Present technological demands in disparate areas, such as microfluidics and nanofluidics,
microelectronics and nanoelectronics, photonics and biomedicine, among others, have …

In the preceding decade, the metal complexes of lanthanide ions with light harvesting
organic chromophores have garnered intensive and greater attention due to their marvelous …

The development of lanthanide-doped non-contact luminescent nanothermometers with
accuracy, efficiency and fast diagnostic tools attributed to their versatility, stability and narrow …

With the introduction of Eu3+ ions as the secondary fluorescent signal reporter and sensing
active sites, a dual-emission ratiometric sensor of Eu 3+@ NiMOF (Eu3+ functional NiMOF) …

Upconversion is a nonlinear optical phenomenon that involves the emission of high‐energy
photons by sequential absorption of two or more low‐energy excitation photons. Due to their …

Luminescent ratiometric thermometers combining high spatial and temporal resolution at the
micro-and nanoscale, where the conventional methods are ineffective, have emerged over …

The trivalent europium ion (Eu 3+) is well known for its strong luminescence in the red
spectral region, but this ion is also interesting from a theoretical point of view. Due to the …

Luminescent materials, also called phosphors, are defined as solids that can absorb and
convert certain types of energy into radiation of light.(1) Among all kinds of phosphors, rare …

Non-invasive precise thermometers working at the nanoscale with high spatial resolution,
where the conventional methods are ineffective, have emerged over the last couple of years …

Abstract Luminescent lanthanide-based Single-Molecule Magnets (SMM) are multifunctional
molecule-based materials that combine luminescence and magnetic properties in the same …