Photoluminescence and Scintillation Properties of Rare Earth-Doped Materials
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 125
Special Issue Editors
Interests: rare earth ions; photoluminescence; scintillation; nanoparticles; thin films; chemical synthesis of luminescent inorganic materials, properties
Interests: luminescent materials; synthesis; glasses; ceramics; colloids; thin films; photonic devices; inorganic materials; catalysis; nanostructured materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Luminescent compounds based on rare earth ion doping exhibit light emission upon excitation by a range of sources, including ultraviolet (UV) radiation, visible (Vis) light, X-rays, particle beams, and neutrons. Among them, scintillators are capable of converting high-energy radiation into light pulses. Scintillators play a vital role in a wide range of applications, such as airport security, imaging, theragnostics, oil exploration, and high-energy particle physics and astrophysics. Scintillators can be synthesized in various forms, including large and small single crystals, crystalline fibers, thin films, powders, and nanoparticles, depending on the intended application.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the comprehensive study of photoluminescent and scintillating materials incorporating rare earth elements, spanning topics from fundamental research to practical applications. Contributors are therefore invited to submit original research and review articles addressing all relevant aspects of this field. We invite you to submit your original research and contribute to advancing the field of photoluminescence and scintillation properties of rare earth-doped materials.
Dr. Lakhdar Guerbous
Dr. Dragana Marinković
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- synthesis, structural design, and growth of RE-doped materials
- single crystals
- 2D materials
- nanoparticles
- quantum dots
- ceramics
- glasses
- nanocomposite-based luminescent materials
- photoluminescence
- luminescence and energy transfer processes
- principle of scintillators
- inorganic and organic scintillators
- scintillation and scintillator parameters
- scintillation for neutron detection
- scintillators in nanomedicine
- scintillator for high-energy physics
- DFT calculation of RE-doped materials
- computational Montecarlo simulations of luminescent materials
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