Great progress has been made in inorganic persistent phosphors, especially in the recent
two decades, motivated by the discoveries of the SrAl 2 O 4: Eu 2+-Dy 3+ in the green and …

Inorganic photochromic materials, as emerging photoresponsive materials, have attracted
unparalleled interest because of their potential applications in various photoactive devices …

Photochromic sodalites are considered for a plethora of possible applications, such as UV
indexing and X‐ray imaging, but for many of these the materials are yet to be optimized. UV …

In this work, the main properties characterizing the photochromism of hackmanites,
tugtupites, and scapolites (three aluminosilicate natural minerals) are reported and …

Hackmanites, a variety of sodalite with the general formula Na8Al6Si6O24 (Cl, S) 2, are a
family of nature‐based smart materials having the ability for reversible photochromism upon …

Radiochromic films are used as position-sensitive dose meters in eg medical physics and
radiation processing. The currently available films like those based on lithium-10, 12 …

Persistent luminescence (PeL) materials are used in everyday glow‐in‐the‐dark
applications and they show high potential for, eg, medical imaging, night‐vision …

“Glow-in-the-dark” materials are known to practically everyone who has ever traveled by
airplane or cruise ship, since they are commonly used for self-lit emergency exit signs. The …

Conspectus While photochromic natural sodalites, an aluminosilicate mineral, were
originally considered as curiosities, articles published in the past ten years have radically …

Extended exposure to sunlight or artificial UV sources is a major cause of serious skin and
eye diseases such as cancer. There is thus a great need for convenient materials for the …