The operating characteristics of small-wattage metal halide lamps (35W, 70W, and 150W) are investigated. Included are acoustic resonance, luminous efficacy, and electrical characteristics at steady state. A laboratory electronic ballast is built to operate metal halide lamps with square-wave currents in a frequency range from 50 Hz up to 50 kHz. The operating frequency, amplitude and dead-time can be adjusted independently. Experimental results show that the luminous efficiency decreases slightly as the operating frequency increases but deteriorates considerably as the lamp power is reduced. By examining the acoustic resonance spectra, it is found that the lamp arc instability is highly related to the dead-time of the inverter. The investigated results provide useful information for the design of the electronic ballasts.

The endeavor to have more efficient solar cells and as environmentally beneficial as possible are the driving forces for this work. The way to reach this is by research to better the understanding of the mechanisms and parameters that govern the performance of solar cells. New materials are essential to develop because the current ones lack stability and are water, temperature and UV-radiation sensitive. In this work the lead (Pb2+), which is poisonous and hazardous is intended to be replaced in the organic metal halide (OMH) perovskite structure. This is tested with gold or silver combined with bismuth and silver by itself. Also trimethylsulfonium gold or silver iodides are investigated. The methylammonium cation is also substituted to cesium. The perovskite material both absorbs light and transports charges in the solar cells. Materials based on AuI/AgI, BiI3 and CH3NH3I and AuI/AgI and [Me3S]I and AgI, BiI3 and CsI were synthesized and analyzed by XRD on thin film and mesoporous substrate and Raman spectroscopy to determine material structure and bonding. J-V measurements were performed to see the function in solar cells. After this conductivity and absorption parameters were determined by an electrical conductivity test and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. XRD measurements indicate that the perovskite structure could have been obtained because the materials match with the XRD spectra of [20] foremost T3, T5 and T6, Cs1 and Cs2. In T7 some new structure is formed. The bismuth could be partially substituted by silver as the metal cation. The samples are quite amorphous, but still containing crystalline peaks, the product material could be a mixture of a crystalline and an amorphous phase. The crystalline phase could have the desired perovskite structure. To have mesoporous TiO2 as substrate seem to enhance a more crystalline structured material. All the materials seem to have formed some new structures because the pure reactants does not seem to be present, exceptions could be P1 and T1 that contained AuI. The change of cation from methylamine to cesium though results in a shift of the peak positions because of the change of cation size as in [20], but the structure is most likely the same. Raman spectroscopy indicate that there is a change in structure, some new bond being present, when increasing the methylamine ratio for the presumed methylammonium silver bismuth iodide perovskites. This concerns materials T5, T6, T7 with increasing ratio of methylamine. This new bond is most pronounced in T7 where the methylamine content is the highest. Both Silver and bismuth iodide bonds seem to be present and cannot be coupled to be the pure reactants recrystallizing and some new bonds of these are present in all materials to some extent. The organic bond vibration has low intensity and might indicate that there is not so much organic cation present in the product and thus the probability of having the desired product anion decreases. The solar cells made with Spiro-OMeTAD were 700-4000 times more efficient than those made with Sulphur polymer HTM. Solar cells made with Spiro-OMeTAD as HTM gives slightly higher efficiency when increasing the methylammonium cation ratio. For cesium as cation the combined metal cation constellation with bismuth and silver gives a little higher efficiency than bismuth alone. Methylammonium as cation gives a higher efficiency than cesium. Solar cells made with Sulphur polymer HTM show approximately 3-30 times higher efficiency with methylammonium as cation compared to cesium as cation. HTM material seem to affect the perovskite material making some of the cells completely