All-Optical Thermometric Techniques

Dear Colleagues,

Temperature is an essential physical parameter in a variety of systems including medicine, biology, nanophotonics and nanoelectronics. All-optical nanothermometry can probe local temperature changes at the nanoscale and also bring the advantages of being non-invasive, with a fast response, high accuracy, and high-resolution imaging. This can help to reveal fundamental insights into their chemical, biological and/or structural properties. Hence, this field has attracted global effort in developing novel temperature-sensitive materials and/or detection schemes to achieve both high sensitivity and high spatial resolution of temperature sensing.

We invite researchers to submit manuscripts that introduce recent research to this Special Isuse, entitled “All-Optical Thermometric Techniques”. All theoretical, numerical, and experimental papers are accepted. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

• Thermometry or temperature sensing based on fluorescence or photoluminescence;
• Biological application of thermometry;
• New detection techniques for thermometry;
• Advanced optical materials with temperature-responsive properties;
• The improvement of accuracy in the temperature measurements;
• Fiber-optic sensor;
• Photonic bandgap;
• The mechanisms of thermometry;
• Thermaldynamics between materials;
• Thermal conductivity measurements;
• Progress in thermometry.

Dr. Yongliang Chen
Dr. Dejiang Wang
Dr. Xiangjun Di
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Photonics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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• thermometry
• photonics
• fluorescence
• photoluminescence
• bioapplication
• temperature
• mechanisms
• thermodynamics
• thermal conductivity