During the past few decades, the research on persistent luminescent materials has focused
mainly on Eu2+-doped compounds. However, the yearly number of publications on non …

Computed radiography (CR) uses storage phosphor imaging plates for digital imaging.
Absorbed X-ray energy is stored in crystal defects. In read-out the energy is set free as blue …

Abstract Light fantastic! Lu2O3: Yb3+/Er3+/Tm3+ nanocrystals with controllable red, green,
blue (RGB) and bright white upconversion luminescence by a single laser excitation of 980 …

The properties of green thermoluminescence (TL) and persistent luminescence of Lu2O3:
Tb3+ and Lu2O3: Tb3+, Ca2+ materials sintered in vacuum at 1700° C were investigated …

Novel one-dimensional terbium 1, 3, 5-benzenetricarboxylate nanobelts have been
synthesized on a large scale through direct precipitation in solution phase without the …

Novel rare earth based 4, 4′, 4′′-benzene-1, 3, 5-triyl-tri-benzonate (RE-BTB) infinite
coordination polymer (ICP) hollow microspheres have been successfully prepared via a …

Tb (1− x) BO3: x Eu3+ (x= 0− 1) microsphere phosphors have been successfully prepared
by a simple hydrothermal process directly without further sintering treatment. X-ray diffraction …

Persistent luminescence is the phenomenon whereby a material keeps emitting light for
seconds to hours after the excitation has stopped. This chapter describes the history of this …

Nanocrystal Y 2 O 3 powders with different grain sizes and various doping concentrations of
Tb 3+ were prepared by an autocombustion reaction. The size and surface effects on the 4 f …

Electronic and structural properties of cubic Lu2O3 with either single oxygen vacancy,
oxygen vacancy–vacancy pair, or a Frenkel pair (an oxygen vacancy and an interstitial …