journal article·2026-02

Er 3+ Mediated Multicolor Tuning of Luminescence in Piezoelectric Ca 3 Ga 4 O 9 :Eu 3+ System: Non‐Pre‐Irradiated Mechanoluminescence and Multiplexed Photoluminescence

Liwei Wu, Jiawen Fan, Hengxi Yao, Tong Wei, Jia Li, Jiawei Yan, Tianyi Wang, Canlin Zhou, Yingdong Han, Linyang Li, Dong Tu, Dongling Geng

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 36· Issue 17
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Abstract

Abstract Photoluminescence (PL) and mechanoluminescence (ML), serving as core mechanisms of emerging intelligent luminescent materials, hold momentous promise for applications in information security, display technologies, and self‐powered sensing. However, conventional intelligent luminescent materials face critical limitations, including the difficulty in constructing multiplexing systems, dependence on ultraviolet (UV) pre‐irradiation, and constraints of monochromatic emission. To address these limitations, a series of Er 3+ mediated piezoelectric Ca 3 Ga 4 O 9 :Eu 3+ samples is designed and developed, establishing a four‐wavelength‐excitation optical multiplexing platform, where each excitation source selectively activated distinct lanthanide energy transfer pathways while enabling tricolor PL tuning from orange‐red to yellow to green. Simultaneously, intriguing ML is also achieved, featuring non‐pre‐irradiation and multicolor (continuous red‐to‐green emission) tunability characteristics. More importantly, combining systematic experimental investigations and density functional theory calculations, the underlying mechanism of the ML has been elucidated as the synergistic contribution of triboelectric and piezoelectric effects. The developed Ca 3 Ga 4 O 9 :Eu 3+ embellished by Er 3+ displayed intriguing potential application in grayscale analysis anti‐counterfeiting films, and self‐powered cipher lock system.
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OpenAlex topics: Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies

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Affiliations

College of Science Civil Aviation University of China Tianjin 300300 China

School of Science Hebei University of Technology Tianjin 300401 China

Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry China University of Geosciences Wuhan 430074 China

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · Tianjin Research Innovation Project for Postgraduate Students

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