JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
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2022
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IF 4.171
Wang Luo,Xintong Zhang,Kaofeng Huang,Bohan Wang,Yu Wang,Zhilie Tang,Kezhi Zheng
Long afterglow materials feature long-lasting luminescence after the cessation of the excitation source. The rising demand for afterglow materials in many applications such as deep tissue imaging, ultrasensitive sensing, and radiation detection has led to extensive research on X-ray-activated afterglow systems. However, the progress in this field is constrained by the limitation and shortage of radiation-induced afterglow materials. Herein, a newly X-ray-excited long afterglow phosphor CaZnOS:Tb 3+ has been developed by using lithium-assisted synthetic protocol. Afterglow properties of Tb 3+ -doped CaZnOS microcrystals are systematically investigated by considering the dopant concentration, reaction temperature, reaction time, reaction atmosphere, and gas flow . As the gas flow of argon atmosphere increases from 0.05 to 0.5 L/min, the CaZnOS:Tb 3+ microcrystals exhibit a distinct change in trap depth from 0.59 to 0.75 eV, corresponding to a gradual increase in afterglow time. Together with thermoluminescence analysis, the long afterglow mechanism is also discussed in this work. These results highlight the importance of reaction gas flow for the efficient regulation of traps and defects in afterglow materials. Furthermore, they provide a fundamental design principle and new route for the creation of lanthanide-doped CaZnOS afterglow phosphors.
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放射医学
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C
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2024
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IF 5.7
Zezhen Liu,Jingtao Zhao,Danyang Shen,Lei Lei,Shiqing Xu
Lanthanide-doped fluoride nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit tunable X-ray excited optical luminescence (XEOL) and X-ray excited persistent luminescence (XEPL) properties, demonstrating promising applications in X-ray imaging. However, the mechanisms underlying shell thickness-dependent variations in XEOL and XEPL intensities remain unclear. In this work, we utilize homogeneous NaYF4:Tb@NaYF4 and heterogeneous NaYF4:Tb@NaLuF4 core/shell NPs to investigate the role of shell thickness. Our results reveal an optimal shell thickness of approximately 3 nm for both XEOL and XEPL, which contrasts with behaviors observed in upconversion systems. The shell layer effectively passivates NP surface defects, reducing energy migration from activators to these defects. However, it also absorbs input X-ray photons, which can diminish X-ray absorption in the core layer. Our findings contribute to the design of lanthanide-doped core/shell NPs with enhanced XEOL and XEPL performances.
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Results in Physics
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2021
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IF 4.476
Shutong Hao,Xiaolin Liu,Mu Gu,Jiajie Zhu
γ-CuI is a promising scintillator owing to the ultrafast decay time of 130 ps contributed by the near-band-edge emission. The luminescence properties of the γ-CuI are directly related to its intrinsic defects, such as Cu and I vacancies. In this context, tuning the intrinsic defects by cation and anion doping was proposed to improve the scintillation performance of γ-CuI. The structural properties of the dopants, including Li, Na, Mg, F, Cl and Br, were investigated by first-principles calculations. The Li, Na and Mg atoms were calculated to occupy the Cu site. The Cl and Br atoms turned out to replace the I atoms. Importantly, the Cu vacancies were created by Cl and Br dopants, and the I vacancies were eliminated through Li, Na, Mg, Cl and Br doping. These theoretical results were demonstrated by photoluminescence and X-ray excited luminescence spectra.
