Efficient near-infrared (NIR)-emitting materials have been significantly stimulating researchers’ and manufacturers’ interests due to their unique advantages in optical communications, bioimaging, photovoltaics, plant growth, night-vision detection, etc. Such compounds broadly contain lanthanide and/or transition metal ions-doped micro-/nano-phosphors and glass (ceramics), quantum dots, carbon dots, organic molecules, MOFs compounds, as well as hybrid systems, which are excited by various light sources. To achieve the (ultra-) efficient NIR emission, design and synthesis on the basis of fully considering (structure-manipulated) energy transfer mechanisms are worthy of comprehensive explorations for numerous promising applications.
Besides the challenges in freely tuning excitation and emission for different purposes, current near-infrared-emitting materials still feature low external quantum yield, either for bulk phosphors or for nanoparticle-based systems, which really limits practical applications. Insights into complicated energy transfer (sensitization) mechanisms and the optimization through nano-structured design, as well as thorough improvements caused by versatile advanced chemical synthesis, will pave new routes.
This Research Topic will summarize different types of novel NIR-emitting materials, highlight the difficulties that hinder the development of efficient NIR emitters, provide new perspectives to the solutions, motivate relevant researchers to deeply understand fundamental photophysical problems, explore new ways of synthesis, and realize the practical applications of those materials.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Design, synthesis, investigation, and application of novel NIR-emitting compounds such as: quantum dots, carbon dots, hybrid systems and molecules
• Innovative studies in the excitation and emission tuning towards different applications
• Insights into energy transfer (sensitization) mechanisms
• Novel strategies towards NIR-emitting optimization through structure-activity-relationship
We also welcome contributions on novel transition metal and lanthanide ion-doped NIR-emitting compounds, as well as novel far-red emitting materials
Efficient near-infrared (NIR)-emitting materials have been significantly stimulating researchers’ and manufacturers’ interests due to their unique advantages in optical communications, bioimaging, photovoltaics, plant growth, night-vision detection, etc. Such compounds broadly contain lanthanide and/or transition metal ions-doped micro-/nano-phosphors and glass (ceramics), quantum dots, carbon dots, organic molecules, MOFs compounds, as well as hybrid systems, which are excited by various light sources. To achieve the (ultra-) efficient NIR emission, design and synthesis on the basis of fully considering (structure-manipulated) energy transfer mechanisms are worthy of comprehensive explorations for numerous promising applications.
Besides the challenges in freely tuning excitation and emission for different purposes, current near-infrared-emitting materials still feature low external quantum yield, either for bulk phosphors or for nanoparticle-based systems, which really limits practical applications. Insights into complicated energy transfer (sensitization) mechanisms and the optimization through nano-structured design, as well as thorough improvements caused by versatile advanced chemical synthesis, will pave new routes.
This Research Topic will summarize different types of novel NIR-emitting materials, highlight the difficulties that hinder the development of efficient NIR emitters, provide new perspectives to the solutions, motivate relevant researchers to deeply understand fundamental photophysical problems, explore new ways of synthesis, and realize the practical applications of those materials.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Design, synthesis, investigation, and application of novel NIR-emitting compounds such as: quantum dots, carbon dots, hybrid systems and molecules
• Innovative studies in the excitation and emission tuning towards different applications
• Insights into energy transfer (sensitization) mechanisms
• Novel strategies towards NIR-emitting optimization through structure-activity-relationship
We also welcome contributions on novel transition metal and lanthanide ion-doped NIR-emitting compounds, as well as novel far-red emitting materials
