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Mika Lastusaari

Mika Lastusaari

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Materials Science

D-Index
45
Citations
7985
World Ranking
11721
National Ranking
51

Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
7588
World Ranking
16423
National Ranking
96

Overview

Mika Lastusaari is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and specializes in the field of Materials Science, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry. Their research encompasses several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Catalysis, and Ceramics and Composites.

The scientist's work covers main topics such as Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Glass Properties and Applications, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Frequent publication venues for Mika Lastusaari include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Dalton Transactions

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mika Lastusaari highlight various aspects of advanced materials and their optical properties:

  • Advances in upconversion enhanced solar cell performance (2021), Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Lanthanide-based inorganic-organic hybrid materials for photon-upconversion (2020), Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Detection of X-Ray Doses with Color-Changing Hackmanites: Mechanism and Application (2021), Advanced Optical Materials
  • Highly Tuneable Photochromic Sodalites for Dosimetry, Security Marking and Imaging (2023), Advanced Functional Materials
  • Hackmanite-The Natural Glow-in-the-Dark Material (2020), Chemistry of Materials

Mika Lastusaari has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Sami Vuori, Anssi Peuronen, Laëticia Petit, Dmitry Yu. Murzin, and H. Huhtinen.

Best Publications

  • Persistent luminescence phenomena in materials doped with rare earth ions

    T. Aitasalo;P. Dereń;J. Hölsä;H. Jungner

  • Thermoluminescence study of persistent luminescence materials: Eu2+- and R3+-doped calcium aluminates, CaAl2O4:Eu2+,R3+.

    Tuomas Aitasalo;Jorma Hölsä;Högne Jungner;Mika Lastusaari

  • Persistent luminescence of Eu2+ doped alkaline earth aluminates, MAl2O4:Eu2+

    Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Högne Jungner;Mika Lastusaari;Janne Niittykoski

  • Persistent luminescence mechanisms: human imagination at work

    Hermi F. Brito;Jorma Hölsä;Taneli Laamanen;Mika Lastusaari

  • Biocomposites of copper-containing mesoporous bioactive glass and nanofibrillated cellulose: Biocompatibility and angiogenic promotion in chronic wound healing application.

    Xiaoju Wang;Fang Cheng;Jun Liu;Jan-Henrik Smått

  • Mechanisms of persistent luminescence in Eu2+, RE3+ doped alkaline earth aluminates

    Tuomas Aitasalo;Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Högne Jungner;Mika Lastusaari

  • Discovery of the Persistent Luminescence Mechanism of CdSiO3:Tb3+

    Lucas C.V. Rodrigues;Lucas C.V. Rodrigues;Hermi F. Brito;Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Roberval Stefani

  • Role of defect states in persistent luminescence materials

    Jorma Hölsä;Tuomas Aitasalo;Högne Jungner;Mika Lastusaari

  • Effect of temperature on the luminescence processes of SrAl2O4:Eu2+

    Tuomas Aitasalo;Jorma Hölsä;Högne Jungner;Jean-Claude Krupa

  • Sol–gel processed Eu2+-doped alkaline earth aluminates

    Tuomas Aitasalo;Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Högne Jungner;Mika Lastusaari

  • Eu3+ doped rare earth orthoborates, RBO3 (R = Y, La and Gd), obtained by combustion synthesis

    Mika Tukia;Jorma Hölsä;Mika Lastusaari;Janne Niittykoski

  • The Bologna Stone: history's first persistent luminescent material

    Mika Lastusaari;Taneli Laamanen;Marja Malkamäki;Kari O Eskola

  • Disintegration of Hexagonal NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ Upconverting Nanoparticles in Aqueous Media: The Role of Fluoride in Solubility Equilibrium

    Satu Lahtinen;Annika Lyytikäinen;Henna Päkkilä;Emmy Hömppi

  • Eu2+ doped calcium aluminates prepared by alternative low temperature routes

    T. Aitasalo;J. Hölsä;Högne Jungner;M. Lastusaari

  • Persistent luminescence of Eu2+ and Dy3+ doped barium aluminate (BaAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+) materials.

    Roberval Stefani;Lucas Carvalho Veloso Rodrigues;Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho;Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho;Maria Claudia França da Cunha Felinto

  • Defect to R3+ energy transfer: colour tuning of persistent luminescence in CdSiO3

    Lucas C. V. Rodrigues;Lucas C. V. Rodrigues;Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Mika Lastusaari;Maria C. F. C. Felinto

  • Advances in upconversion enhanced solar cell performance

    Amr Ghazy;Muhammad Safdar;Mika Lastusaari;Hele Savin

  • Crystal field strength in C-type cubic rare earth oxides

    Elisabeth Antic-Fidancev;Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Mika Lastusaari

  • Effect of boron substitution on the preparation and luminescence of Eu2+ doped strontium aluminates

    J. Niittykoski;T. Aitasalo;J. Hölsä;Högne Jungner

  • Electronic structure of the SrAl2O4:Eu2+ persistent luminescence material

    Jorma Hölsä;Taneli Laamanen;Mika Lastusaari;Janne Niittykoski

  • Dopant-host relationships in rare-earth oxides and garnets doped with trivalent rare-earth ions

    Elisabeth Antic-Fidancev;Jorma Hölsä;Jorma Hölsä;Mika Lastusaari;Aurelia Lupei

  • Low temperature thermoluminescence properties of Eu2+ and R3+ doped CaAl2O4

    T. Aitasalo;A. Durygin;J. Hölsä;M. Lastusaari

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorma Hölsä
Jorma Hölsä University of Turku
Hermi F. Brito
Hermi F. Brito Universidade de São Paulo
Högne Jungner
Högne Jungner University of Helsinki
Tero Soukka
Tero Soukka University of Turku
Jouko Kankare
Jouko Kankare University of Turku
Wieslaw Strek
Wieslaw Strek Polish Academy of Sciences
Maarit Karppinen
Maarit Karppinen Aalto University
Hendrik C. Swart
Hendrik C. Swart University of the Free State
Leena Hupa
Leena Hupa Åbo Akademi University
Mircea Guina
Mircea Guina Tampere University

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