transparent and some of them paler, water in the solvent chlorobenzene can be a possible explanation. The transparency can be the reason for the low efficiency obtained for the solar cells. Also the measurement methodology of these solar cells can also have been false, measuring the contacts, and the etching procedure could be another source of this. The solar cells had quite low efficiencies compared to [20], although same presumed material and procedure has been used and thus there might be something wrong in the accuracy of the manufacturing. The cells should probably been made several times and possible sources of error should be analyzed and corrected for. The materials were all relatively conductive. P1 gave the highest conductivity, almost three times higher than for methylammonium lead iodide that has a conductivity of 1,1x10-4 s/cm [3]. Increasing the methylammonium ratio gave an increase of the conductivity both with bismuth and silver as metal cations and silver alone. The increase of the methylammonium ratio might result in a new structure formed which has lattice planes that are more conductive. A change of gold to silver for the trimethylsulfonium iodide materials gave a large decrease in conductivity. The materials have different absorption curves meaning that they have different bandgaps and this indicates differences in structure. The bandgaps of all materials are indirect contrary to what is proven to be the case for perovskites that are believed to have direct bandgaps in general. To have indirect bandgaps requires a shift in momentum in the electronic transitions and is not as beneficial as having direct bandgaps. Compared to methylammonium lead iodide that has a direct bandgap of 1,6 eV, the bandgaps are at least 0,5 eV higher and range between 2,2-2,36 eV. P1 had a low bandgap of 1,6 eV meaning it absorbs a wide range of wavelengths. The conductivity does not seem to be the obstacle and the cells that are not transparent absorb light. It is highly possible that the low solar cell performance, at least to a certain extent, has to do with the production process. The low scan rate could also affect the low efficiencies and HTM Spiro-OMeTAD should be used. Currently the efficiency of the perovskite materials with silver/bismuth, gold/bismuth and silver are too low, and not able to substitute lead in the perovskite structure solar cells. Neither trimethylsulfonium gold or silver iodide cells nor cesium perovskites have enough efficiency at present. The conductivities for the materials are promising and the materials that are not completely transparent absorb light. / Strävan att utveckla effektivare solceller och så miljövänliga som möjligt är drivkrafterna för det här arbetet. För att uppnå detta krävs forskning för att förbättra förståelsen för vilka mekanismer och parametrar som styr hur väl solcellerna fungerar. Det är nödvändigt att ta fram nya material, då de nuvarande brister i stabilitet, de är framförallt känsliga för vatten, temperatur och UV-strålning. I det här arbetet är syftet att byta ut bly (Pb2+), som är giftig och kopplad till hälsorisker, i den organiska metall halid (OMH) perovskit strukturen. Detta görs med guld eller silver i kombination med vismut och silver självt. Även trimetylsulfonium- guld eller silver undersöks. Metylammonium katjonen substitueras också mot cesium. Perovskit material absorberar både ljus och transporterar laddningar i solceller. Material baserade på AuI/AgI, BiI3 och CH3NH3I and AuI/AgI och [Me3S]I and AgI, BiI3 and CsI syntetiserades. Dessa analyserades, med XRD på dels ett substrat av tunn film och dels ett mesoporöst och Raman spektroskopi, för att bestämma strukturen på materialet och bindningar. J-V mätningar utfördes för att se hur materialen fungerade som solceller. Efter detta utfördes mätningar av konduktiviteten och absorptions parametrar bestämdes genom ett elektriskt konduktivitetstest respektive UV-vis absorptions spektroskopi. XRD mätningarna indikerar att perovskit strukturen kan ha erhållits eftersom spektrumen överensstämmer med de i [20], framförallt för T3, T5 och T6, Cs1 och Cs2. I T7 bildas någon ny struktur. Vismut skulle kunna vara delvis utbytt mot silver som metalkatjon. Proven är relativt amorfa, men uppvisar kristallina toppar och produkten skulle kunna vara en blandning av en kristallin och amorf fas, där den kristallina fasen skulle kunna ha den eftersträvade perovskit strukturen. Mesoprös TiO2 som substrat verkar öka graden av kristallinitet hos