Luminescent Nanomaterials for Imaging and Sensing
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2024 | Viewed by 103
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lighting, vision, and luminescence, displays; thin film optics; photocatalysis; medical imaging; structural characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Traditionally, luminescent materials have mainly been developed for lighting applications, first for (compact) fluorescent lamps and more recently for LED lighting. However, there is a wealth of other current and potential future applications of luminescent compounds, mainly for imaging and sensing applications. For these applications, nanophosphors are most often required, for example, as nanothermometers or biocompatible near-infrared emitters for bio-imaging. Given the possibility to tune emission spectra, luminescent intensities, trap properties and dopant oxidation states as a function of external parameters like temperature, pressure, irradiation or illumination, phosphors are ideally suited for sensing on the nanoscale or for high-resolution imaging. Persistent phosphors that emit visible or near-infrared light can also substantially contribute to sensing, safety applications, and self-powered lighting solutions. We invite submissions for this Special Issue both in the form of fundamental and application-driven original research papers, as well as comprehensive review articles.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Poelman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photoluminescence
- thermometry
- bio-imaging
- biosensing
- theranostics
- persistent luminescence
- infrared imaging
- dosimetry
- charge transfer
- scintillator
