Center for Photochemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, United States.
ACS Cent Sci. 2015 Oct 28;1(7):354-63. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00261. Epub 2015 Oct 20.
UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) has declared 2015 the "International Year of Light and Light-Based Technologies". In celebration of this proclamation, this Outlook provides a general history of light and its applications, from the earliest moments of the Big Bang through its present impact on all forms of life on the planet. Special emphasis is placed on fundamental advances in the generation and use of artificial light, as well as the harvesting and use of light from the Sun and other natural sources. During the past century, the role of light in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology has expanded to include emerging fields such as environmental engineering, agriculture, materials science, and biomedicine. In this regard, future research challenges and new potential applications in these areas, in the context of "the central science", are presented and discussed.
联合国教科文组织（联合国教育、科学及文化组织）宣布 2015 年为“国际光年及基于光的技术年”。为庆祝这一宣布，本期展望提供了从大爆炸的最初时刻到其目前对地球上所有生命形式的影响的光及其应用的综合历史。特别强调了在人工光源的产生和使用方面的重大进展，以及对来自太阳和其他自然光源的光的收集和使用。在过去的一个世纪里，光在物理学、化学和生物学领域的作用已经扩展到包括环境工程、农业、材料科学和生物医学等新兴领域。在这方面，提出并讨论了这些领域中“基础科学”背景下的未来研究挑战和新的潜在应用。
