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Luminescent Properties of Lanthanoid Doped Crystals
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Luminescent Properties of Lanthanoid Doped Crystals

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2017)

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Ingo Hartenbach

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University of Stuttgart, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Interests: inorganic solid-state chemisty; luminescent materials; rare-earth elements; crystal structures

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In times of major changes for mankind, with respect of generating and using energy, the quest for efficient processes is more important than ever. This is especially true for luminophores regarding lighting strategies and display technologies, but also for detection methods, security issues and many other fields of applications. Solid, crystalline compounds bearing lanthanoid cations as activators represent a very vital research area in the realm of luminescent materials. The host materials are usually inert to environmental influences and the synthesis is facile in most cases. The role of the dopants is a very diverse one, with influences of the crystal field (e.g., Eu2+), parity forbidden f−f transitions (e.g., Eu3+, Tb3+) that can be rather intense nonetheless, or the effect of co-dopants (e.g., Gd3+), just to name a few. These are more than enough reasons for producing the current special issue.

The Special Issue on “Luminescent Properties of Lanthanoid Doped Crystals” is intended to provide a unique international forum, aimed at covering a broad description of results involving crystalline materials doped with rare-earth metal cations and their proper­ties. Scientists working in a wide range of disciplines are invited to contribute to this issue.

The topics summarized under the keywords broadly cover examples with a much greater number of sub-topics in mind. This volume is especially open for any innovative contributions involving luminescent crystalline materials doped with lanthanoid cations within the aspects of the topics and sub-topics.

Dr. Ingo Hartenbach
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • materials synthesis
  • luminescence spectroscopy
  • structure-property relationships
  • doping and co-doping
  • theoretical aspects

