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A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Physics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 11987

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Prof. Dr. Joanna Pisarska

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Institute of Chemistry, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Interests: rare earth doped materials; luminescence; photonics

Prof. Dr. Dominik Dorosz

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Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Interests: fiber optics; rare-earth doped photonics
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Dr. Radosław Lisiecki

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Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
Interests: luminescent and laser materials; up-conversion; optical sensors

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Dear Colleagues,

It is generally accepted that numerous amorphous and crystalline materials from glasses, transparent glass–ceramics, ceramics, crystals, powders, nanoparticles to complexes, polymers, and advanced composites belong to a wide family of inorganic and organic luminescent systems, which play an important role in the fields of advanced optics and photonics. In particular, materials emitting in the broad spectral range from the UV-visible to the infrared have great potential and have found some practical applications. Many studies have been conducted to develop high-power laser sources in the near-infrared wavelength ranges for various practical applications, including eye-safe laser radar, laser medical surgery, remote chemical sensing, and atmospheric monitoring. Glasses have attracted much attention in developing broadband optical fiber amplifiers operating within the near-IR low-loss wavelength region. This is a really interesting and attractive class of amorphous materials for fiber-optics and other photonic devices. However, it is still necessary to search for new glass host matrices exhibiting relatively broader luminescence lines and longer lifetimes for signal amplification in optical telecommunication. Several glasses, crystals, and ceramic phosphors demonstrate a strong potentiality towards the development of solid-state laser sources. In recent years, a considerable amount of interest has also been directed toward up-conversion luminescence and its potential application for optical temperature sensors. Numerous papers published recently have been devoted to nanoparticles, complexes, polymers and organic–inorganic hybrid composite materials, which can be applied in lighting technology and optical display fields. In particular, they have been examined for white light-emitting diodes (w-LEDs) and solar cell photovoltaics.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present novel and interesting results for perspective luminescent materials and devices, and their potential applications in optics and photonics. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

luminescent materials and their properties (crystals, glasses, glass fibers, glass–ceramics, ceramic phosphors, powders, nanoparticles, complexes, polymers, composites);
materials for solid-state lasers;
materials for broadband optical amplifiers;
materials for up-conversion luminescence and optical sensors;
materials for light emitting diodes (LEDs);
materials for solar cell photovoltaics.

We would like to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full articles, short communications, and review papers are all welcome.

Prof. Dr. Joanna Pisarska
Prof. Dr. Dominik Dorosz
Dr. Radosław Lisiecki
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Keywords

luminescent materials
optical glasses and fibers
ceramic phosphors
glass–ceramics
crystals
powders
nanoparticles
complexes
polymers
composites
solid-state lasers
broadband optical amplifiers
up-conversion luminescence systems
optical sensors
light emitting diodes (LEDs)
solar cell photovoltaics
optics
photonics

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Investigation of Thermal Sensing in Fluoroindate Yb³⁺/Er³⁺ Co-Doped Optical Fiber

by Bartłomiej Starzyk, Gloria Lesly Jimenez, Marcin Kochanowicz, Marta Kuwik, Jacek Żmojda, Piotr Miluski, Agata Baranowska, Jan Dorosz, Wojciech Pisarski, Joanna Pisarska and Dominik Dorosz

Materials 2023, 16(6), 2139; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma16062139 - 07 Mar 2023

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An investigation of fluoroindate glass and fiber co-doped with Yb³⁺/Er³⁺ ions as a potential temperature sensor was assessed using the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) technique. Analysis of thermally coupled levels (TCLs—²H_11/2 and ⁴S_3/2), non-thermally coupled levels (non-TCLs—⁴F_7/2 and ⁴F_9/2), and their combination were examined. Additionally, the luminescent stability of the samples under constant NIR excitation using different density power at three different temperatures was carried out. The obtained values of absolute sensitivity (0.003 K⁻¹—glass, 0.0019 K⁻¹—glass fiber ²H_11/2 → ⁴S_3/2 transition) and relative sensitivity (2.05% K⁻¹—glass, 1.64% K⁻¹—glass fiber ⁴F_7/2 → ⁴F_9/2 transition), as well as high repeatability of the signal, indicate that this material could be used in temperature sensing applications. Full article

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Analysis of Excitation Energy Transfer in LaPO₄ Nanophosphors Co-Doped with Eu³⁺/Nd³⁺ and Eu³⁺/Nd³⁺/Yb³⁺ Ions

by Karolina Sadowska, Tomasz Ragiń, Marcin Kochanowicz, Piotr Miluski, Jan Dorosz, Magdalena Leśniak, Dominik Dorosz, Marta Kuwik, Joanna Pisarska, Wojciech Pisarski, Katarzyna Rećko and Jacek Żmojda

Materials 2023, 16(4), 1588; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma16041588 - 14 Feb 2023

