Novel light emitters based on partially disordered functional materials

The project is aimed at the research and development of novel efficient light emitters based on partially disordered solid solutions and polymorphous compounds. The disorder of crystal structure, induced by structural modulation or by partial cation or anion substitutions will be used as an efficient and controllable modifier of such functional properties as luminescence yield and temperature stability. The project goals will be achieved by a complex approach including a wide range of modern methods of structural analysis, luminescent spectroscopy and original theoretical models. The state-of-the-art atomistic computer simulations will be used to model the structure and disorder in the studied materials necessary for predictive description of experimental results. The findings of this work are expected to lead to the development of exceptionally bright UV and visible light emitters for applications in medicine and light emitting diode technologies.