The overlap of the principal luminescence band of the erbium ion with the low-loss optical
transmission window of silica optical fibres, along with the drive for integration of photonics …

Ratiometric near‐infrared (NIR) fluorescence holds great promise for important applications
such as temperature sensing, food safety detection, and biological imaging owing to its self …

This review addresses luminescent rare earth compounds assembled in microcapsules as
well as in planar films fabricated by the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique, the Langmuir …

Abstract SiO 2: Eu 3+ based bulk composites containing ZnO quantum dots were
synthesized by an in situ sol–gel process. The quantum dots homogeneously distributed …

A series of new tetranuclear heterometallic ZnII‐EuIII complexes have been synthesized,
that is,(bpy) 2Zn2Eu2 (naph) 10 (1),(bpy) 2Zn2Eu2 (naph) 8 (NO3) 2 (2), and (phen) …

Erbium-doped silicon-rich nitride/silicon superlattice structures were fabricated by direct
magnetron cosputtering deposition on Si substrates. Rapid thermal annealing resulted in the …

A significant enhancement of the photoluminescence (PL) efficiency is observed for
aqueous suspensions of porous silicon nanoparticles (PSiNPs) coated by bioresorbable …

Surface plasmon (SP) coupling technique was used to enhance light emissions from
semiconductor nanocrystals with evaporated metal layers. We found that the SP coupling …

Layers of porous silicon (por-Si) with incorporated rare earth (RE) ions of erbium (Er) and
ytterbium (Yb) were prepared by using electrochemical etching of crystalline silicon (c-Si) …

Erbium-doped silicon (Er-doped Si) materials hold great potential for advancing Si photonic
devices. For Er-doped Si, the efficiency of energy transfer (ηET) from Si to Er3+ is crucial. In …