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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
95
Citations
34999
World Ranking
1612
National Ranking
39

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Pieter Dorenbos is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and physics, with significant contributions in the fields of materials chemistry, radiation, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, and inorganic chemistry. The main topics of their work include luminescence properties of advanced materials, radiation detection and scintillator technologies, perovskite materials and applications, atomic and subatomic physics research, lanthanide and transition metal complexes, nuclear materials and radiation effects, and glass properties and applications.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Pieter Dorenbos include:

  • Karl W. Krämer
  • Casper van Aarle
  • Tianshuai Lyu
  • J. Jasper van Blaaderen
  • Zhanhua Wei

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. The most common publication outlets are:

  • Journal of Luminescence
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Optical Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Chemistry of Materials

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Pieter Dorenbos include:

  • Thermal quenching of lanthanide luminescence via charge transfer states in inorganic materials, 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Unraveling electron liberation from Bi2+ for designing Bi3+-based afterglow phosphor for anti-counterfeiting and flexible X-ray imaging, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Vacuum-Referred Binding Energies of Bismuth and Lanthanide Levels in ARE(Si,Ge)O4 (A = Li, Na; RE = Y, Lu): Toward Designing Charge-Carrier-Trapping Processes for Energy Storage, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • LiTaO3:Bi3+,Tb3+,Ga3+,Ge4+: A Smart Perovskite with High Charge Carrier Storage Capacity for X-Ray Imaging, Stress Sensing, and Non-Real-Time Recording, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Designing LiTaO3:Ln3+,Eu3+ (Ln = Tb or Pr) perovskite dosimeter with excellent charge carrier storage capacity and stability for anti-counterfeiting and flexible X-ray imaging, 2023, Chemical Engineering Journal

Pieter Dorenbos's work spans multiple disciplines with a strong emphasis on the luminescent and energy storage properties of materials. Their research addresses charge-carrier trapping processes and applications in X-ray imaging, stress sensing, and anti-counterfeiting technologies.

Best Publications

  • Energy of the first 4f7→4f65d transition of Eu2+ in inorganic compounds

    P Dorenbos

  • The 5d level positions of the trivalent lanthanides in inorganic compounds

    P Dorenbos

  • The in vivo activation of persistent nanophosphors for optical imaging of vascularization, tumours and grafted cells

    Thomas Maldiney;Thomas Maldiney;Aurélie Bessière;Johanne Seguin;Johanne Seguin;Eliott Teston;Eliott Teston

  • Systematic behaviour in trivalent lanthanide charge transfer energies

    Pieter Dorenbos

  • The 4fn↔4fn − 15d transitions of the trivalent lanthanides in halogenides and chalcogenides

    P. Dorenbos

  • The Eu3+ charge transfer energy and the relation with the band gap of compounds

    P. Dorenbos

  • Non-proportionality in the scintillation response and the energy resolution obtainable with scintillation crystals

    P. Dorenbos;J.T.M. de Haas;C.W.E. van Eijk

  • 5d-level energies of Ce3+ and the crystalline environment. III. Oxides containing ionic complexes

    P. Dorenbos

  • Thermal quenching of Eu2+ 5d-4f luminescence in inorganic compounds

    P. Dorenbos

  • 5 d -level energies of Ce 3 + and the crystalline environment. I. Fluoride compounds

    P. Dorenbos

  • Needs, Trends, and Advances in Inorganic Scintillators

    C. Dujardin;E. Auffray;E. Bourret-Courchesne;P. Dorenbos

  • Mechanism of Persistent Luminescence in Eu2+ and Dy3+ Codoped Aluminate and Silicate Compounds

    P. Dorenbos

  • Scintillation properties of LaBr3:Ce3+ crystals: fast, efficient and high-energy-resolution scintillators

    E.V.D van Loef;P Dorenbos;C.W.E van Eijk;K.W Krämer

  • A Review on How Lanthanide Impurity Levels Change with Chemistry and Structure of Inorganic Compounds

    Pieter Dorenbos

  • Modeling the chemical shift of lanthanide 4f electron binding energies

    Pieter Dorenbos

  • Electronic structure and optical properties of the lanthanide activated RE3(Al1−xGax)5O12 (RE=Gd, Y, Lu) garnet compounds

    Pieter Dorenbos

  • Insight into the Thermal Quenching Mechanism for Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ through Thermoluminescence Excitation Spectroscopy

    Jumpei Ueda;Jumpei Ueda;Pieter Dorenbos;Adrie J. J. Bos;Andries Meijerink

  • 5d-level energies of Ce3+ and the crystalline environment. IV. Aluminates and simple oxides

    P. Dorenbos

  • Relation between Eu2+ and Ce3+ f ↔ d-transition energies in inorganic compounds

    P Dorenbos

  • Anomalous luminescence of Eu2+ and Yb2+ in inorganic compounds

    P Dorenbos

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Krämer
Karl Krämer University of Bern
Hongbin Liang
Hongbin Liang Sun Yat-sen University
Bruno Viana
Bruno Viana Chimie ParisTech
Ye Tao
Ye Tao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jumpei Ueda
Jumpei Ueda Kyoto University
Qiang Su
Qiang Su Sun Yat-sen University
Mikhail G. Brik
Mikhail G. Brik University of Tartu
Philippe Smet
Philippe Smet Ghent University
Setsuhisa Tanabe
Setsuhisa Tanabe Kyoto University
Marco Bettinelli
Marco Bettinelli University of Verona

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