About the Editor xiii Preface to "Persistently Luminescent Materials: From Development to Applications" xv 1 Introduction to Persistently Luminescent Materials 1 Nimai Pathak and Yuanbing Mao 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 PersL Processes and Emission Mechanisms 5 1.3 Types of PLMs 13 1.4 Synthesis Methods for IPLMs 22 1.5 Measurements and Characteristics of PersL 27 1.6 Summary and Challenges 34 References 34 2 Application Advances in Display Technology Field of Long Persistent Phosphor 43 Dangli Gao, Chaoyang Jia, and Xiaojun Wang 2.1 Introduction 43 2.

2 Research Progress on Afterglow Phosphors and Related Mechanisms 45 2.3 Application Advances in Display Field 47 2.4 Challenges and Opportunities 62 2.5 Summary 63 References 64 3 Persistent Luminescence-Based Light-Emitting Diodes 71 Bingfu Lei, Shuting Liu, and Xuejie Zhang 3.1 Introduction 71 3.2 Fundamentals of AC-LEDs 73 3.3 PersL Phosphors Applied in AC-LEDs 75 3.4 Challenges and Outlooks 89 References 90 4 Persistently Luminescent Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Biosensors 95 Yi Wei, Guogang Li, and Jianhua Hao 4.

1 Introduction 95 4.2 Fundamental Principles 96 4.3 Classifications with Excitation Light Sources 102 4.4 Enhancing Performance of PLNPs for Biomedicine 108 4.5 Conclusions and Outlook 115 Acknowledgments 116 References 116 5 Persistently Luminescent Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy 129 Shileng Chen, Zhiyang Shen, Yu Qiu, and Hongmin Chen 5.1 Introduction 129 5.2 Luminescence Nanoparticles and Persistent Luminescent Nanoparticles 130 5.3 Persistently Luminescent Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy 139 5.

4 Biocompatibility of PLNPs 149 5.5 Conclusion 150 Acknowledgments 151 References 151 6 Persistently Luminescent Inorganic Materials for Anticounterfeiting 163 Luidgi Giordano, Guanyu Cai, Victor Castaing, Bruno Viana, and Cyrille Richard 6.1 Introduction 163 6.2 A Wide Range of Possible Excitation Wavelengths: from NIR to X-rays 167 6.3 The Possible Emission Wavelengths Applied to Anticounterfeiting: from UV to SWIR 178 6.4 A Particular Focus on ZGO Spinel and Garnets and Their Prospects for Optical Anticounterfeiting Applications 186 6.5 Multi-Mode Imaging of Latent Fingerprints (LFP) 192 6.6 Conclusions 195 References 196 7 Recent Advances of the Deep Trap Persistent Phosphor for Optical Data Storage 205 Dangli Gao and Chaoyang Jia 7.

1 Introduction 205 7.2 The Information Storage Principle of Afterglow Materials 207 7.3 Enhanced Information Storage Capacity Strategy 210 7.4 Challenges and Opportunities of Optical Information Storage Materials 228 References 230 8 Afterglow Thermometer Using Persistent Phosphors 237 Chuan Liao, Feng Liu, Xiaojun Wang, and Jiahua Zhang 8.1 Introduction 237 8.2 Performance of Afterglow Thermometer 238 8.3 Response Parameters of Afterglow Thermometer 242 8.4 Physical Insights of Afterglow Thermometer 253 8.

5 Extended Thermometers Using Storage Phosphors 266 8.6 Conclusion 268 References 269 9 Persistent Luminescence and Applications of Molecular Materials and Their Hybrids 283 Jiahui Xu, Huifang Shi, and Zhongfu An 9.1 Introduction 283 9.2 Mechanism of Organic Persistent Luminescence 284 9.3 Afterglow Materials 285 9.4 Applications 308 9.5 Summary and Prospective 311 Acknowledgment 312 Abbreviation 312 References 313 10 Summary and Perspectives on Persistently Luminescent Materials 323 Yuanbing Mao and Xiaojun Wang 10.1 Introduction 323 10.

2 Other Applications 328 10.3 Conclusions, Challenges, and Perspectives 338 Acknowledgments 351 References 351 Index 359.