State-of-the-Art Lanthanide Luminescent Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Luminescent materials, as an old yet constantly updated subject, have always attracted a steady stream of research interest. At present, they have become a comprehensive subject, combining physics, chemistry, materials, and applications. With the improvement of research tools, the understanding of lanthanide luminescence mechanisms (spectra, lifetime, and internal or external luminous field), the control of material preparation (host materials, synthesis conditions, synthesis technology, etc.), and the exploration of application fields (biomedical, sensing, information technology, display technology, etc.) have significantly progressed. In view of this, we take this Special Issue as an opportunity to welcome experts in the field to share the latest research results of lanthanide luminescent materials.

This Special Issue on luminescent materials will welcome basic and applied cutting-edge research contributions, as regular and review papers, dealing with the following:

• The development of new-type luminescent materials with interesting luminescent properties, or improved performance in terms of applications;
• The control of luminescent properties with reasonable mechanism understanding;
• The modeling of luminescent control/mechanisms with experimental validation;
• The processing of multidimensional (spectra/lifetime curves or images) data using machine/deep learning methods.

Dr. Yingdong Han
Dr. Tong Wei
Prof. Dr. Feng Song
Guest Editors

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