International Journal of Materials Science and Applications

Special Issue

Nano-luminescent Materials and Applications

  • Submission Deadline: 15 October 2020
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Mohamed Youssef Messous
About This Special Issue
In the last decades, the advances in the synthesis of nanomaterials and their characterization at nanoscale level have opened up a new series of applications. The nanosized luminescent materials have emerged and gained great interest in different domains ranging from ionizing radiation detection, medicine, high physics to photovoltaic solar cells. This interdisciplinary issue is addressed to the recent research of luminescent materials including progress on the synthesis with original chemical and physical properties, for various applications.
This special issue aims to attract the submission of high-quality original research papers and review articles, reporting on recent advances and developments in the field of synthesis and characterization of luminescent materials for different applications. Articles that highlight new luminescent materials and rare earth doped materials are of particular interest. Potential topics include but are limited to the following:
  1. Design and synthesis of luminescent nanomaterials
  2. Advanced materials for energy conversion and stockage
  3. Materials for radiation detection and Scintillators
  4. Advanced materials for water treatment and purification
  5. Rare-earth doped luminescent materials
  6. Luminescence in rare earth ion‐doped oxide compounds
Aims and Scope:
  1. Luminescent nanomaterials
  2. Energy conversion
  3. Synthesis
  4. Physico-chemical characterization
  5. Solar cells
  6. Radiation detection
  7. Scintillators
  8. Rare earths
  9. Thins films
  10. Energy transfer
  11. Modelling and simulation
  12. Up-Down conversion
Lead Guest Editor
  • Mohamed Youssef Messous

    Scientifics Study and Research Direction-Materials Sciences, National Center for Energy, Sciences and Nuclear Techniques, Rabat, Morocco

Guest Editors
  • Sameer Nadaf

    Department of Basic science, Nanasaheb Mahadik College of Engineering, Shivaji University, Islampur, India

  • Driss Benchekroun

    High Energy and Scientific Computing Laboratory-Faculty of Sciences, Ain Chock-Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco

  • Lahoucine Atourki

    Faculty of Sciences, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco

  • Lhoucine Oufni

    Faculty of Sciences and Techniques-Material Physics Laboratory, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni, Morocco