materialen. Samtliga material verkar ha bildat någon ny struktur eftersom reaktanterna i sin rena form inte verkar finnas. Undantag skulle kunna vara P1 och T1, vilka innehåller AuI. Bytet av katjon från metylammonium mot cesium resulterar i ett skifte av topparna troligen beroende av skillnaden i storlek mellan katjonerna, liksom påvisas i [20], men strukturen är förmodligen densamma. Raman spektroskopin indikerar en förändring i strukturen, någon ny bindning finns, hos materialen när metylammonium andelen ökas för de förmodade metylammonium silver vismut jodid perovskiterna. Detta gäller materialen T5, T6, T7, där andelen metylammonium ökar. Den nya bindningen är mest uttalade i T7, där metylammonium andelen är den högsta. Både silver och vismut jodid bindningar verkar finnas och kan inte kopplas till att de rena reaktanterna har rekristalliserats och nya bindningar av dessa finns i alla material till en viss grad. Den organiska bindningens vibration har låg intensitet och kan tyda på att det inte finns så mycket organisk katjon i produkten och således minskar sannolikheten att ha den eftersträvade anjon produkten. Solcellerna gjorda med Spiro-OMeTAD var 700-4000 gånger mer effektiva än dom gjorda med Svavel polymer HTM. För solcellerna gjorda med Spiro-OMeTAD som HTM ger en ökning av metylammonium katjon andelen en ökad effektivitet. För cesium som katjon med den kombinerade metalkatjon konstellationen med vismut och silver, blir effektiviteten högre än om vismut är metalkatjon självt. Metylammonium som katjon ger en högre effektivitet än cesium. Solceller gjorda med Svavel polymer HTM visar ungefär 3-30 gånger högre effektivitet med metylammonium som katjon jämfört med cesium som katjon. HTM materialet verkar påverka perovskit materialet och göra några av cellerna helt transparenta och de andra blekare. Klor benzen användes som lösningsmedel och denna kan ha innehållit vatten och kan vara orsaken till färgskiftningen. Detta kan vara orsaken till den låga verkningsgraden som erhölls för solcellerna. En annan möjlig förklaring skulle kunna vara metoden för mätningarna. Denna kan ha varit felaktig, då kontakten troligen har varit det som har mätts och etsningsprocessen skulle kunna vara en orsak till detta. Solcellerna uppvisar ganska låg effektivitet i jämförelse med [20], trots att samma material och procedur har använts och således kan det vara något fel i precisionen av framställningen. Cellerna skulle förmodligen gjorts om ett antal gånger och möjliga felkällor borde utretts och åtgärdats. Materialen var överlag relativt konduktiva. P1 gav den högsta konduktiviteten, nära tre gånger högre än metylammonium bly jodid, som har en konduktivitet på 1,1x10-4 s/cm [3]. En ökning av andelen metylammonium gav en ökning av konduktiviteten både med vismut och silver som metalkatjon och silver självt. Ökningen av andelen metylammonium skulle kunna resultera i ett en ny struktur uppkommer som har plan som är mer konduktiva. Utbytet av guld mot silver för trimetylsulfonium jodid materialen gav en markant sänkning av konduktiviteten. Materialen har olika absorptionskurvor vilket innebär att de har olika bandgap och detta indikerar olikheter i strukturen. Bandgapen för alla material är indirekta, trots att bandgapen för perovskiter i regel är direkta. Att ha indirekta bandgap kräver ett skifte i momentum i de elektroniska energiöverföringarna och är inte så fördelaktigt som att ha direkta bandgap. I jämförelse med metylammonium bly jodid, som har ett direkt bandgap på 1,6eV, är bandgapen minst 0,5 eV högre och varierar mellan 2,2-2,36 eV. P1 hade ett lågt värde på bandgapet, 1,6 eV, vilket innebär absorption av ett brett spektrum av våglängder. Konduktiviteten verkar inte vara den faktor som är orsaken till den låga effektiviteten hos solcellerna och de celler som inte är transparenta absorberar ljus. Det är högst troligt att den låga effektiviteten har sin förklaring, åtminstone delvis, i produktionsprocessen för solcellerna. Den relativt låga skanningshastigheten kan också vara en orsak för den låga effektiviteten och HTM Spiro-OMeTAD bör användas. I dagsläget är effektiviteten för perovskitmaterialen med silver/vismut, guld/vismut och silver för låg och har inte möjlighet substituera bly i perovskit solceller. Inte heller trimetylsulfonium guld eller silver jodid cellerna och inte heller cesium perovskiternas effektivitet räcker till i dagsläget. Konduktiviteten för materialen är lovande och materialen som inte är transparenta absorberar ljus.

