
Modern Luminescence from Fundamental Concepts to Materials and Applications, Volume 2
Luminescence in Materials
- 1st Edition - November 14, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Surender Kumar Sharma, Carlos Jacinto da Silva, Daniel Jaque Garcia, Navadeep Shrivastava
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 6 6 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 6 3 6 - 9
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Request a sales quoteModern Luminescence from Fundamental Concepts to Materials and Applications: Volume Two: Luminescence in Materials is part of a multivolume work that reviews the fundamental principles, properties and applications of luminescent materials. Topics addressed include 1) The key concepts of luminescence with a focus on important characterization techniques to understand a wide category of luminescent materials, 2) The most relevant luminescent materials categories, including both current and emerging materials, and 3) The applications of luminescent materials in biomedicine, solid state devices, and the development of hybrid materials.
This updated volume reviews the most relevant luminescent materials, including transition metals, rare-earth materials, actinide-based materials, and organic materials. In addition, the book reviews luminescence mechanisms in relevant, emerging materials and the optical techniques used to characterize these materials.
- Provides an overview of luminescence mechanisms in transition and rare-earth elements, actinides and organics
- Reviews the latest advances in optimizing luminescent properties in materials
- Includes experimental spectroscopic techniques to analyze luminescent materials
- Modern Luminescence from Fundamental Concepts to Materials and Applications, Volume 2
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Unit 1: Transition elements
- 1 Absorption and fluorescence properties of transition metal compounds
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Transition metals
- 1.3 Transition metal compounds
- 1.4 Electronic configuration of transition metal compounds
- 1.5 Electronic structure of transition metal compounds
- 1.5.1 X-Ray crystallography
- 1.5.2 Spectroscopy
- 1.5.3 Computational strategies
- 1.6 Absorption spectroscopy
- 1.7 Principle of absorption spectroscopy
- 1.8 Types of absorption spectroscopy
- 1.8.1 X-Ray absorption spectroscopy
- 1.8.2 UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy
- 1.9 Infrared absorption spectroscopy
- 1.10 Microwave absorption spectroscopy
- 1.11 Absorption properties of transition metal compounds
- 1.12 Fluorescence spectroscopy
- 1.13 Phenomena of fluorescence
- 1.14 Jablonski diagram
- 1.15 Timescale
- 1.16 Fluorescent properties of transition metal compounds
- 1.16.1 Exploring luminescence mechanisms
- 1.16.2 Colorful insights: Emission spectra
- 1.16.3 Metal-centered vs ligand-centered emissions
- 1.16.4 Factors influencing fluorescence intensity
- 1.16.5 Sensing and detection applications
- 1.16.6 Chiral fluorescence and circular dichroism
- 1.16.7 Photo physics and energy transfer
- 1.16.8 Future frontiers in fluorescence
- 1.17 Applications of fluorescent transition metal compounds
- References
- 2 Applications of luminescence in quantum-dot- and rare-earth-doped semiconductor nanostructures
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Conflict of interest
- 2.1 Introduction to luminescent semiconductor nanostructures
- 2.2 Nanomaterials based on semiconductors
- 2.2.1 Selecting luminescent host matrices
- 2.2.2 Core-shell engineering of luminescent semiconductors
- 2.2.3 QD semiconductors
- 2.2.4 Rare-earth-doped semiconductor nanostructures
- 2.3 Overview and perspectives
- References
- 3 Photonics of carbon nanorods
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 3.1 Carbon-based nanomaterials
- 3.2 Features and applications of CBNs
- 3.2.1 Graphite
- 3.2.2 Graphene
- 3.2.3 Graphene oxide
- 3.2.4 Reduced graphene oxide
- 3.2.5 Fullerenes
- 3.2.6 Carbon nanotubes
- 3.3 Carbon nanorods
- 3.3.1 CNR-based photodetectors
- 3.3.2 CNR-based waveguides
- 3.3.3 CNR-based plasmonic devices
- 3.3.4 CNR-based optoelectronics
- 3.3.5 CNR-based lasers
- 3.4 Photonics of CNR
- 3.5 AI-empowered nano-photonics and photonic machine learning
- 3.6 Fabrication of CNRs
- 3.7 Parameters of photonics
- 3.8 Applications of CNRs
- 3.9 Conclusion
- References
- Unit 2: Rare-earth elements and actinides
- 4 Rare-earth spectroscopy and nanomaterials
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Acknowledgments
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Incorporation of lanthanides into nanostructures
- 4.2.1 Lanthanide energy levels in nanostructures
- 4.2.2 Luminescence mechanisms
- 4.2.3 Nanoparticles-to-Ln energy transfer process
- 4.2.4 Emission efficiency relates to the nanostructure
- 4.2.5 Perspectives on rare-earth-based nanostructures spectroscopy
- References
- 5 Applications of luminescence in radioactive materials
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 5.1 Introduction to radioactive materials
- 5.1.1 Luminescence in radioactive materials
- 5.2 Basic terminology
- 5.3 Radiation and luminescence
- 5.3.1 Radiation
- 5.3.2 Types of ionizing radiation
