Blogged: Bologna Stone in io9.com

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

Two new publications!

Check out our new publications; one about tenebrescence and persistent luminescence and the other about phosphate glasses.

Norrbo, I., Głuchowski, P., Paturi, P., Sinkkonen, J., and Lastusaari, M., Persistent luminescence of tenebrescent Na8Al6Si6O24(Cl2,S): multifunctional optical markers, Inorg. Chem. 54 (2015) 7717-7724.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00568

Massera, J., Gaussiran, M., Gluchowski, P., Lastusaari, M., Hupa, L., and Petit, L., Processing and characterization of phosphate glasses containing CaAl2O4:Eu2+,Nd3+ and SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+ nanoparticles, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 35 (2015) 3863-3871.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2015.06.031

New publication: “Optically stimulated persistent luminescence of europium-doped LaAlO3 nanocrystals”

New publication about optically stimulated persistent luminescence from our collaborators.

Głuchowski, P., Stręk, W., Lastusaari, M., and Hölsä, J., Optically Stimulated Persistent Luminescence of Europium-Doped LaAlO3 Nanocrystals, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17 (2015) 17246 – 17252.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cp00234f

New publication: “Wavelength-sensitive energy storage in Sr3MgSi2O8:Eu2+,Dy3+”

Mika has a new publication about the energy storage properties of the Sr3MgSi2O8:Eu2+,Dy3+ materials, take a look.

Lastusaari, M., Bos, A.J.J., Dorenbos, P., Laamanen, T., Malkamäki, M., Rodrigues, L.C.V. and Hölsä, J., Wavelength-sensitive energy storage in Sr3MgSi2O8:Eu2+,Dy3+, J. Thermal Anal. Calorim. 121 (2015) 29-35.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4571-7