This thesis examines how to improve the exhibition of products within retail for clothes and gift articles. The purpose is to investigate and test how light sources and different directions of light affect how the products are perceived regarding their exhibition. Our question formulations are: To what degree does the level of light in combination with the background of the interior design of a shop affect whether a product is perceived more or less attractive? What can we recommend to make the exhibition of products more attractive?   From our observations shops nowadays have relatively high levels of light when they expose products on vertical areas. We have looked on the recommendation from “Energimyndigheten” in order to see what they think is important when designing retail lightening. This recommendation only considers food stores and there were no recommendations for retails when it comes to exhibition. In this thesis we investigate how the level of light affect the experience of illuminated products and how to improve the knowledge of how to illuminate products so that are experienced more attractive.   The methods we used in this thesis where interviews, experiment and measurements of light. We did the interviews with staff from seven different shops in Jönköping city. This was done in order to understand how shops work with lighting and concepts. In our experiment we built up five different test scenes with four identical objects in each scene but with different lightings. Our informants evaluated how the different objects were experienced by estimating their experiences in a survey. We tested how different sources of light work with different backgrounds and objects. The objects that were used in the experiment were glass, metal, a cube of concrete and textile. The measurements of light were used in order to see connections between the measured values and whether they corresponded with the result from the experiment.   From our results we can see that metal halide has the capacity of bringing out textile and also contribute to creating fresh and light impressions on products. Halogen contributes in creating a calmer and lower impression in a retail environment. With darker backgrounds you bring out clear contrasts from bright and colorful objects . Whiter backgrounds reflect the light better which creates life in glass and metal objects in combination with metal halide. We can conclude that the level of light does not affect how attractive products are experienced, this is rather due to the direction of light, the color temperature, the effect and the capacity of the source of lighting to reproduce color in combination with different backgrounds. / Detta examensarbete undersöker hur man kan förbättra exponeringen av produkter inom detaljhandeln för kläder och presentartiklar. Syftet är att utreda och testa hur ljuskällor och olika ljusriktningar påverkar hur produkter upplevs avseende exponering. Frågeställningarna är: I vilken utsträckning påverkar ljusnivån i kombination med bakgrunden på butiksinredningen om en produkt upplevs mer eller mindre attraktiv? Vad kan vi rekommendera för att göra exponeringen av produkter mer attraktiva? I dagsläget har butikerna utifrån våra iakttagelser relativt höga ljusnivåer när man exponerar produkter på vertikala ytor. Vi har tittat på energimyndighetens rekommendation för att se vad de anser är viktigt när man skall utforma en butiksbelysning. Denna rekommendation behandlar enbart livsmedelsbutiker och det finns inga rekommendationer för detaljhandeln när det gäller exponering.       De metoder vi använt i arbetet är intervju, experiment och ljusmätningar. Intervjuerna gjorde vi med butikspersonal från sju olika butiker i Jönköpings centrum. Detta gjorde vi för att bilda oss en uppfattning om hur butiker arbetar med belysning och butikskoncept. I vårt experiment byggde vi upp fem olika testmiljöer med fyra likadana objekt i varje miljö men med olika ljussättningar. Där fick våra informanter utvärdera hur de olika objekten upplevdes genom att de fick skatta sina upplevelser i en enkät. Här testade vi hur ljus från olika ljuskällor fungerar ihop med olika bakgrunder och objekt. De objekt som användes i experimentet var glas, metall, betong och textil. Ljusmätningarna använde vi för att se samband mellan de uppmätta värdena och om de stämde överens med resultatet från experimentet.     Utifrån våra resultat kan vi se att metallhalogen har förmågan att lyfta fram textil samt att den bidrar till att skapa fräscha och ljusa intryck av produkter. Halogen bidrar till att skapa lugnare och ett mer lågmält intryck i en butiksmiljö. Med mörka bakgrunder får man fram tydliga kontraster till ljusa och färgstarka föremål. Vitare bakgrunder återkastar ljuset bättre vilket gör att man skapar liv i glas och metallföremål i kombination med metallhalogen. Vi kan dra slutsatsen att ljusnivån inte påverkar hur attraktiva produkter upplevs utan att detta beror på ljusriktning, färgtemperatur, effekt och ljuskällans färgåtergivningsförmåga i kombination med olika bakgrunder.

