Abstracts and Full Papers submission

Contributions are welcome in the following areas (but are not limited to):

• Fundamental photoluminescence phenomena

• Optical, spectroscopic and structural characterization of rare-earth-doped materials

• Rare-earth-doped crystalline and polymeric materials

• Rare-earth-doped glasses, transparent ceramics and glass-ceramic materials

• Rare-earth complexes, metal-organic frameworks and perovskites

• Rare-earth solid-state lasers and micro-chip lasers

• Rare-earth optical fiber and integrated optical amplifiers and lasers

• Phosphor materials for solid-state lighting and persistent phosphors

• Scintillators

• Rare-earth fluorescence thermometry

• Photonic devices exploiting rare-earths’ characteristics

• Micro- and nano-structured rare-earth-doped materials

• Up- and down-conversion for telecom and photovoltaic applications

• Rare-earth-doped nanoparticles for disease diagnosis and drug delivery

• Applications in bioimaging

An 1-page abstract is required; to submit it, please download the template (Abstract_template_PRE24.docx) and send the abstract (in pdf format) to the address: abstracts-PRE24@fotonica.it

Full papers can be submitted for publication in the Special Issue of the Elsevier Ceramics International journal (IF: 5.2) on Photoluminescence in Rare Earths: Photonic Materials and Devices (PRE’24)

Manuscript submission information:

Full papers must be submitted through the Elsevier Editorial Manager®.  Submissions are also open to papers that are not presented at PRE’24, as far as they match the topics. When submitting your paper, be sure to specify that the paper is a contribution to this special issue by selecting the article type of "SI: PRE'24", so that your paper can be assigned to the guest editors.

Submission Open Date: May 1, 2024

Submission Deadline: Aug 30, 2024

Accepted papers will be published online individually, before print publication. Additional information about the special issue can be obtained from the Guest Editors (Ambra Giannetti and Giancarlo C. Righini). We look forward to receiving your contribution.

Instructions for the preparation of the manuscript can be found in Ceramics International’s Guide for Authors