is displaced a predetermined distance axial...

This invention relates to phosphorescent, polymer-containing compositions for use in Glow In The Dark shoe soles, and other molded or extruded shoe parts made from such compositions. One aspect of this invention is directed to a polymeric composition comprising between about 40-50% by weight rubber; 5-10% by weight processing oil; 0-5% by weight stabilizer; and 3-8% by weight phosphorescent material. A sole made according to the present invention for a children's athletic shoe comprises a mass o...