APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 6.3
Guangdong Wu,Juanqin Xue,Dashi Lei,Yanyan Zhou,Zhaoyuan Cao,Kang Ren,Qiang Bi,Zhihua Leng
Currently, upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) based photocatalysts have been extensively developed to improve solar energy utilization. However, the mechanisms underlying interfacial energy migration of upconversion photocatalyst remain unclear. Herein, a promising composite photocatalyst with complementary properties is designed by integrating β -NaGdF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (NGFYE), CdS and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The morphology, structure and chemical properties of NGFYE@CdS/MWCNTs ternary photocatalyst are characterized. In addition, the existence of Förster resonance energy transfer process in NGFYE@CdS/MWCNTs photocatalysts, i.e., the migration of excitation energy from Er 3+ − 4 S 3/2 excitation level and higher excitation level (e.g., Er 3+ − 2 H 11/2 ) to CdS nanoparticles, was further confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The optimized NGFYE@CdS/MWCNTs photocatalyst presents 71.65 % and 35.29 % degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) under λ ≥ 800 nm irradiation for 3 h, respectively. This work not only illustrates the interfacial energy migration mechanism between NGFYE and CdS, but also provides insights for the rapid construction of heterojunction materials with efficient energy transfer interfaces.
研究领域:
材料科学
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环境科学
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理论化学
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高影响因子
CRYSTENGCOMM
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2015
·Vol. 17
·期 31
·5900-5905
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IF 4.034
Bin-Bin Ding,Kun Liu,Fu Zhang,Yang Wang,Sheng Cheng,Yang Lu,Hai-Sheng Qian
Upconversion fluorescent nanostructures with controlled sizes and morphologies have attracted much attention due to their potential and important applications in bioimaging, photodynamic therapy, solar cells and so on. In this work, we describe a facile successive process to fabricate β-NaGdF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals coated with an ultrathin layer of CaF2 with enhanced upconversion fluorescence and stability. The as-prepared β-NaGdF4:Yb,Er@CaF2 nanoparticles were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM, JEM 21000), fluorescence spectroscopy (Hitachi High-Technology Corporation, F-2700) and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The as-prepared core–shell nanoparticles show enhanced upconversion fluorescence and superior magnetic resonance (MR) relaxivity. In addition, the as-prepared β-NaGdF4:Yb,Er@CaF2 nanoparticles show enhanced chemical stability after surface functionalization and transfer into aqueous solutions.
研究领域:
材料科学
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生物医学工程
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纳米技术
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DOI
高影响因子
RSC Advances
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 23
·12944-12950
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IF 2.936
Yang Su,Li-Na Hao,Kun Liu,Jun Zhang,Liang Dong,Yunjun Xu,Yang Lu,Hai-Sheng Qian
Upconversion core–shell nanoparticles have attracted a large amount of attention due to their multifunctionality and specific applications. In this work, based on a NaGdF4 sub-10 nm ultrasmall nanocore, a series of core–shell upconversion nanoparticles with uniform size doped with Yb3+, Er3+ and NaDyF4 shells with different thicknesses were synthesized by a facile sequential growth process. NaDyF4 coated upconversion luminescent nanoparticles showed an obvious fluorescence quenching under excitation at 980 nm as a result of energy resonance transfer between Yb3+, Er3+ and Dy3+. NaGdF4:Yb,Er@NaDyF4 core–shell nanoparticles with ultrathin layer shells exhibited a better T1-weighted MR contrast.
研究领域:
材料科学
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医学影像
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纳米技术
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PubMed
高影响因子
CRYSTENGCOMM
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2020
·Vol. 22
·期 38
·6330-6338
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IF 3.117
Chunyan Cheng,Yueshan Xu,Gejihu De,Jianxun Wang,Wei Wu,Yuexing Tian,Shasha Wang
Rare-earth doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have attracted wide-ranging interest due to their potential applications in bioimaging and biolabeling, where a high emission intensity and small particle size are needed. However, common synthesis processes can be somewhat complex or require additional reactants, and the use of small-size NPs is limited by their weak luminescence intensity. In this work, uniform, monodisperse ∼5 nm β-NaGdF4:20% Yb/2% Er NPs were synthesized via a simple one-pot synthesis method in the high boiling-point solvents 1-octadecene (ODE) and oleic acid (OA) using a single dose of NaF at an ultralow NaF concentration of NaF/RE = 4. The effects of NaF/RE, the reaction temperature, and the reaction time on the size and phase of the particles were investigated. High-quality β-NaGdF4:20% Yb/2% Er@β-NaGdF4:20% Yb/10% Nd core–shell NPs with a size of ∼13 nm, enhanced UC luminescence, long UC lifetimes (τ) for green (τ ≈ 150 μs) and red (τ ≈ 105 μs) emission under 980 and 808 nm excitation, revealed via lifetime imaging, and obvious emission in the near-infrared (NIR) II region were synthesized. The synthesized core–shell NPs may result in a decrease in the overheating effect and allow for a deep penetration depth when further used for bioimaging applications. This work could inspire the synthesis of other high-quality RE-doped UCNPs via adding a single dose of a small amount of NaF and could lay the foundation for the use of Gd-based UCNPs in biomedical applications.
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材料科学
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生物医学工程
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高影响因子
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