Garnets have the general formula of A3B2C3O12 and form a wide range of inorganic
compounds, occurring both naturally (gemstones) and synthetically. Their physical and …

Temperature (T) is probably the most fundamental parameter in all kinds of science.
Respective sensors are widely used in daily life. Besides conventional thermometers, optical …

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are on the verge of a breakthrough in general lighting, due to
their rapidly improving efficiency. Currently, white LEDs with high color rendering are mainly …

Surface temperatures, which are important in many combustion and energy transfer
processes, can be measured optically using rare-earth or transition metal doped ceramic …

Phosphor converted white light emitting diodes (w-LEDs) are garnering increasing attention
in solid state lighting for the next generation of illumination due to their merits, including …

The history of inorganic luminescent materials (phosphors) dates back to the time when the
first phosphor, barium sulfide, was produced in the nineteenth century. Since then …

Phosphor thermometry is a semi-invasive surface temperature measurement technique
utilising the luminescence properties of doped ceramic materials. Typically, these phosphor …

A series of Ga-substituted Ce 3+-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Y 2.94 Al 5-x Ga x O 12:
0.06 Ce 3+) phosphors were synthesized at different atmospheres and temperatures. The …

Ce: YAG transparent ceramics for white LEDs devices suffered from the issues of low light
extraction, narrow luminous angle and poor thermal performance. In this paper, the different …

Efficient luminescent materials with dual functionalities for WLEDs and non-contact
temperature sensing remain a challenge due to limitations in luminescence efficiency and …