- 5.3.3 Optical luminescence, or photoluminescence
- 5.3.4 Radiophotoluminescence
- 5.3.5 Stimulated luminescence
- 5.3.6 Radioluminescence
- 5.3.7 Cherenkov radiation
- 5.3.8 Scintillation mechanism
- 5.4 Luminescence due to radioactivity
- 5.4.1 Luminescence productions due to gamma rays: Gamma-ray scintillation
- 5.4.2 Luminescence productions due to charged (alpha and beta) particles: Charged particle scintillation
- 5.4.3 Beta particle: Charged particle scintillation
- 5.4.4 Luminescence productions due to neutron particles: Neutron scintillation
- 5.5 Application of radioactivity in luminescence_
- 5.6 Conclusion
- References
- 6 Rare-earth-doped materials for biomedical applications
- Abstract
- Keywords
- Acknowledgments
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 RED nanostructures for biomedical applications
- 6.2.1 Basics of RE elements
- 6.2.2 Spectroscopy of RE elements: From bulk to the nanoscale
- 6.3 Nanothermometry
- 6.3.1 Nanothermometry based on lanthanide ions
- 6.3.2 Examples of nanothermometers
- 6.4 Bioimaging with RE-doped nanostructures
- 6.4.1 Fluorescence bioimaging
- 6.4.2 Photoacoustic imaging
- 6.4.3 Optical coherence tomography
- 6.4.4 Multimodality bioimaging with rare-earth-doped nanostructures
- 6.5 Phototherapy
- 6.5.1 Drug delivery
- 6.5.2 Photothermal therapy
- 6.5.3 X-ray-activated therapy
- 6.5.4 Photobiomodulation and optogenetics
- 6.6 Tumor treatment
- 6.7 Cancer theranostics
- 6.8 Conclusion, perspectives, and challenges regarding rare-earth-based nanostructures for biomedical applications
- References
- Unit 3: Organics
- 7 Photochemistry and physics of organic molecules
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 7.1 Electromagnetic radiations
- 7.2 Perception of colors’ electronic states
- 7.3 Classification of primary photoreactions
- 7.3.1 Photophysical processes
- 7.3.2 Energy transfer processes
- 7.3.3 Photochemical reaction pathway
- 7.4 Techniques and methods
- 7.4.1 Light sources
- 7.4.2 Filters
- 7.4.3 Detectors
- 7.4.4 Preparative irradiation
- 7.4.5 Steady-state emission spectra and their correction
- 7.4.6 Time-resolved luminescence
- 7.4.7 Emission and absorption spectroscopy with polarized light
- 7.4.8 Time-resolved infrared and Raman spectroscopy (TR-IR)
- 7.4.9 Two photon absorption spectroscopy (TPA)
- 7.4.10 Single-molecule spectroscopy (SMS)
- 7.5 Chemistry of excited molecules
- 7.5.1 Alkenes
- 7.5.2 Alkynes
- 7.5.3 Nitrogen compounds
- 7.5.4 Molecular oxygen
- 7.5.5 Aromatic compounds
- 7.5.6 Heteroaromatic compounds
- 7.5.7 Sulfur compounds
- 7.5.8 Oxygen compounds
- 7.5.9 Peroxides, hydroxides, and oxides
- 7.6 Organic photosensitizers, photocatalysts, and photo-initiators
- 7.6.1 Photosensitizers
- 7.6.2 Photocatalysts
- 7.6.3 Photo-initiators
- 7.7 Conclusion
- References
- 8 Application of luminescence in organic substances
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.1.1 Luminescence in organic substances
- 8.1.2 Importance of luminescence in organic substances
- 8.1.3 Scope and objective of the chapter
- 8.2 Fundamentals of luminescence in organic substances
- 8.2.1 Types of luminescence
- 8.2.2 Mechanisms of luminescence in organic substances
- 8.2.3 Factors affecting luminescence efficiency
- 8.3 Main applications of luminescence in organic substances
- 8.3.1 Organic light-emitting diodes application details
- 8.3.2 Bioimaging and biomedical diagnostics
- 8.3.3 Chemical and biological sensing
- 8.3.4 Environmental monitoring and security
- 8.3.5 Industrial application
- 8.4 Conclusion
- References
- Unit 4: Experimental techniques
- 9 Spectroscopic instrumentation—II
- Abstract
- Keywords
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.1.1 The significance of optical properties in materials science
- 9.2 Photoluminescence microscopy
- 9.2.1 Optical and PL microscopy
- 9.2.2 Principle of PL microscopy
- 9.2.3 PL microscopy and spectroscopy
- 9.2.4 Advantage of PL microscopy and spectroscopy for materials science
- 9.3 Spectroscopic ellipsometry
- 9.3.1 Ellipsometry measurement
- 9.3.2 What can ex situ spectroscopic ellipsometry measure?
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 14, 2024
- No. of pages (Paperback): 292
- No. of pages (eBook): 600
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323886628
- eBook ISBN: 9780323886369
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Surender Kumar Sharma
Dr. Surender Kumar Sharma is an Associate Professor in Physics at the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India. Prior to joining his current university, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, Federal University of Maranhao, Brazil.
He has received his Ph.D. in Physics with specialization in Materials Science from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India in collaboration with Inter University of Accelerator Centre, New Delhi. He received the FAPEMA Senior researcher award in 2015. His research interests include magnetic nanohybrids, luminescent nanomaterials, their synthesis, characterization and utilization in magnetic and biomedical applications.CJ
Carlos Jacinto da Silva
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Daniel Jaque Garcia
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