Abstract In this work, evolution of structural properties of anhydrous and hydrated alkali halide clusters are studied using synchrotron radiation based photoelectron spectroscopy. Alkali metal core level spectra of small anhydrous RbCl, RbBr, CsCl and CsBr clusters indicate a NaCl structure. For larger CsBr clusters a structural phase transition to CsCl structure is likely the case. Alkali halide core level spectra of mixed RbBr-water clusters indicate that at dilute concentration the salt is dissolved by the water cluster but ion pairing increases with concentration. Modeling of gas phase cluster formation and electronic structure calculations of core level chemical shifts are used to interpret the experimental spectra.

Metal halide lamp is one kind of the most compact high-performance light sources. Because of their good color rendering index and high luminous efficacy, these lamps are often preferred in locations where color and efficacy are important, such as supermarkets, gymnasiums, ice rinks and sporting arenas. Unfortunately, acoustic resonance phenomenon occurs in metal halide lamps and causes light flicker, lamp arc bending and rotation, lamp extinction and in the worst case, arc tube explosion, when the lamps are operated in high-frequency bands. This thesis takes place in the context of developing electronic ballasts with robust acoustic resonance detection and avoidance mechanisms. To this end, several envelope detection methods such as the multiplier circuit, rectifier circuit, and lock-in amplifier, are proposed to characterize fluctuations of acoustic resonance. Furthermore, statistical criteria based on the standard deviation of these fluctuations are proposed to assess acoustic resonance occurrence and classify its severity. The proposed criteria enable classifying between no acoustic resonance and acoustic resonance cases based upon either a two-dimensional plane, a histogram or a boxplot. These analyses are confirmed by the study of spectral variations (variations of the spectral irradiance and colorimetric parameters) as well. Standard deviations and relative standard deviations of these variations are also correlated with the presence of acoustic resonance. The results from this study show that whatever voltage envelope variations or spectral variations are significantly influenced by acoustic resonance phenomena. A set of metal halide lamps from different manufacturers and with different powers are tested in our experiments. We concluded that our designed multiplier and rectifier circuits for acoustic resonance detection have the same sensitivity as the lock-in amplifier, paving the way for the implementation of this function directly into the ballast circuit board.