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物理学
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Crystals
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2024
·Vol. 14
·期 5
·431
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Zhenggang Zou,Jiaolin Weng,Chun Liu,Yiyang Lin,Jiawei Zhu,Yijian Sun,Jianhui Huang,Guoliang Gong,Herui Wen
Inorganic scintillation crystals have been widely used in applications of high-energy physics, nuclear medical imaging, industrial nondestructive inspection, etc. In this work, a single crystal Ba3Y(PO4)3(BYP) with 1.0 at% Ce3+-doping concentration was first grown by the Czochralski method, and the electronic structure was calculated using first principles based on density functional theory. In addition, a series of Ce3+-doped BYP phosphors were synthesized, and the fluorescence emission under UV excitation was measured through low-temperature spectroscopy, containing double-peaked emission from 5d–4f transition and self-trapped exciton recombination. A comparison of the UV and X-ray-excited fluorescence spectra reveals the existence of oxygen vacancies as well as F+ centers in the crystal. The air annealing of the crystal effectively reduces the thermoluminescence defects but reduces the emission intensity under UV or X-ray excitation. The BYP:Ce crystal shows a fast decay lifetime of 15.5 ns, and the fast component is as short as 8 ns. The results show that the Ce3+-doped BYP crystal has potential as a kind of scintillator with fast decay properties.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2020
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IF 10.652
Li Jinlei,Guo Jiaqing,Li Hao,Qu Junle,Song Jun
Synthesis of excellent imaging nanoparticles plays a critical role in disease detection. Here, novel Bi 2 Ga 4 O 9 :Cr (BGOC) nanoparticles were synthesized for persistent luminescence and computed tomography dual-mode imaging. The Cr 3+ ions in the BGOC luminescent nanoparticles were coped as the luminescent center, and the afterglow emission was located in the first biological imaging window. Bi 3+ ions served as the computed tomography (CT) imaging contrast agent. The NH 2 groups were modified on the surface of the nanoparticles to make them highly biocompatible, and folic acid molecules were modified to facilitate the specificity. This modification facilitated simultaneous persistent luminescence and CT imaging in tumor-bearing mice due to the overexpression of the folic acid molecules’ receptors. Furthermore, instead of visible light, x-rays were used as the excitation light source to activate the BGOC-folic acid nanoprobes and realize long time and high sensitivity imaging of tumors in vivo because of their capacity for deep tissue penetration. Therefore, such nanoprobes can provide a promising depth-independent detection mode for high sensitivity diagnosis and long-term monitoring of diseases.
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生物医学工程
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影像医学
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Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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2020
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IF 4.189
Yue Hu,Yanmin Yang,Xuefeng Zhang,Xin Wang,Xiaoxiao Li,Yunqian Li,Tianyi Li,Hongwu Zhang
Here, an X-ray-excited super-long afterglow phosphor β-NaYF4:Tb3+ has been discovered for the first time. After X-ray irradiation, the green emission can persist for more than 240 h. After 120 h, the power density of afterglow reached 3.76 × 10–6 W·m–2, which can be clearly observed by the naked eye under dark vision. Also, combined with the results of thermoluminescence and photoluminescence, the super-long afterglow emission of β-NaYF4:Tb3+ can be ascribed to the tunneling model associated with F centers. More importantly, the super-long green afterglow emission of β-NaYF4:Tb3+ has been successfully used as an in vivo light source to activate g-C3N4 for photodynamic therapy and bacteria destruction. Furthermore, super-long persistent luminescence of β-NaYF4:Tb3+ could be repeatedly charged by X-rays for many cycles, which indicates that the phosphors have high photostability under repeated cycles of alternating X-ray irradiation.
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医学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2014
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IF 2.538
Xiang-Yang Chen,Zhi-Jun Zhang,Lin-Lin Zhu,Meng Xu,Hong Wang,Ai-Guo Li,Jing-Tai Zhao
Novel Lu 2 WO 6 :Eu 3+ films with excellent luminescence performance were successfully prepared by Pechini method for the first time and characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD), micro X-ray fluorescence imaging (μ-XRF), atomic force microscope (AFM), and X-ray excited luminescence (XEL), etc. Eu 3+ -doped films emitted strong red light peak wavelength at 612 nm under both UV light or X-ray excitation. The optimal annealing temperature and Eu 3+ -doped concentration are around 950 °C and 10 mol%, respectively. In addition, luminescence mechanism associated with Eu 3+ site occupation and possible energy transfer of Lu 2 WO 6 :Eu 3+ films have also been proposed. The optimized thin film shows great potential for applications as a candidate for X-ray imaging due to its high density, suitable emission wavelength and high light yield.
