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A novel pressure-sensitive luminescent coating on porous anodized aluminium is developed. A method of making the coating is described in detail. The coating is a thin anodized aluminium layer, which is formed onto the surface of aluminium by an electro-chemical process. The luminophore is adsorbed directly onto the surface of the layer via chemical or physical adsorption. This coating is suitable for measuring unsteady pressure fields due to its fast-responding characteristics. The time response of the present coating is evaluated theoretically and experimentally. Four kinds of luminophore, tris (4, 7-diphenylphenanthroline) ruthenium (II)([Ru (dpp) 3] 2+), tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (TCPP), platinum tetrakis (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (PtTCPP), and pyrene butylic acid (PBA), have been tested on their response to a step change in pressure. A pressure jump apparatus and a shock tube were utilized to …