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<p>Over the last two decades, an increasing number of highway construction and maintenance projects in the United States have been completed at night to avoid or mitigate traffic congestion delays. Working at night entails several advantages, including lower traffic volumes at night, reduced impact on local businesses, more freedom for lane closures, longer possible work hours, lower pollution, cooler temperatures for equipment and material, and fewer overall crashes due to lower traffic volumes at night. Although nighttime roadway operations may minimize traffic disruptions, there are several safety concerns for motorists passing by and for workers in the nighttime work zone. For instance, just in 2019, there were 842 work zone fatalities reported in the United States, with 48% of these being associated with fatalities on night shifts. Additionally, 70% of these fatalities involved drivers/occupants under the age of 50. Moreover, improper lighting arrangements or excessive lighting levels produced by temporary lighting systems installed at the job site could cause harmful levels of glare for the traveling public and workers leading to an increase level of hazards and crashes in the vicinity of the work zone. </p> <p>To address the issue of glare, very few studies have been conducted to evaluate and quantify glare at work zones. Most of these studies were limited to the determination of disability glare levels of lighting systems (balloon lights and light towers) with a metal-halide type light source by using the veiling luminance ratio (<em>VL ratio</em>) as a criterion for limiting disability glare. However, deeper evaluation of the effects of driver’s age on the veiling luminance ratio, and the use of energy-efficient lighting systems which employ light-emitting diode (LED) type light sources were not performed.</p> <p>This thesis focuses on determining and evaluating disability glare on nighttime work zones as a step towards developing appropriate lighting strategies for improving the safety of workers and motorists during nighttime highway construction and maintenance projects. Disability glare is the glare that impairs our vision of objects without necessarily causing discomfort and it can be evaluated using the veiling luminance ratio (<em>VL ratio</em>). In this study, disability glare values were determined by using lighting data (vertical illuminance and pavement luminance measurements) from testing 49 lighting arrangements. Two LED balloon lights, a metal-halide light tower, and an LED light tower were utilized for the field lighting experiments. The disability glare level evaluation examines the effects of mounting height, power output, rotation angle, and aiming angle of luminaires on the veiling luminance ratio values (which is a criterion for limiting disability glare). </p> <p>The analysis of the disability glare values revealed four major findings regarding the roles played by the mounting height, power output, lighting system orientation, aiming angles of luminaries, and driver’s age on disability glare levels as follows: (i) an increase in mounting heights of both balloon lights and light towers resulted in lower veiling luminance ratio values (or disability glare); (ii) compared to the "perpendicular" and "away" orientations, orienting the light towers in a "towards" direction (45 degrees) significantly increases the disability glare levels of the lighting arrangement; (iii) increasing the tilt angles of luminaires of the portable light towers resulted in an increase in veiling luminance ratio values; (iv) for balloon lights, at observers ages over 50, <em>VL ratio</em> values were found to be greater than the maximum recommended; (v) for LED light towers oriented towards the traffic, at driver’s ages over 40, <em>VL ratio</em> values exceed the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recommended value; and (vi) for metal-halide light towers oriented towards the traffic, at driver’s ages over 50, <em>VL ratio</em> values exceed the IES recommended value. The results from this research study can provide State Transportation Agencies (STAs) and roadway contractors with a means to improve glare control strategies for nighttime work.</p>

