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Dorenbos, P. (author)The U-value defined as the energy difference between the Eu<sup>4+/3+</sup> and Eu<sup>3+/2+</sup> charge transition levels (CTLs) is the most important parameter in constructing vacuum referred binding energy diagrams (VRBEs) with all the lanthanide CTLs with respect to the vacuum level of energy. The parameter is difficult to determine from...journal article 2024
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Dorenbos, P. (author)Location of lanthanide levels in the bandgap, vacuum referred binding energy (VRBE) in the lanthanide ground state and energy of lanthanide charge transition levels (CTLs) are just three different namings for the same concept. A concept of importance for the performance of lanthanide activated compounds. Energy differences of CTLs with the...journal article 2024
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van Aarle, C. (author), Krämer, Karl W. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author)Recent research activity on Sm<sup>2+</sup>-doped compounds has significantly increased the amount of available data on 4f<sup>5</sup>5d → 4f<sup>6</sup> decay times. This enabled the systematic comparison of spectroscopic and time resolved luminescence data to theoretical models describing the interplay between the 4f<sup>5</sup>5d and 4f...journal article 2024
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Lyu, Tianshuai (author), Dorenbos, P. (author)Discovering energy storage materials with rationally controlled trapping and de-trapping of electrons and holes upon x-rays, UV-light, or mechanical force stimulation is challenging. Such materials enable promising applications in various fields, for instance in multimode anti-counterfeiting, x-ray imaging, and non-real-time force recording....journal article 2024
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Plokker, M.P. (author), Vlaar, S.A. (author), Bakx, A.H.J. (author), van der Kolk, E. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Hintzen, H.T.J.M. (author)The luminescence properties of Tm2+-doped BaCl2 with an orthorhombic structure have been studied as a function of temperature and compared to other Tm2+-doped chlorides. In addition to the 2F5/2 → 2F7/2 (4f13 → 4f13) line emission, two 4f125d1 → 4f13 band emissions are observed at 20 K that can be ascribed to the spin-allowed (3H6,5d1)S=1/2 →...journal article 2023
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Ou, Yiyi (author), Zhou, Weijie (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Liang, Hongbin (author)Cationic tuning for lanthanide (Ce<sup>3+</sup>/Pr<sup>3+</sup>)-activated inorganic phosphors with stable, efficient, and fast-decay 5d-4f emissions has emerged as an important strategy toward the continuing pursuit of superior scintillators. The in-depth understanding of the cationic effects on photo- and radioluminescence of lanthanides Ce...journal article 2023
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van Blaaderen, J.J. (author), van den Brekel, Liselotte A. (author), Krämer, Karl W. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author)Currently only Eu<sup>2+</sup>-based scintillators have approached the light yield needed to improve the 2% energy resolution at 662 keV of LaBr<sub>3</sub>:Ce<sup>3+</sup>,Sr<sup>2+</sup>. Their major limitation, however, is the significant self-absorption due to Eu<sup>2+</sup>. CsCu<sub>2</sub>I<sub>3</sub> is an interesting new small band...journal article 2023
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van Aarle, C. (author), Roturier, Nils (author), Biner, Daniel A. (author), Krämer, Karl W. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author)LaBr<sub>3</sub>:Ce<sup>3+</sup> is a compound with excellent scintillation properties, but its ultraviolet emission does not match well with the detection efficiency curves of silicon based photodetectors. In this work, Sm<sup>2+</sup> is studied as an activator for LaBr<sub>3</sub> as its near-infrared emission can be detected with close to...journal article 2023
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van Aarle, C. (author), Krämer, Karl W. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author)The benefits of doping Cs<sub>4</sub>EuBr<sub>6</sub> and Cs<sub>4</sub>EuI<sub>6</sub> with Sm<sup>2+</sup> are studied for near-infrared scintillator applications. It is shown that undoped Cs<sub>4</sub>EuI<sub>6</sub> suffers from a high probability of self-absorption, which is almost completely absent in Cs<sub>4</sub>EuI<sub>6</sub>:2%...journal article 2023
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Lyu, Tianshuai (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Wei, Zhanhua (author)Developing X-ray charged dosimeters with excellent charge carrier storage capacity and stability is challenging. Such energy storage dosimeters have fascinating use in developing novel applications, for instance, in radiation detection, advanced multimode anti-counterfeiting, and flexible X-ray imaging of curved objects. Herein, novel LiTaO...journal article 2023
