Luminescence-based techniques continue to attract considerable attention due not only to
their current range of applications but also to their wide potential in the fields of optical …

The present review article covers the history, featured properties and modern state of
inorganic, physical and materials chemistry of transparent oxyfluoride glass ceramics. The …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), particularly lanthanide-doped nanocrystals, which
emit high energy photons under excitation by the near-infrared (NIR) light, have found …

The last decade has witnessed the remarkable research progress of lanthanide‐doped
upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) at the forefront of promising applications. However, the …

A family of upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) with a tunable UV enhancement is
developed via a facile approach. The design leads to a maximum 9-fold enhancement in …

Lanthanide doped hexagonal β-NaGdF 4 nanocrystals embedded transparent bulk glass
ceramics were successfully fabricated via a phase-separation-controlled crystallization …

Ultraviolet (UV) absorbing material is the key to achieving high performance UV shielding
device. Because of the large absorption ability on UV light and excellent long-term stability …

Ultrasmall upconversion (UC) nanoparticles with efficient multicolor photoluminescence (PL)
are quite desirable for high contrast in vitro and in vivo bioimaging. Here, we present a …

Advances in nanotechnology have resulted in a library of functional nanomaterials with well-
defined size, shape, composition, and surface functionalities that enable the conversion of …

In this work, we discovered an unexpected mechanoluminescence (ML) phenomena
occurring when transforming amorphous into crystalline, due to the stress-induced …