[ES] Los nanocristales de perovskita de haluros metálicos, cuya fórmula general es ABX3 (A = Cs+, CH3NH3+, CH(NH2)2+; B = Pb+2, Sn+2; y X = Cl-, Br-, I-) son una clase de nanomateriales semiconductores que han tenido un gran impacto en fotovoltaica y en la fabricación de dispositivos emisores de luz debido a sus excelentes propiedades optoelectrónicas, entre ellas, la capacidad para transportar cargas, generar electricidad y producir luz. Aunque se trata de un área menos explorada, tienen potencial para convertirse en marcadores luminiscentes en aplicaciones biológicas por sus dimensiones nanométricas (4-15 nm) y por exhibir propiedades ópticas únicas, entre ellas: alto rendimiento cuántico de fluorescencia, espectro de emisión estrecho y posibilidad de modular su emisión en función de su tamaño y composición para obtener una amplia gama de colores en la región visible (410-700 nm), lo que los convierte en candidatos prometedores en multiplexado. Además, presentan absorción multifotónica en el cercano infrarrojo y emisión upconversion, siendo una ventaja en diagnóstico por imagen, ya que se emplea una radiación que es inocua para los tejidos, tiene mayor penetración, reduce la autofluorescencia celular y mejora la relación señal-ruido. A pesar de las excelentes propiedades ópticas de estos materiales, tienden a degradarse frente a la humedad, oxígeno, luz y alta temperatura, lo que supone una clara limitación para el desarrollo de sus aplicaciones en biosensado y diagnóstico por imagen. Durante los últimos años, los avances en los métodos de encapsulación han permitido mejorar su estabilidad frente a agentes externos, generando estructuras core-shell o integrándose en matrices de una gran variedad de materiales, entre los que se incluyen óxidos inorgánicos, polímeros u otros semiconductores. Esta tesis se ha centrado en el desarrollo de diferentes nanopartículas de perovskita estables en medio acuoso para su utilización como marcadores luminiscentes en biosensado o bioimagen in vitro. En todas las metodologías propuestas se ha pretendido que las partículas resultantes cumplan con una serie de requisitos, principalmente: tamaño nanométrico (< 200 nm), elevado rendimiento cuántico de fluorescencia, estabilidad química y estructural en tampón salino o medios de cultivo, y fácil conjugación a biorreceptores específicos. Esta tesis contribuye al avance en el desarrollo de nanomateriales luminiscentes basados en perovskitas de haluros metálicos, abordando el desafío que supone su estabilización en medio acuoso y demostrando su viabilidad en medios biológicos. Se prevé que, en un futuro, sea posible su implantación en el desarrollo de plataformas analíticas de alto rendimiento que permitan la detección y/o cuantificación óptica de analitos de interés clínico, medioambiental o alimentario en el punto de atención, cumpliendo con los criterios de rapidez, fiabilidad, facilidad de manejo y bajo coste, superando en sensibilidad y capacidad de multiplexado a los sistemas actuales, la mayoría de ellos basados en nanopartículas de oro, colorantes orgánicos o sistemas quimioluminiscentes. / [CA] Els nanocristals de perovskita d'halurs metàl·lics, amb fórmula general ABX3 (A = Cs+, CH3NH3+, CH(NH2)2+; B = Pb+2, Sn+2; y X = Cl-, Br-, I-), són una classe de nanomaterials semiconductors que han tingut un gran impacte en fotovoltaica i en la fabricació de dispositius emissors de llum a causa de les seues excel·lents propietats optoelectròniques, entre elles, la capacitat per a transportar càrregues, generar electricitat i produir llum. Encara que es tracta d'una àrea menys explorada, tenen potencial per a convertir-se en marcadors luminescents en aplicacions biològiques per les seues dimensions nanomètriques (4-15 nm) i per exhibir propietats òptiques úniques, entre elles: alt rendiment quàntic de fluorescència, espectre d'emissió estret i possibilitat de modular la seua emissió en funció de les seues dimensions i composición, de manera que es pot obtindre una àmplia gamma de colors a la regió visible (410-700 nm), la qual cosa els converteix en candidats prometedors en multiplexatge. A més, presenten absorció multifotònica en el pròxim infraroig i emissió upconversion, sent un avantatge en diagnòstic per imatge, ja que s'empra una radiació que és innòcua per als teixits, té major penetració, redueix l'autofluorescència cel·lular i millora la relació senyal-soroll. Malgrat les excel·lents propietats òptiques d'aquests materials, tendeixen a degradar-se enfront de la humitat, oxigen, llum i alta temperatura, la qual cosa suposa una clara limitació per al desenvolupament de les seues aplicacions en biosensat i diagnòstic per imatge. Durant els últims anys, els avanços en els mètodes d'encapsulació han permés millorar la seua estabilitat enfront d'agents externs, generant estructures core-shell o integrant-se en matrius d'una gran varietat de materials, entre els quals s'inclouen òxids inorgànics, polímers o altres semiconductors. Aquesta tesi s'ha centrat en el desenvolupament de diferents nanopartícules de perovskita estables al mig aquós per a la seua utilització com a marcadors