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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
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2024
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IF 3.3
Tianshe Yang,Peilin Wu,Ruifeng Chen,Jingfei Ni,Chao Xu,Xiangmei Liu,Shi Wang,Shujuan Liu
Scintillators are of significance for X-ray excited luminescence (XEL) imaging from scientific research to medical diagnostics application. Rare earth fluoride nanocrystals possess distinctive luminescent properties originated from the abundant energy level of lanthanide activators, showing potential applications as next-generation scintillators. Herein, high Z atomic rare earth element lutetium was chosen to synthesized NaLuF 4 -based nanoscintillators by Tb doping. Core-shell structure was fabricated to further enhance the XEL emission intensity. The NaLuF 4 -based nanoscintillators was demonstrated more efficient XEL emission with 3-folds increase compared to NaYF 4 nanocrystals. NaLuF 4 nanocrystals with a 25 mol% Tb doping and an inert shell coating exhibited excellent scintillation performance with detection limit as low as to 57.05 nGy air s −1 . X-ray imaging demonstrated a high spatial resolution of 10.5 lp mm −1 using a scintillator film made from as-prepared NaLuF 4 -based nanoscintillators. Finally, such NaLuF 4 -based scintillators film have been applied in X-ray imaging application for a chip and a biological specimen. This study proposed an effective strategy to enhance XEL for rare earth fluoride, providing the ability for high-quality X-ray imaging.
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材料科学
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医学影像
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纳米技术
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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
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2023
·Vol. 30
·期 17
·e202303918
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IF 4.3
Huangjie Lu,Miaomiao Xu,Jingqi Ma,Junpu Yang,Yaoyao Bai,Zhi-Hui Zhang,Junfeng Qian,Ming-Yang He,Jian-Qiang Wang,Jian Lin
Graphical The judicious synergy between lanthanide cations and organic ligands affords two photoluminescent and radioluminescent organic-inorganic hybrids, Eu-bppCOO-1 and Tb-bppCOO-2 . Owing to its lower detection limit of 4.06 μGy s −1 and excellent radiation stability , Tb-bppCOO-2 was fabricated into a flexible scintillation film featuring a high spatial image resolution of 7 lp mm −1 . The photoluminescent properties of lanthanide complexes have been thoroughly investigated; however, there have been much fewer studies showcasing their potential use in ionizing radiation detection. In this work, we delve into the photo- and radio-induced luminescence of a series of lanthanide-bearing organic-inorganic hybrids and their potential as a platform for X-ray scintillation and imaging. The judicious synergy between lanthanide cations and 2,6-di(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)isonicotinate (bppCOO − ) ligands affords six new materials with three distinct structures. Notably, Eu-bppCOO-1 and Tb-bppCOO-2 display sharp fingerprint X-ray-excited luminescence (XEL), the intensities of which can be linearly correlated with the X-ray dose rates over a broad dynamic range (0.007–4.55 mGy s −1 ). Moreover, the X-ray sensing efficacies of Eu-bppCOO-1 and Tb-bppCOO-2 were evaluated, showing that Tb-bppCOO-2 features a lower detection limit of 4.06 μGy s −1 compared to 14.55 μGy s −1 of Eu-bppCOO-1 . Given the higher X-ray sensitivity and excellent radiation stability of Tb-bppCOO-2 , we fabricated a flexible scintillator film for X-ray imaging by embedding finely ground Tb-bppCOO-2 in the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer. The resulting scintillator film can be utilized for high-resolution X-ray imaging with a spatial resolution of approximately 7 lp mm −1 .
