Yet another publication for the end of the year, check out this valence control study with gadolinium co-doping from our Brazilian collaboration.
Carvalho, J.M., Lastusaari, M., Rodrigues, L.C.V., Hölsä, J., Felinto, M.C.F.C., and Brito, H.F., Valence control of Pr in ZrO2 nanocrystals by aliovalent Gd3+ co-doping, J. Lumin. 170 (2016) 627-632.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.07.009
The whole IMC group gathered in Blanko yesterday evening to have a wonderful dinner and celebrate the end of this year. We’ve had an amazing year and we hope we will have as much fun and success in the years to come!
2016 started early this year, check out this new publication about valence instability in europium and terbium phosphor and how it is studied.
Rodrigues, L.C.V., Hölsä, J., Brito, H.F., Maryško, M., Matos, J.R., Paturi, P., Rodrigues, R.V., and Lastusaari, M., Magneto-optical studies of valence instability in europium and terbium phosphors, J. Lumin. 170 (2016) 701-706.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.08.018
MSc Vishal Kale will defend his doctoral thesis on Friday 13th of November at 12.00 in Pharmacity Auditorium.
The thesis topic is “Blue and Uv-Emitting Upconversion Nanoparticles: Synthesis and (Bio) Analytical Applications”. In the thesis the luminescent properties of the nanocrystalline NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+ particles are improved and their use as labels and internal light sources in biomedical applications is introduced.
Mr. Kale has been working in the Department of biotechnology but is jointly supervised by Mika Lastusaari. The work of Mr. Kale is a great example how you can combine the chemistry behind the synthesis developement and the use of nanoparticles in applications in multidisciplinary areas.
Thesis in Doria web archive: Thesis
FSRUO Annual Workshop & School 2015 is held in Helsinki, Kumpula Science Campus on 3.-4.12.2015
Mika is giving a lecture in FSRUO (Finnish Synchrotron Radiation User Organisation) annual workshop in Helsinki on the matter of “Using Synchrotron-Based Methods for Understanding Solid State Oxides and Fluorides”
Seminar program and registration (www): Program FSRUO 2015
FSRUO homepage: WWW
The 9th Annual MatSurf Seminar is held 9.11.2015 in Deparment of Physics and Astronomy, Quantum Auditorium from 9.00 forward.
We’re attending the seminar with a presentation of Hellen “Luminescent Non-Doped Laponites: Anionic Layered Nanosilicates” and also contribute to poster session starting at 15.20.
MatSurf stands for Turku University Centre for Materials and Surfaces and is a joint project of several research groups to make the most of the know-how and instruments in the field of Materials Research in Turku, Finland.
Seminar Flyer (pdf): Flyer MatSurf 2015
Abstract booklet (pdf): Abstracts 2015
To brighten the darkening autumn our group had a “Autumn Start-Up” dinner on Wednesday at restaurant Torre. The food was delicious and there was plenty of it.
Thanks everyone for a great evening!
We’re attending the 9th International Conference on Luminescent Detectors and Transformers of Ionizing Radiation in Tartu, Estonia on September 20-25.
Go see Mika at the poster Tu-P-41 on Tuesday (16:20-18:20 Poster Session I) with the topic “On the mechanism of persistent luminescence and tenebrescence in Na8Al6Si6O24(Cl2,S)”
Conference WWW: http://lumdetr.ut.ee/
Program: Program.pdf
We’re attending the 9th international conference on f-elements is held in Oxford, UK on September 6-9. Come see our posters on Tuesday poster session with numbers #44 and #120.
The “glowing mystery” of the Bologna Stone was a subject of intrest in io9.com blog lately. To give more insight on the scientific details of the persistent luminescence in Bologna Stone, have a look at our paper published in 2012.
Lastusaari, M., Laamanen, T., Malkamäki, M., Eskola, K.O., Kotlov, A., Carlson, S., Welter, E., Brito, H.F., Bettinelli, M., Jungner, H., and Hölsä, J., The Bologna Stone: history’s first persistent luminescence material, Eur. J. Mineral. 24 (2012) 885-890.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0935-1221/2012/0024-2224
io9 blog: http://io9.com/the-bologna-stone-was-a-glowing-mystery-for-400-years-1724589932