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Nanophosphors are widely used, especially in biological applications in the first and second biological windows. Currently, nanophosphors doped with lanthanide ions (Ln³⁺) are attracting much attention. However, doping the matrix with lanthanide ions is associated with a narrow luminescence bandwidth. This paper describes the structural and luminescence properties of co-doped LaPO₄ nanophosphors, fabricated by the co-precipitation method. X-ray structural analysis, scanning electron microscope measurements with EDS analysis, and luminescence measurements (excitation 395 nm) of LaPO₄:Eu³⁺/Nd³⁺ and LaPO₄:Eu³⁺/Nd³⁺/Yb³⁺ nanophosphors were made and energy transfer between rare-earth ions was investigated. Tests performed confirmed the crystal structure of the produced phosphors and deposition of rare-earth ions in the structure of LaPO₄ nanocrystals. In the range of the first biological window (650–950 nm), strong luminescence bands at the wavelengths of 687 nm and 698 nm (⁵D₀ → ⁷F₄:Eu³⁺) and 867 nm, 873 nm, 889 nm, 896 nm, and 907 nm (⁴F_3/2 → ⁴I_9/2:Nd³⁺) were observed. At 980 nm, 991 nm, 1033 nm (²F_5/2 → ²F_7/2:Yb³⁺) and 1048 nm, 1060 nm, 1073 nm, and 1080 nm (⁴F_3/2 → ⁴I_9/2:Nd³⁺), strong bands of luminescence were visible in the 950 nm–1100 nm range, demonstrating that energy transfer took place. Full article

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Spectroscopic Properties of Pr³⁺, Tm³⁺, and Ho³⁺ in Germanate-Based Glass Systems Modified by TiO₂

by Marta Kuwik, Karolina Kowalska, Joanna Pisarska and Wojciech A. Pisarski

Materials 2023, 16(1), 61; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma16010061 - 21 Dec 2022

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In this paper, the effect of the GeO₂:TiO₂ molar ratio in glass composition on the spectroscopic properties of germanate glasses was systematically investigated. The visible luminescence bands associated with characteristic ¹D₂ → ³H₄ (red), ⁵S₂, ⁵F₄ → ⁵I₈ (green), and ¹D₂ → ³F₄ (blue) transitions of Pr³⁺, Ho³⁺, and Tm³⁺ ions in systems modified by TiO₂ were well observed, respectively. It was found that the luminescence intensity of glasses containing Pr³⁺ and Ho³⁺ ions increases, whereas, for Tm³⁺-doped systems, luminescence quenching with increasing content of TiO₂ was observed. Based on Commission Internationale de I’Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates (x, y) analysis, it was demonstrated that the value of chromaticity coordinates for all glasses depends on the GeO₂:TiO₂ molar ratio. The addition of TiO₂ to system compositions doped with Tm³⁺ ions shifts the (x, y) to the center of the CIE diagram. However, chromaticity coordinates evaluated for glasses containing Pr³⁺ ions move to a purer red color. Our results confirm that the spectroscopic properties of the studied glasses strongly depend on TiO₂ content. Moreover, it can be stated that germanate-based glass systems modified by TiO₂ can be used for optoelectronics in RGB technology as red (Pr³⁺), green (Ho³⁺), and blue (Tm³⁺) emitters. Full article

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Judd–Ofelt Analysis and Emission Properties of Dy³⁺ Ions in Borogermanate Glasses

by Wojciech A. Pisarski

Materials 2022, 15(24), 9042; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma15249042 - 17 Dec 2022

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Borogermanate glasses singly doped with Dy³⁺ ions were synthesized and then studied using the absorption and luminescence spectra. Spectroscopic changes of Dy³⁺ ions have been examined for compositional-dependent glasses with various molar ratios GeO₂:B₂O₃. In this work, several spectroscopic parameters of Dy³⁺ ions were obtained experimentally and compared to the calculated values from the Judd–Ofelt theory. Luminescence spectra measured for borogermanate glasses consist of blue, yellow and red bands, which correspond to ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_15/2, ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_13/2 and ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_11/2 transitions of Dy³⁺, respectively. Luminescence lifetimes for the ⁴F_9/2 excited state are reduced, whereas the stimulated emission cross-sections for the most intense ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_13/2 yellow transition of Dy³⁺ increase with increasing GeO₂ and decreasing B₂O₃ concentrations in glass-hosts. Quantum efficiency of the ⁴F_9/2 (Dy³⁺) excited state is nearly independent on molar ratios GeO₂:B₂O₃. Attractive spectroscopic properties related to the ⁴F_9/2 → ⁶H_13/2 transition of Dy³⁺ ions are found for borogermanate glasses implying their potential utility for yellow laser action and solid-state lighting technology. Full article

