Electrical stimulation for brighter persistent luminescence

X Ma, Y Wang, T Seto - Light: Science & Applications, 2024 - nature.com
An immature understanding of the mechanisms of persistent luminescence (PersL) has
hindered the development of new persistent luminescent materials (PersLMs) with …

Validated Approach to Measure Thermal Quenching in the Presence of Trapping Defects

V Fritz, D Van der Heggen, PF Smet - ACS Photonics, 2024 - ACS Publications
Thermal quenching (TQ) is the gradual loss of quantum efficiency when the temperature
exceeds a certain threshold. As such, the TQ behavior can make or break a luminescent …

From Bulk to Nano: The Effect on the Persistent Luminescence

E Di Giorgio, M Campolucci, S Alberti… - Crystal Growth & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Persistent luminescence materials are compounds able to glow in the dark after proper
excitation. After the discovery in the 1990s of the long persistent luminescence in SrAl2O4 …

Quantification of Emission Efficiency in Persistent Luminescent Materials

V Castaing, M Romero, D Rytz… - Advanced Optical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate quantification of efficiency enables rigorous comparison between different
photoluminescent materials, providing an optimization path critical to the development of …

An upconverted afterglow color conversion strategy for in-situ activated persistent luminescent imaging of medical implants

J Zhou, J Li, Z Yu, Z Li - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Upconverted afterglow imaging presents a promising avenue for long-term auto-
fluorescence-free imaging applications without the necessity of expensive time-resolved …

Optical Evidence of Charge Trapping at Lanthanide Codopants in SrAl2O4:Eu,Ln (Ln = Nd, Sm, Dy) Persistent Phosphors

D Van der Heggen, JJ Joos, PF Smet - Advanced Optical Materials - Wiley Online Library
In this work, the absorption spectra of metastable Dy2+, Nd2+, and Sm2+ are identified in
SrAl2O4: Eu, Ln persistent phosphors after excitation with blue light, thereby confirming that …