@article{
author = "Elzbieciak-Piecka, K. and Piotrowski, Wojciech M. and Dramićanin, Miroslav and Marciniak, Lukasz",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Finding thermal history phosphors with high sensitivity and a consistent readout is required for reliable thermal history determination with high temperature resolution. This work presents a new thermal history phosphor based on the luminescence of Eu3+ ions in LaVO4 to meet these requirements. As demonstrated, raising the annealing temperature causes a structural phase transition from a low-temperature tetragonal phase to a high-temperature single-stranded phase. The associated change in the local point symmetry of the crystallographic site occupied by Eu3+ ions result in a significant decrease in the emission intensity ratio of the 5D0 → 7F2 band relative to the 5D0 → 7F1 band, which enables the development of the ratiometric thermal history phosphor with the relative sensitivity of 0.38% °C−1 at 800 °C. Its applicative potential for thermal history readout was proved in the proof-of-concept experiment.",
journal = "Dalton Transactions",
title = "Understanding the power of luminescence ratiometric thermal history indicators driven by phase transitions: the case of Eu3+ doped LaVO4",
doi = "10.1039/D3DT00601H"
}