Light Processing

Light processing is the set of sensory and neural operations through which the visual system detects light and converts it into information about the environment. In the eye, photons activate rod and cone photoreceptors in the retina, initiating phototransduction and patterns of neural signaling that travel through retinal circuits and the optic nerve to visual brain regions, where features such as brightness, contrast, color, and motion are interpreted. Studying light processing helps psychologists explain perception, attention, visual adaptation, and disorders of vision, while also informing research on how lighting conditions influence behavior, alertness, and circadian regulation.

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Flame Experiments at the Advanced Light Source: New Insights into Soot Formation Processes

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2014

Gas sampling from laboratory-scale flames with online analysis of all species by mass spectrometry is a powerful method to investigate the complex mixture of chemical compounds occurring during combustion processes. Coupled with tunable soft ionization via synchrotron-generated vacuum-ultraviolet radiation, this technique provides isomer-resolved information and potentially fragment-free mass spectra.

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JoVE Journal - Bioengineering

Preparation of Light-responsive Membranes by a Combined Surface Grafting and Postmodification Process

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2014

A plasma-induced polymerization procedure is described for the surface-initiated polymerization on polymer membranes. Further postmodification of the grafted polymer with photochromic substances is presented with a protocol of conducting permeability measurements of light-responsive membranes.

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JoVE Journal - Engineering

Step-by-Step Guide for Harnessing Organic Light Emitting Diodes by Solution Processed Device Fabrication of a TADF Emitter

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2025

Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) devices offer superior display quality with better contrast while propounding environmental benefits by lower energy consumption. Here, a simple strategy for the solution-processed OLED device fabrication is presented in a sequential manner.

Quantitative Characterization of Liquid Photosensitive Bioink Properties for Continuous Digital Light Processing Based Printing

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2023

This study uses temperature and material composition to control the yield stress properties of yield stress fluids. The solid-like state of the ink can protect the printing structure, and the liquid-like state can continuously fill the printing position, realizing the digital light processing 3D printing of extremely soft bioinks.

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JoVE Science Education - Basic Biology

Introduction to Light Microscopy

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2023

The light microscope is an instrument used by researchers in many different fields to magnify specimens to as much as a thousand times their original size. In its simplest form, it is composed of a clear lens that magnifies the sample and a light source to illuminate it. However, most light microscopes are much more complex and house numerous fine-tuned lenses with tightly controlled dimensions all within the body of the microscope itself and in components such as the objectives and eyepieces.

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