Lanthanide mechanoluminescence

What is it about?

The review starts with a short historical background of ML, discussing definitions, and providing some theoretical bases. It then presents instrumental setups before covering all aspects of lanthanide mechanoluminescence, starting with simple salts, then doped inorganic compounds (irradiated and non-irradiated) and finally chelates. Mechanoluminescent sensors are described with various actual and potential applications. Literature is covered until April 2017. The wealth of information gathered during the past 20 years in the field and the broad understanding of the phenomenon attained show that the field is presently ready for a quantitative leap forward. Many subjects are waiting to be developed, including NIR mechanoluminescence or bio-applications based on single mechanoluminescent particle light sources while designing new types of mechanoluminescent materials with techniques paralleling the developments in other aspects of lanthanide photonics could prove extremely rewarding.

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