Peng Zhang,Wanying Xie,Zhenbin Wang,Zenggang Lin,Xiuxiang Huang,Zhenghua Ju,Weisheng Liu
Long-persistent luminescence (PersL) materials have shown great promise on account of their diverse utilization in anticounterfeiting and encryption. Nevertheless, time-dependent dynamic multicolor afterglow is rarely reported, especially for single-component oxide-based materials. In this work, a series of LiGa5O8:Eu3+/Tb3+ phosphors exhibit time-dependent dynamic multicolor afterglow from blue to red or green over several seconds after ceasing the excitation. Both experimental and computational data confirm that the color evolution results from different energy transfer processes between traps and luminescent centers. The processes are probably controlled by thermally activated exciton diffusion and the electron tunneling effect. This dynamic multicolor afterglow of LiGa5O8 phosphors allows their applications in anticounterfeiting and encryption with high security levels.
Jiejun Pan,Guang Xu,Sixue Ren,Tingjie Xu,Dongrui Li,Mengxin Liu,Xinan Shi,Daocheng Pan
Rare earth-doped metal oxide thin films exhibit remarkable potential for application in anti-counterfeiting, owing to their exceptional fluorescent properties. However, the existing fabrication techniques for these rare earth-doped luminescent thin films are predominantly complex and necessitate high-temperature conditions. In light of this issue, we present a low-temperature method for in situ fabrication of luminescent Ca1−xMoO4:Eux3+ and Sr1−xMoO4:Tbx3+ nanocrystal thin films by a solution deposition process. The developed method has the advantages of simple operation, rapid and low-temperature synthesis. The optimal chemical compositions of molybdate-based luminescent films are Ca0.90MoO4:Eu0.103+ and Sr0.90MoO4:Tb0.103+. Moreover, we evaluate the practical feasibility of luminescent nanoparticle films in the field of anti-counterfeiting by combining the unique fluorescent properties of rare earth ions and designing customized fluorescent patterns.