TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The ultrashort-pulsed-laser-fragmentation processing is done using pulses having a pulse duration of 10 femtoseconds to 20 picoseconds. The multi-element ceramic is a phosphor material. The fine particles: are super fine particles having an average diameter of 1-1000 nanometers; and comprise oxides, nitrides, nitrogen oxides, oxynitrides, garnet, spinel, silica and/or silicon aluminum oxynitride, preferably at least one of aluminum indium gallium nitride, aluminum gallium arsenide, aluminum gallium indium phosphide, indium gallium phosphide, indium aluminum phosphide, calcium hydroxyapatite fluoro chloride:tin, manganese; phosphate chloride compounds of formula (M5(PO4)3Cl:europium; magnesium barium aluminate:europium; magnesium barium aluminate:europium, manganese:magnesium oxide-magnesium fluoride-germanium oxide of formula (3.5MgO-0.5MgF2-GeO): manganese thioyttriumoxide:europium; magnesium arsenate:manganese; strontium aluminate:europium; zinc sulfide, cadmium sulfide:copper; strontium aluminate:europium; calcium hydroxyapatite chloro bromide:mangnese, europium; zinc germanium oxide: manganese; gadolinium oxysulfide:europium; lanthanum oxide sulfide:europium; strontium silicate:europium; yttrium-aluminum oxide:cerium; yttrium-aluminum oxide:terbium; strontium thiogallate:europium; strontium sulfide:europium; barium magnesium aluminate:europium; barium magnesium aluminate:europium, manganese; yttrium oxide:europium; strontium aluminate:europium, dysprosium and/or lanthanum phosphate:cerium, terbium. The at least one element of the multi-element ceramic is a rare earth element. The fine particles further comprise silica, where the rare earth element is dispersed in the silica. The fine particles can function as at least one of: a phosphor in a light emitting device comprising at least one of a light emitting diode or a light bulb; as a laser gain medium in a laser device; or as a luminescent agent in a chemical or biological or medical sensing or imaging method. The retention of the chemical composition or the crystalline structure of the bulk material in the fine particles can be characterized by at least one of luminescence spectrum under excitation by external energy or by X-ray diffraction.M = Sr, Ca, Ba or Mg.Preferred Method: The step (a) comprises providing a bulk target material comprising a solidified target formed from micron to millimeter sized powder of the multi-element ceramic by at least one of pressing, sintering, or agglomerating with at least one binder material. The step (b) comprises forming fine particles having an average diameter of 1-500 nanometers. The step (b) further comprises using an ultrashort-pulsed-laser-fragmentation beam having: a pulse duration of 10 femtosecond to 20 picoseconds; a repetition rate of 10 Hz to 1 GHz; a pulse energy of 1 nanoJoules to 10 milliJoules; and a center of wavelength that is in the UV, visible or near infrared region.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The liquid comprises at least one of water, an alcohol, a ketone, an aldehyde, an organic acid, an aromatic group containing liquid and/or a volatile organic compound. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.