The rapid development of the science and technology of organic semiconductors has
already led to mass application of organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs) in television …

Recent startling interest for lanthanide luminescence is stimulated by the continuously
expanding need for luminescent materials meeting the stringent requirements of …

The photoluminescence properties of rare-earth (lanthanide) compounds have been
fascinating researchers for decades. 1-14 An attractive feature of luminescent lanthanide …

Present-day advanced technologies heavily rely on the exciting magnetic and spectroscopic
properties of lanthanide ions. In particular, their ability to generate well-characterized and …

Luminescence is the emission of light from an excited molecule. One of the most common
forms is photoluminescence in which excitation occurs via the absorption of light by a …

Trivalent lanthanide ions display fascinating optical properties. The discovery of the
corresponding elements and their first industrial uses were intimately linked to their optical …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes molecular, near infrared (NIR)-emitting
compounds containing Nd III, Er III, or Yb III and discrete molecular edifices containing other …

During the past decades, the development of emissive materials for organic light-emitting
diodes (OLEDs) in infrared region has focused the interest of numerous research groups as …

Harvesting of both triplets and singlets yields electroluminescence quantum efficiencies of
nearly 100% in organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs), but the production efficiency of …

Triboluminescent materials have been known for at least four centuries. The majority of work
to date has been academic in nature–reporting a new triboluminescent material and/or …