Welcome

The LumiLab research group is a part of the department of Solid State Sciences at Ghent University. We study the various aspects of luminescence, from theoretical understanding over phosphor synthesis to applications such as LED phosphors and photocatalysis.

On our website, you can read the latest news and info, get to know our group members, find out about the facilities available in our research groups, view a list of our most important publications, and find out how and where to contact us.

We wish you a pleasant stay on our site, and hope to meet you soon in our laboratory!

-- The LumiLab team


Latest news

Social event
Friday, March 29, 2013

On March 16, 2013, 6 lumilab members took part in a relay marathon in Ghent (http://www.sfinxekidengent.be/) as a social event. We reached the finish in 3h47m05s, which is much better than we hoped for. And even more important, it was fun!

Special issue "Luminescent Materials 2013" of the open access journal "Materials"
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

A Special Issue "Luminescent Materials 2013" will be published in Materials, (ISSN 1996-1944, link) with Prof. Dr. H.T. Hintzen as Guest Editor. Submission deadline is 30 Apr 2013. The impact factor is currently 1.68. This journal is fully open access, giving easy access and good visibility to your work!

PhD obtained by Nursen Avci
Friday, February 24, 2012

Today, Lumilab member Nursen Avci successfully defended her PhD thesis 'Sol-gel processes for protection and synthesis of luminescent materials'. Congratulations!

Latest publications

Koen Van den Eeckhout, Adrie J.J. Bos, Dirk Poelman, Philippe F. Smet
Physical Review B 87 (2013) 045126
Jonas J. Joos, Katrien W. Meert, Anthony B. Parmentier, Dirk Poelman, Philippe F. Smet
Optical Materials 34 (2012) 1902-1907
J. Botterman, K. Van den Eeckhout, I. De Baere, D. Poelman, P.F. Smet
Acta Materialia 60 (2012) 5494-5500

Featured group member

Dirk Poelman

Team leader. Involved in LumiLab since the beginning in 1988. Has a special affinity for thin film optics, teaching large groups of students, analog electronics and bad science fiction. Loves his family, his guitar and his coworkers.