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LPE Growth of Single Crystalline Film Scintillators Based on Ce3+ Doped Tb3−xGdxAl5−yGayO12 Mixed Garnets
by Vitalii Gorbenko, Tetiana Zorenko, Sandra Witkiewicz, Kazimierz Paprocki, Oleg Sidletskiy, Alexander Fedorov, Paweł Bilski, Anna Twardak and Yuriy Zorenko
Crystals 2017, 7(9), 262; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7090262 - 30 Aug 2017
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The growth of single crystalline films (SCFs) with excellent scintillation properties based on the Tb1.5Gd1.5Al5−yGayO12:Ce mixed garnet at y = 2–3.85 by Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) method onto Gd3Al2.5Ga [...] Read more.
The growth of single crystalline films (SCFs) with excellent scintillation properties based on the Tb1.5Gd1.5Al5−yGayO12:Ce mixed garnet at y = 2–3.85 by Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) method onto Gd3Al2.5Ga2.5O12 (GAGG) substrates from BaO based flux is reported in this work. We have found that the best scintillation properties are shown by Tb1.5Gd1.5Al3Ga2O12:Ce SCFs. These SCFs possess the highest light yield (LY) ever obtained in our group for LPE grown garnet SCF scintillators exceeding by at least 10% the LY of previously reported Lu1.5Gd1.5Al2.75Ga2.25O12:Ce and Gd3Al2–2.75 Ga3–2.25O12:Ce SCF scintillators, grown from BaO based flux. Under α-particles excitation, the Tb1.5Gd1.5 Al3Ga2O12:Ce SCF show LY comparable with that of high-quality Gd3Al2.5Ga2.5O12:Ce single crystal (SC) scintillator with the LY above 10,000 photons/MeV but faster (at least by 2 times) scintillation decay times t1/e and t1/20 of 230 and 730 ns, respectively. The LY of Tb1.5Gd1.5Al2.5Ga2.5O12:Ce SCFs, grown from PbO flux, is comparable with the LY of their counterparts grown from BaO flux, but these SCFs possess slightly slower scintillation response with decay times t1/e and t1/20 of 330 and 990 ns, respectively. Taking into account that the SCFs of the Tb1.5Gd1.5Al3–2.25Ga2–2.75O12:Ce garnet can also be grown onto Ce3+ doped GAGG substrates, the LPE method can also be used for the creation of the hybrid film-substrate scintillators for simultaneous registration of the different components of ionization fluxes. Full article
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Crystal Growth and Luminescence Properties of Dy3+ and Ge4+ Co-Doped Bi4Si3O12 Single Crystals for High Power Warm White LED
by Tian Tian, Haiwei Feng, Yan Zhang, Ding Zhou, Hui Shen, Hongchao Wang and Jiayue Xu
Crystals 2017, 7(8), 249; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7080249 - 09 Aug 2017
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Φ1 inch Dy3+ and Ge4+ co-doped bismuth silicate (Bi4Si3O12, BSO) single crystals with the length of 80–100 mm were successfully grown by Bridgman method. They are transparent, free of cracks and inclusions. The white residual [...] Read more.
Φ1 inch Dy3+ and Ge4+ co-doped bismuth silicate (Bi4Si3O12, BSO) single crystals with the length of 80–100 mm were successfully grown by Bridgman method. They are transparent, free of cracks and inclusions. The white residual at the top parts of BSO crystals disappears with co-doping 1 mol% Dy3+ and more than 3 mol% Ge4+. The FWHM values of X-ray rocking curves shows 1%Dy,3%Ge:BSO crystal possesses high crystallization quality. The intrinsic emission peak of BSO and the characteristic emission peaks of Dy3+ ions are weakened with increasing the doping concentration of Ge4+. 1 mol% Dy3+ and 3 mol% Ge4+ are the optimal concentrations due to high crystallization quality and moderate emission intensity. The CIE coordinates and CCT values shift towards warmer white light region with increased Ge4+ co-doping. The CCT values are close to the ideal value of 3000 K for warm white light when 1%Dy,3%Ge:BSO crystal is excited by various UV light. Increasing the temperature from 298 K to 573 K leads the luminescence lifetime to decrease from 659 μs to 645 μs. More than 95% and 80% photoluminescence intensity at room temperature is still retained at 423 K and 573 K respectively. Dy,Ge:BSO crystals are potential candidates for fabricating high power warm WLEDs. Full article
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Preparation, Crystal structure and Luminescence Properties of Lanthanide Complexes with 2,4,6-tri(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,5-triazine and Organic Carboxylic Acid
by Jingjing Li, Xueqiong Zhang, Bin Yue, Ailing Wang, Haibin Chu and Yongliang Zhao
Crystals 2017, 7(5), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7050139 - 14 May 2017
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Five crystal complexes {[Eu2(TPTZ)2(mNBA)6(H2O)2]·2CH3OH}n (1), [Eu(TPTZ)(CF3COO)(H2O)5]·Cl2·CH3CH2OH (2), {[Yb2(TPTZ)2(BDC)3]·2H2O}n (3), [Yb(TPTZ)Cl(H2O)4]·Cl2 (4) and [Er(TPTZ)(TTA)Cl2] (5) (mNBA = m-nitro benzoate, BDC = terephthalate, TTA = thenoyltrifluoroacetone, TPTZ = 2,4,6-tri(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine) have been synthesized. The single X-ray diffraction reveals that TPTZ is mainly in the trident coordination [...] Read more.
Five crystal complexes {[Eu2(TPTZ)2(mNBA)6(H2O)2]·2CH3OH}n (1), [Eu(TPTZ)(CF3COO)(H2O)5]·Cl2·CH3CH2OH (2), {[Yb2(TPTZ)2(BDC)3]·2H2O}n (3), [Yb(TPTZ)Cl(H2O)4]·Cl2 (4) and [Er(TPTZ)(TTA)Cl2] (5) (mNBA = m-nitro benzoate, BDC = terephthalate, TTA = thenoyltrifluoroacetone, TPTZ = 2,4,6-tri(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine) have been synthesized. The single X-ray diffraction reveals that TPTZ is mainly in the trident coordination mode and organic aromatic carboxylic acids are in the multiple coordination modes in the crystals. The composition of solvents, reaction temperature and reactant ratios all affect the composition and structure of the formed crystals. Crystals 1 and 3 belong to triclinic system, while the other three belong to monoclinic system. Among them, Crystal complexes 1 and 3 are coordination polymers. The other three crystals are mononuclear complexes with LnШ ions in the asymmetric environment. Both of the Crystal complexes 1 and 2 show strong luminescence emissions of Eu3+. The luminescence lifetimes of the two complexes are 0.761 ms and 0.447 ms, respectively. In addition, their luminescence quantum efficiencies are 25.0% and 16.7%, respectively. Full article
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The Syntheses, Crystal Structure and Luminescence Properties of Cone-Like Octadentate Europium (III) Complexes with Four Short Alkoxy Substituents
by Tetsuji Moriguchi, Satoshi Hirosaki, Venkataprasad Jalli, Akihiko Tsuge and Kenji Yoza
Crystals 2017, 7(3), 85; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst7030085 - 13 Mar 2017
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Treatment of 1-(4′-methoxy or ethoxy phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-1,3-butanedione with europium (III) chloride in the presence of piperidine resulted in the halide ligands exchange yielded new piperidinium tetrakis{1-(4′-methoxy or ethoxy phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-1,3-butanedionato} europate (III) complexes 2a and 2b. Complexes 2a and 2b have been characterized by elemental [...] Read more.
Treatment of 1-(4′-methoxy or ethoxy phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-1,3-butanedione with europium (III) chloride in the presence of piperidine resulted in the halide ligands exchange yielded new piperidinium tetrakis{1-(4′-methoxy or ethoxy phenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-1,3-butanedionato} europate (III) complexes 2a and 2b. Complexes 2a and 2b have been characterized by elemental analysis, 1H NMR spectroscopy, and FAB-MS, and their absolute structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The complexes 2a and 2b have the monoclinic space groups C2/c (No. 15, 4′-substituent = OCH3) and with P − 1 (No. 2, 4′-substituent = OC2H5), respectively. X-ray analysis results showed that eight coordinate structures of the complexes 2a and 2b have conelike structures, like calix[4]arenes, but their structures were slightly different due to the crystal packing and the existence of the solvent molecule. The complexes 2a and 2b exhibited identical, strong photoluminescence emissions in the solution phase. Full article
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