Luminescence: Let's Make Light of the Situation
Channel: Nerd Nite East Bay
Date: 2014-01-30

Mitch Anstey at Nerd Nite East Bay #2, The Stork Club, 27-Nov-2012

LEDs, glow-in-the-dark t-shirts, and detergents that "make your whites whiter" are all possible thanks to a property called luminescence. It comes in many shapes and sizes, but it's all the same general principle: turn energy into light! Humanity has quickly taken this property, carved it up, marketed it, and given it cool names like triboluminescence, cathodoluminescence, and sonoluminescence. Now it's time to take luminescence back to the streets! The streets of Oakland! Come see some examples of this incredible property, and learn all you ever wanted to know about making light!

Mitch Anstey is a chemist by day and a sleeping chemist by night. He made esoteric metal chemistry his specialty at UC Berkeley. Thankfully, someone found that useful in the job market, and he now makes metals emit light for the good of the nation at Sandia National Labs. You'll find him loving on the Easy Bay just about any day of the week, and he's glad Nerd Nite has jumped over to the Sunny Side of the Bay.

Credits
Bosses: Rick Karnesky and Ian Davis
Video Editor: Rebecca Cohen
Videography: Amber Crabbe and Brian Patton
Audio Recording: Christian Lunch