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Quarati, F.G.A. (author), Bollen, G. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Eibach, M. (author), Gulyuz, K. (author), Hamaker, A. (author), Izzo, C. (author), Keblbeck, D. K. (author), Mougeot, X. (author)Background: Mainly because of its long half-life and despite its scientific relevance, spectroscopic measurements of Lu176 forbidden β decays are very limited and lack formulation of shape factors. A direct precise measurement of its Q value is also presently unreported. In addition, the description of forbidden decays provides interesting...journal article 2023
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van Blaaderen, J.J. (author), van der Sar, S.J. (author), Onggo, Djulia (author), Sheikh, Md Abdul K. (author), Schaart, D.R. (author), Birowosuto, Muhammad D. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author)Due to recent development in detector technology, photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) has become a rapidly emerging medical imaging technology. Current PCCT systems rely on the direct conversion of X-ray photons into charge pulses, using CdTe, CZT, or Si semiconductor detectors. Indirect detection using ultrafast scintillators coupled...journal article 2023
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Hashimoto, Atsunori (author), Ueda, Jumpei (author), Aoki, Yasushi (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Tanabe, Setsuhisa (author)RE<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>S:Eu<sup>3+</sup>-Ln<sup>3+</sup> (RE = La, Gd, Y, Lu; Ln = Pr, Tb) samples were prepared by a solid-state reaction method to develop new red persistent phosphors and to demonstrate the hole detrapping mechanism. All Eu<sup>3+</sup>-singly doped RE<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>S show very weak thermoluminescence (TL)...journal article 2023
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Lyu, Tianshuai (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Wei, Zhanhua (author)Multimode luminescence relates to how charge carriers are transported and recombined in response to various physical excitations. It shows promising applications in many fields like advanced anti-counterfeiting, information storage and encryption. Enabling a stable single compound with multimode luminescence is a unique technology but still...journal article 2023
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Lyu, T. (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Li, Canhua (author), Li, Silei (author), Xu, Jian (author), Wei, Zhanhua (author)It is challenging to rational design persistent luminescence and storage phosphors with high storage capacity of electrons and holes after X-ray charging. Such phosphors have potential applications in anti-counterfeiting and X-ray imaging. Here we have combined vacuum referred binding energy diagram (VRBE) construction, photoluminescence...journal article 2022
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Lyu, Tianshuai (author), Dorenbos, P. (author)Discovering UV-light or X-ray charged afterglow and storage phosphors with high charge carrier storage capacity remains challenging. Herein, a method is proposed by combining vacuum referred binding energy (VRBE) diagram construction and optimization of dopants’ concentration and compound synthesis. The refined chemical shift model, optical...journal article 2022
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van Blaaderen, J.J. (author), Maddalena, Francesco (author), Dang, Cuong (author), Birowosuto, Muhammad Danang (author), Dorenbos, P. (author)In this work the scintillation properties of PEA<sub>2</sub>PbBr<sub>4</sub> are studied as function of temperature, accessing the potential use of these materials for low temperature applications. The scintillation properties and mechanism have been studied using a combination of temperature dependent photoluminescence emission and...journal article 2022
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Lyu, Tianshuai (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Xiong, Puxian (author), Wei, Zhanhua (author)Developing X-ray or UV-light charged storage and mechanoluminescence (ML) materials with high charge carrier storage capacity is challenging. Such materials have promising utilization in developing new applications, for example, in flexible X-ray imaging, stress sensing, or non-real-time recording. Herein, the study reports on such materials;...journal article 2022
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Chang, J. (author), Los, Johannes W.N. (author), Gourgues, Ronan (author), Steinhauer, Stephan (author), Dorenbos, S.N. (author), Pereira, S.F. (author), Urbach, Paul (author), Zwiller, Val (author), Esmaeil Zadeh, I.Z. (author)Shortly after their inception, superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) became the leading quantum light detection technology. With the capability of detecting single-photons with near-unity efficiency, high time resolution, low dark count rate, and fast recovery time, SNSPDs outperform conventional single-photon detection...journal article 2022
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Yang, Yunlin (author), Lou, Bibo (author), Ou, Yiyi (author), Su, Fang (author), Ma, Chong Geng (author), Duan, Chang Kui (author), Dorenbos, P. (author), Liang, Hongbin (author)Ce3+-doped LiSr4(BO3)3 phosphors have been prepared by a high-temperature solid-state reaction method, and structural refinement of the host compound has been performed. The excitation and emission spectra in the vacuum ultraviolet-ultraviolet-visible range at cryogenic temperatures reveal that Ce3+ ions preferentially occupy eight...journal article 2022