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放射医学
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2017
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IF 2.238
Shuangqiang Yue,Mu Gu,Xiaolin Liu,Juannan Zhang,Shiming Huang,Bo Liu,Chen Ni
γ-CuI single crystal was grown via evaporation method in ZnI 2 acetonitrile solvent. The ZnI 2 plays a unique role which can not only increase the solubility of CuI in acetonitrile but also introduce the Zn and I ions in the crystal. The γ-CuI crystal grown in ZnI 2 acetonitrile is regular and transparent. Its size reaches up to 18 × 11 × 2 mm 3 which is larger than that of the crystal grown in pure acetonitrile. In terms of the photoluminescence , the intensity of the emission at 411 nm of the crystal grown with ZnI 2 as a cosolute is much higher than that of the crystal grown without ZnI 2 , which implies that the crystallinity of the crystal can be improved by ZnI 2 doping. The X-ray excited luminescence of the crystal shows that the emission at 435 nm can be significantly enhanced and the emission near 680 nm can be suppressed by introducing Zn and I in the natural non-stoichiometry γ-CuI crystal. The nature of the phenomena is discussed. The decay time of the emission at 435 nm similar to that of the emission at 411 nm is faster than the detection limit of the instrument, i.e. less than 1 ns, and the average decay time of the emission near 680 nm is about 183 ns. The results can provide a useful guide to optimize the scintillation properties of γ-CuI single crystal.
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ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2025
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Jing Chen,Jiawen Li,Huanhuan Wang,Xincun Dou,Baiyi Zu
How to modulate the open metal sites (OMS) for enhancing the luminescence emerges as a significant issue to explore in the exploration of high-performance metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for photoluminescence (PL) sensing and X-ray detection. Here, by efficiently extending the conjugation of the ligand, nanoscale Zr-ADIP, which has eight OMS per Zr cluster, was first synthesized and demonstrated to have enhanced PL and X-ray excited luminescence (XEL) performance. Furthermore, a modulator tuning strategy was adopted to occupy the OMS, which has been proven to be efficient for engineering the unoccupied electronic levels, promoting the relaxation of the excited electrons, and enhancing the PL efficiency. It is found that with benzoic acid as the modulator, the optimal nanoscale Zr-ADIP-BzOH exhibits superior performance with an X-ray detection limit of 0.53 μGy s–1, which is 10 times lower than the minimum X-ray dose rate requirement for medical X-ray imaging. The superior XEL performance of Zr-ADIP-BzOH has been further proven to be effective in the tentative monitoring of the morphology of a mature pearl in a clam sample by constructing a condensed film device. We expect that the proposed OMS introduction and modulator tuning strategy would offer insights for the structural design and performance enhancement of luminescent MOFs.
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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
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2020
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IF 4.65
Zhihao Wang,Mengxiao Zhang,Jiao He,Yongan Tang,Tingchao He,Qiang Sun,Dianyuan Fan,Yu Wang
The development of emitting materials that present both photoluminescence (PL) and X-ray excited optical luminescence has recently been attracting rising research interest for visualization applications. We introduced in this study the hydrothermally crystallized (Sr 1- x Mn x ) 5 (PO 4 ) 3 F 1- y Cl y ( x = 0–0.05, y = 0–0.40) nanorods with favorable PL and X-ray excited optical luminescence properties after composition modulating. The effects of solution pH and Cl − incorporation on structure and morphology of the products were firstly unveiled. (Sr 1- x Mn x ) 5 (PO 4 ) 3 F gives green emission at ∼548 nm ( 4 T 1 ( 4 G) → 6 A 1 ( 6 S)) under either 402 nm excitation or X-ray irradiation, and the optimal PL and X-ray excited optical luminescence were observed at x = 0.03. The replacement of F − by larger Cl − led to the generation of an amount of Frenkel defects (the dislocated F − and anion vacancies V F . ) along the c -axis, benefit from which the (Sr 0.97 Mn 0.03 ) 5 (PO 4 ) 3 F 1- y Cl y samples present enhanced PL and X-ray excited optical luminescence intensities by factors of 1.6 and 7.4, respectively, and the corresponding optimal y values are determined to be 0.20 and 0.30. Fluorescence decay analysis found steadily shortened fluorescent lifetime for Mn 2+ at higher Mn 2+ and Cl − concentrations, and the underlying mechanism was discussed. The (Sr,Mn) 5 (PO 4 ) 3 (F,Cl) apatite material, with enhanced PL and X-ray excited optical luminescence, may find novel applications for both lighting and scintillating.
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