Persistent X-ray-activated phosphors: mechanisms and applications

Cyrille Richard; Bruno Viana

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00808-6

Persistent X-ray-activated phosphors: mechanisms and applications

Light Sci Appl. 2022 May 4;11(1):123. doi: 10.1038/s41377-022-00808-6.

Authors

Cyrille Richard¹, Bruno Viana²

Affiliations

¹ Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INSERM, UTCBS, Unité de Technologies Chimiques et Biologiques pour la Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 75006, Paris, France. cyrille.richard@u-paris.fr.
² IRCP, CNRS UMR8247, PSL University, Chimie ParisTech, 11 Rue P&M Curie, 75005, Paris, France. bruno.viana@chimieparistech.fr.

Abstract

Trivalent lanthanides in wide bandgap fluoride or phosphate hosts can present persistent luminescence between 200 nm and 1.7 µm after charging by X-rays. Mechanisms are reviewed and applications envisioned.