Optical Properties of Sol-Gel Derived Materials and Thin Film Structures

Dear Colleagues,

Low-cost sol-gel technology receives significant attention for photonics applications. This special issue invites manuscripts that introduce the recent advances in sol-gel-derived optical materials and microstructures. Topics include, but are not limited to the following:

• Luminescence of lanthanides and transition metals from sol-gel-derived powders and thin films
• Materials and coatings with upconversion luminescence for solar cells
• Enhanced luminescence of lanthanides from microcavities: Stokes and anti-Stokes (upconversion luminescence)
• X-ray convertors and scintillators
• Photonic band gap materials and sol-gel derived materials in porous matrices.
• Optical filters
• Optical properties of conductive transparent coatings
• Sol-gel-derived planar waveguides
• Optical properties of sol-gel-derived glasses
• Porous materials for photocatalysis
• Optical sensors

Prof. Dr. Nikolai Gaponenko
Prof. Dr. Raghavan Subasri
Prof. Dr. Wiesław Stręk
Guest Editors

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