luminescents en biosensat o bioimatge in vitro. En totes les metodologies proposades s'ha pretés que les partícules resultants complisquen amb una sèrie de requisits, principalment: grandària nanomètric (< 200 nm), elevat rendiment quàntic de fluorescència, estabilitat química i estructural en tampó salí o medis de cultiu, i fàcil conjugació a biorreceptors específics. Aquesta tesi contribueix a l'avanç en el desenvolupament de nanomaterials luminescents basats en perovskitas d'halurs metàl·lics, abordant el desafiament que suposa la seua estabilització al mig aquós i demostrant la seua viabilitat en mitjans biològics. Es preveu que, en un futur, siga possible la seua implantació en el desenvolupament de plataformes analítiques d'alt rendiment que permeten la detecció i/o quantificació òptica d'anàlits d'interés clínic, mediambiental o alimentari en el punt d'atenció, complint amb els criteris de rapidesa, fiabilitat, facilitat de maneig i baix cost, superant en sensibilitat i capacitat de multiplexatge als sistemes actuals, la majoria d'ells basats en nanopartícules d'or, colorants orgànics o sistemes quimioluminescents. / [EN] Metal halide perovskite nanocrystals, with the general formula ABX3 (A = Cs+, CH3NH3+, CH(NH2)2+; B = Pb+2, Sn+2; y X = Cl-, Br-, I-), constitute a new class of semiconductor nanomaterials with a significant impact on photovoltaic industry and fabrication of light-emitting devices due to their excellent optoelectronic properties, including the ability to transport charges, generate electricity and produce light. While it has not been deeply explored yet, they have the potential to become luminescent labels in biological applications, given their nanometric size (4-15 nm) and unique optical properties, such as high photoluminescence quantum yield, narrow emission spectra, and the possibility to tune their emission based on size and composition. This enables a wide color gamut in the visible region (410-700 nm), making them promising candidates in multiplexing. Moreover, perovskite nanocrystals exhibit strong multi-photon absorption properties in the near-infrared region and upconversion emission, which are an advantage for bioimaging applications since near-infrared radiation is less hazardous to living organisms, has deeper tissue penetration, reduces cellular autofluorescence and enhances signal-to-noise ratio. Despite the exceptional optical properties of perovskite nanocrystals, their potential in biosensing and bioimaging applications is hindered by their poor stability against moisture, oxygen, light and heat. To overcome these issues, in the last years, several strategies have been developed to improve their stability through the encapsulation of perovskite nanocrystals in a wide variety of protective materials, such as inorganic oxides, polymers, or semiconductors, in the form of core-shell nanoparticles or embedded in a matrix. This thesis focuses on the synthesis and stabilization of perovskite nanocrystals in aqueous environments with the aim of using them as luminescent labels in biosensing or in vitro bioimaging. Different methodologies have been employed to yield particles that meet specific requirements: nanometric size (< 200 nm), high photoluminescence quantum yield, robust chemical and structural stability in saline buffers or culture media, and facile conjugation with bioreceptors. This thesis contributes to the development of luminescent nanomaterials based on metal halide perovskite nanocrystals, facing the challenge of stabilizing them in aqueous media and testing their viability in biologic media. We envision that, in the near future, it will be possible to incorporate perovskite nanoparticles in the development of high-throughput analytical platforms for the optical detection and/or quantification of clinically, environmentally or food-related analytes at the point of care, meeting the criteria of speed, reliability, ease of use, and low cost, surpassing current systems in sensitivity and multiplexing, most of them based on gold nanoparticles, organic dyes or chemiluminescent systems. / Quiero expresar mi gratitud a Mª José Bañuls y Ángel Maquieira, por concederme la beca de formación predoctoral FPI (BES-2017-080242), asociada al proyecto de Biosensores holográficos. Prueba de concepto y demostración en aplicaciones clínicas (CTQ2016-75749-R), financiado por el Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad / Collantes Pablo, C. (2024). Síntesis, estabilización y funcionalización de nanocristales de perovskita de haluros metálicos para su empleo como reveladores y marcadores en histoquímica, cultivos celulares y biosensado [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/202615