Advances in Luminescent Materials: Fabrication and Technological Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical and Photonic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 4867
Special Issue Editor
Interests: luminescence; upconversion; energy transfer; rare earth ions; optoelectronics; glasses; glass-ceramics; solid-state lasers
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, optically active materials have attracted considerable interest due to their high potential for the development of technological devices. There is a broad range of materials that can be utilized for optical components, including both organics and inorganics. In this sense, new advanced optical materials are being intensively studied for their technological applications such as lasers, color displays, light emitting diodes, sensors, solar cells, and optical amplifiers.
The aim of this Special Issue, titled “Advances in Luminescent Materials: Fabrication and Technological Applications”, is to highlight the latest advances in luminescent research. Its scope covers the synthesis and structural characterization of materials, the study of optical properties, and possible technological applications.
The topics of interest include the following:
- Processing methods;
- Structural and functional characterization;
- Optically active polymers, crystals, and glass ceramics;
- Rare-earth doped materials;
- Laser technology;
- Nanophotonic materials;
- Nonlinear photonics;
- Optical amplifiers;
- Optoelectro-mechanical systems;
- Optical devices;
- Optical materials;
- Optical sensors;
- Photonic applications;
- Color displays;
- Ultrafast optoelectronics;
- Anti-counterfeiting.
It is a great pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full articles, letters, short communications, tutorials, and reviews are welcome. All submitted works will undergo a rigorous pre-check and peer-review process to ensure the highest scientific quality and relevance to this collection of papers.
Dr. Fernando Rivera-López
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- luminescence
- photonics
- optoelectronics
- lasers
- sensors
- optical properties
- upconversion
- color display
- rare-earth ions
- optical devices
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