Persistent luminescence (PL) is a distinctive optical phenomenon with long‐lasting afterglow
emissions after the cessation of excitation, thus emerging huge prospects in the applications …

Great progress has been made in inorganic persistent phosphors, especially in the recent
two decades, motivated by the discoveries of the SrAl 2 O 4: Eu 2+-Dy 3+ in the green and …

Abstract NaYF4: Ln3+, due to its outstanding upconversion characteristics, has become one
of the most important luminescent nanomaterials in biological imaging, optical information …

Ce3+/Eu2+ activated luminescent materials offer a versatile platform for precise emission
light manipulation through structure control on the basis of the composition–structure …

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) materials, enabling energy storage by capturing of
charge carriers and then the energy conversion to light via photostimulation, can find many …

Stress sensing is the basis of human-machine interface, biomedical engineering, and
mechanical structure detection systems. Stress sensing based on mechanoluminescence …

Advanced expertise and technologies have been devoted to producing high functional
materials with a polycrystalline nature, which is transparent to visible light for various …

Metal-free afterglow materials have brought about widespread attention due to application
advantages. Nevertheless, it is an attractive but formidable challenge to achieve long …

Conventional optical anti-counterfeiting strategies are based on the single-color emission,
which are easily deciphered and thus greatly limited in the application of information …

Persistent phosphors are highly explored materials due to their diverse applications
(including anti-counterfeiting, information and data storage, photocatalysis, sensing, and …