Lanthanide-doped phosphors with persistent luminescence have attracted much interest
owing to their unique “self-luminescing” feature and broad potential applications. Among all …

New optical materials with efficient luminescence and scintillation properties have drawn a
great deal of attention due to the demand for optoelectronic devices and medical …

Novel glass-ceramics (GCs) containing polymorphic CaTa2O6: Er3+/Yb3+ nanocrystals
were prepared in this study using an aerodynamic levitation method followed by heat …

In this work, calcium niobium gallium garnet (Ca 3 Nb 1.6875 Ga 3.1875 O 12-CNGG)
ceramic samples single-doped with Tb 3+ and co-doped with Tb 3+ and Yb 3+ ions were …

Controlling luminescence in phosphors able to produce several emissions from different
stable excited states determines their use in optical devices. We investigate the color control …

Highly chromatic blue photons excited red emitting K 3 La (PO 4) 2: Pr 3+(0–1.8 mol%)
phosphors were synthesized by solution combustion method. The resulted phosphors …

This work illustrates the sol-gel synthesis of dysprosium (Dy 3+)-doped zinc silicate (Zn 2
SiO 4) nanophosphor. The studies to evaluate its properties for possible application in solid …

This book gives an overview on the fundamentals and recent developments in the field of
luminescent materials. Starting from the definitions and properties of phosphors, novel …

Abstract Pr 3+-doped Ca 3 (Nb, Ga) 5 O 12 (Pr: CNGG) and Ca 3 (Ta, Ga) 5 O 12 (Pr: CTGG)
phosphors with garnet structure have been systematically investigated as optical …

Persistent luminescent (PLUM) materials have been developed for a variety of applications
in road marking, toys decoration, safety and bio-imaging. Such materials are set to answer …