Luminescence

Think of the blade of a wind turbine or a part of an airplane. After a heavy storm, you want to investigate whether it has been hit by hail stones or loaded beyond a certain threshold, even if no clear damage is visible. Researchers from Ghent University in Belgium have developed a pressure-sensitiv more

We often find that food becomes rotten when we leave it outside for long and fruits turn brown after they are peeled or cut. Such phenomena can be easily seen in our daily life and they illustrate the oxidation-reduction reaction. The fundamental principle controlling physical properties of two-dime more

Researchers have set a new efficiency record for LEDs based on perovskite semiconductors, rivalling that of the best organic LEDs (OLEDs). Compared to OLEDs, which are widely used in high-end consumer electronics, the perovskite-based LEDs, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, ca more

Cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes [Ir(tpy)(bbibH2)Cl][PF6] (1PF6) and [Ir(tpy)(bmbib)Cl][PF6] (2PF6), and the controlled complex [Ir(tpy)(mbib)Cl][PF6] (3PF6) have been synthesized at 135 oC for 10 hours for the former two complexes, while at 190 oC for 24 hours for the latter complex (Scheme 1), more

To exert the respective advantages of lanthanide complexes and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) in luminescence and encapsulation, hierarchically organized hybrid MOF particles were developed to meet the requirements of stable luminescence for applications in biological media. Anionic terbium (Tb) co more

Homogeneous KSc2F7 microcrystals with controlled and abundant morphologies were prepared by a one-step hydrothermal route without employing any templates or surfactants. Particularly, uniform and well-defined KSc2F7 crystals with rod, sheet, flower-like, thin rectangular, xylitol-like and thin plate more