Present technological demands in disparate areas, such as microfluidics and nanofluidics,
microelectronics and nanoelectronics, photonics and biomedicine, among others, have …

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 …

Luminescence (nano) thermometry is an increasingly important field for remote temperature
sensing with high spatial resolution. Most typically, ratiometric sensing of the luminescence …

The unique electronic and magnetic properties of lanthanide molecular complexes place
them at the forefront of the race toward high-temperature single-molecule magnets and …

The development of lanthanide-doped non-contact luminescent nanothermometers with
accuracy, efficiency and fast diagnostic tools attributed to their versatility, stability and narrow …

Scintillators are of significance for the realization of indirect X-ray detection and X-ray
excited optical luminescence (XEOL) imaging. However, commercial bulk scintillators not …

Abstract Herein, Co-Ni mixed spinel ferrite (Co 0.5 Ni 0.5 Fe 2 O 4, CNFO) nanostructures
were synthesized via wet-chemical route followed by an annealing process. The products …

Optically active luminescent materials based on lanthanide ions attract significant attention
due to their unique spectroscopic properties, nonlinear optical activity, and the possibility of …

Rare-earth (RE) doped nanoparticles show unique features of photon conversion from an
incident wavelength to a more suitable wavelength at an intended biological site, thus …

Luminescent thermometry allows the remote detection of the temperature and holds great
potential in future technological applications in which conventional systems could not …