Unraveling chromism-induced marvels in energy storage systems

M Golshan, M Salami-Kalajahi - Progress in Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Color is a property directly discernible by our eyes, making it perceptually conspicuous.
Changes in color, whether achromatic (from white to black) or chromatic (from colorless to …

Persistent luminescence in strontium aluminate: a roadmap to a brighter future

D Van der Heggen, JJ Joos, A Feng… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glow‐in‐the‐dark materials have been around for a long time. While formerly materials had
to be mixed with radioactive elements to achieve a sufficiently long and bright afterglow …

Passive dosimeters for radiation dosimetry: materials, mechanisms, and applications

Z Yang, H Vrielinck, LG Jacobsohn… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Passive dosimeters enabling accurate measurement of doses from gamma rays to visible
light are necessary to ensure efficient utilization of electromagnetic radiation in numerous …

Realizing simultaneous X‐ray imaging and dosimetry using phosphor‐based detectors with high memory stability and convenient readout process

Z Yang, J Hu, D Van der Heggen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible X‐ray storage phosphor sheets are regarded as promising alternatives to
conventional electronic flat‐panel X‐ray detectors, enabling X‐ray imaging and dosimetry in …

Strontium Aluminate Persistent Luminescent Single Crystals: Linear Scaling of Emission Intensity with Size Is Affected by Reabsorption

D Van der Heggen, JJ Joos, D Rytz… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The green-emitting SrAl2O4: Eu, Dy phosphor is the most widely used and well-studied
persistent luminescent phosphor available today. Recent efforts to boost its performance in …

A Standalone, Battery‐Free Light Dosimeter for Ultraviolet to Infrared Light

D Van der Heggen, R Zilenaite… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light sensors are widely used to monitor light intensities, for instance in medical
applications, in agriculture or for conservation of art. Most of these sensors are electronic …

Mechanisms of luminescence in lanthanide complexes: a crucial role of metal–ligand covalency

L Ungur, B Szabo, ZA ALOthman… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A current understanding of the luminescence of lanthanide complexes is based on the
phenomenological Judd–Ofelt (JO) theory. However, the mechanisms of electric-dipole …

Inorganic photochromic materials: Recent advances, mechanism, and emerging applications

J Du, Z Yang, H Lin, D Poelman - Responsive Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic photochromic materials, as emerging photoresponsive materials, have attracted
unparalleled interest because of their potential applications in various photoactive devices …

Towards deliberate design of persistent phosphors: a study of La–Ga admixing in LuAG: Ce crystals to engineer elemental homogeneity and carrier trap depths

K Bartosiewicz, V Fritz, D Van der Heggen… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This research investigated the crystal chemical principles related to the incorporation of
incompatible atoms into a garnet host lattice. These considerations might be used to guide …

Making Eu2+- and Sm2+-Doped Borates Fit for Solar Energy Applications

LJB Erasmus, PF Smet, RE Kroon, D Poelman… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Despite the development of many luminescent materials for various applications, only a few
of these phosphors are applicable for solar energy generation applications. This study used …