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Synthesis and Thermal, Photophysical, Electrochemical Properties of 3,3-di[3-Arylcarbazol-9-ylmethyl]oxetane Derivatives

by Mateusz Korzec, Daiva Tavgeniene, Nizy Sara Samuel, Raminta Beresneviciute, Gintare Krucaite, Agnieszka Katarzyna Pająk, Sonia Kotowicz, Marharyta Vasylieva, Paweł Gnida, Jan Grzegorz Malecki, Saulius Grigalevicius and Ewa Schab-Balcerzak

Materials 2021, 14(19), 5569; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma14195569 - 25 Sep 2021

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Novel oxetane-functionalized derivatives were synthesized to find the impact of carbazole substituents, such as 1-naphtyl, 9-ethylcarbazole and 4-(diphenylamino)phenyl, on their thermal, photophysical and electrochemical properties. Additionally, to obtain the optimized ground-state geometry and distribution of the frontier molecular orbital energy levels, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used. Thermal investigations showed that the obtained compounds are highly thermally stable up to 360 °C, as molecular glasses with glass transition temperatures in the range of 142–165 °C. UV–Vis and photoluminescence studies were performed in solvents of differing in polarity, in the solid state as a thin film on glass substrate, and in powders, and were supported by DFT calculations. They emitted radiation both in solution and in film with photoluminescence quantum yield from 4% to 87%. Cyclic voltammetry measurements revealed that the materials undergo an oxidation process. Next, the synthesized molecules were tested as hole transporting materials (HTM) in perovskite solar cells with the structure FTO/b-TiO₂/m-TiO₂/perovskite/HTM/Au, and photovoltaic parameters were compared with the reference device without the oxetane derivatives. Full article

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Luminescence and Electrochemical Activity of New Unsymmetrical 3-Imino-1,8-naphthalimide Derivatives

by Sonia Kotowicz, Mateusz Korzec, Katarzyna Malarz, Aleksandra Krystkowska, Anna Mrozek-Wilczkiewicz, Sylwia Golba, Mariola Siwy, Sebastian Maćkowski and Ewa Schab-Balcerzak

Materials 2021, 14(19), 5504; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma14195504 - 23 Sep 2021

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A new series of 1,8-naphtalimides containing an imine bond at the 3-position of the naphthalene ring was synthesized using ¹H, ¹³C NMR, FTIR, and elementary analysis. The impact of the substituent in the imine linkage on the selected properties and bioimaging of the synthesized compounds was studied. They showed a melting temperature in the range of 120–164 °C and underwent thermal decomposition above 280 °C. Based on cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry, the electrochemical behavior of 1,8-naphtalimide derivatives was evaluated. The electrochemical reduction and oxidation processes were observed. The compounds were characterized by a low energy band gap (below 2.60 eV). Their photoluminescence activities were investigated in solution considering the solvent effect, in the aggregated and thin film, and a mixture of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) and 2-tert-butylphenyl-5-biphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) (50:50 wt.%). They demonstrated low emissions due to photoinduced electron transport (PET) occurring in the solution and aggregation, which caused photoluminescence quenching. Some of them exhibited light emission as thin films. They emitted light in the range of 495 to 535 nm, with photoluminescence quantum yield at 4%. Despite the significant overlapping of its absorption range with emission of the PVK:PBD, incomplete Förster energy transfer from the matrix to the luminophore was found. Moreover, its luminescence ability induced by external voltage was tested in the diode with guest–host configuration. The possibility of compound hydrolysis due to the presence of the imine bond was also discussed, which could be of importance in biological studies that evaluate 3-imino-1,8-naphatalimides as imaging tools and fluorescent materials for diagnostic applications and molecular bioimaging. Full article

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New Acceptor–Donor–Acceptor Systems Based on Bis-(Imino-1,8-Naphthalimide)

by Sonia Kotowicz, Mateusz Korzec, Agnieszka Katarzyna Pająk, Sylwia Golba, Jan Grzegorz Małecki, Mariola Siwy, Justyna Grzelak, Sebastian Maćkowski and Ewa Schab-Balcerzak

Materials 2021, 14(11), 2714; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma14112714 - 21 May 2021

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In this paper, six novel symmetrical bis-(imino-1,8-naphthalimides) differing in core and N-substituent structure were synthesized, and their thermal (TGA, DSC), optical (UV-Vis, PL), electrochemical (DPV, CV) properties were evaluated. The compounds were stable to 280 °C and could be transferred into amorphous materials. Electrochemical investigations showed their ability to occur reductions and oxidations processes. They exhibited deep LUMO levels of about −3.22 eV and HOMO levels above −5.80 eV. The optical investigations were carried out in the solutions (polar and non-polar) and in films and blends with PVK:PBD. Bis-(imino-1,8-naphthalimides) absorbed electromagnetic radiation in the range of 243–415 nm and emitted light from blue to yellow. Their capacity for light emission under voltage was preliminarily tested in devices with an active layer consisting of a neat compound and a blend with PVK:PBD. The diodes emitted green or red light. Full article

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