CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2018
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IF 6.735
Huining Huang,Huiliang Li,Zeyan Wang,Peng Wang,Zhaoke Zheng,Yuanyuan Liu,Ying Dai,Yingjie Li,Baibiao Huang
In this work, we fabricated NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Nd 3+ @TiO 2 (Tm@Nd@TiO 2 ) core@shell nanoparticles and investigated their near-infrared (NIR) photocatalytic activities. Comparing to traditional TiO 2 based upconversion (UC) photocatalysts (i.e., NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Tm 3+ @TiO 2 , named Tm@TiO 2 ), Tm@Nd@TiO 2 exhibits enhanced photocatalytic activity under NIR light irradiation. The photocatalytic activity of Tm@Nd@TiO 2 under 980, 808, and 980 + 808 nm laser irradiation is 4.40, 5.84, and 9.83 times as high as that of Tm@TiO 2 under only 980 nm irradiation, respectively. The ethylene degradation rate of Tm@Nd@TiO 2 under 980 + 808 nm laser irradiation is 6.4 times as that of Tm@TiO 2 . The photocatalytic activity of Tm@Nd@TiO 2 under visible + NIR irradiation is even comparable with (∼2/3) that under UV light irradiation during Rhodamine B (RhB) degradation. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of Tm@Nd@TiO 2 can be attributed to the stronger light absorption in NIR region ascribed to Nd 3+ , lower water absorption and the enhanced UC emission of Tm@Nd with unique core@shell nanostructures. This work can provide a possible route to improve the NIR photocatalytic activity and stimulate the applications in many other fields.
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材料科学
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光催化技术
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PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER
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2021
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IF 2.436
Yang Yu,Sai Xu,Muhan Jiang,Ruixin Song,Jie Li,Yuefeng Gao,Xizhen Zhang,Xiangping Li,Hongquan Yu,Baojiu Chen
Upconversion core-shell nanoparticles with dual-function of temperature sensing and photothermal conversion are preferable in diagnose and treatment of cancer. Herein, NaYF 4 :Tm 3+ /Yb 3+ @NaYF 4 :Sm 3+ /Yb 3+ upconversion nanoparticles have been synthesized by a high-temperature thermal decomposition method. XRD and TEM are used to characterize the crystal structure and morphology of the samples. Temperature dependent upconversion spectra are measured under excitation of 980 nm within the scope of 303–498 K. The investigation on temperature sensing properties are on the basis of the luminescence intensity ratio of Tm 3+ . The designed core shell nanoparticles and bare core nanoparticles both have good temperature sensing performances, and the sensing properties of both are similar. Furthermore, the photothermal conversion performances are investigated ground on the power dependent temperature measurement, ethanol evaporation experiment and visual infrared thermal images. It is found that the photothermal conversion ability of the core-shell UCNPs is greatly improved by coating of the NaYF 4 : Sm 3+ /Yb 3+ outer shell.
研究领域:
纳米技术
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生物医学工程
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材料科学
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癌症研究
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CRYSTENGCOMM
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2022
·Vol. 24
·期 9
·1752-1763
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IF 3.756
Mingzhou Meng,Rui Zhang,Xinmeng Fa,Jianghua Yang,Zhenlong Cheng,Anees A. Ansari,Jun Ou,Christian Wurth,Ute Resch-Genger
A series of NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+@NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanoparticles doped with Tm3+ and Er3+ were successfully prepared by the solvothermal method. Under 980 nm laser excitation, intense upconversion emission peaks of Tm3+ and Er3+ were observed for all samples. By doping Tm3+ and Er3+ with core–shell partitioning, not only a significant increase in fluorescence intensity could be achieved, but also simultaneous temperature measurements on multiple thermocouple energy levels could be realised. In addition, the temperature sensing performance of different thermocouple energy levels was also investigated, and it was found that the 3F3 → 3H6 and 1G4 → 3F4 thermocouple energy level pairs of Tm3+ were the best, with maximum absolute sensitivity and maximum relative sensitivity of up to 0.0250 K−1 and 2.155% K−1 respectively, higher than the sensitivity of other thermocouple energy levels. It has a temperature resolution of less than 0.0139 K, which is lower than that of most materials available today. By using this material as a probe to build a fiber optic temperature sensor platform, it was found to have reliable temperature measurement performance.
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材料科学
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光学
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纳米技术
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高影响因子
ACS Applied Nano Materials
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2022
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IF 6.14
Mingzhou Meng,Tianmei Zhang,Jiaoyu Wang,Zhenlong Cheng,Yuanli Liu,Xin Qiao,Jian Wen,Ute Resch-Genger,Wen Long,Jun Ou
The core–shell NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+@NaYF4:Yb3+ upconversion nanoparticles were successfully prepared by a solvothermal method, and a layer of mesoporous silica (mSiO2) was successfully coated on the periphery of the core–shell nanoparticles to transform their surface from lipophilic to hydrophilic, further expanding their applications in biological tissues. The physical phase, morphology, structure, and fluorescence properties were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), ζ potential analysis, and fluorescence spectroscopy. It was found that the material has a hexagonal structure with good hydrophilicity and emits intense fluorescence under 980 nm pump laser excitation. The non-contact temperature sensing performance of nanoparticles was evaluated by analyzing the upconversion fluorescence of Tm3+ (1G4 → 3F4 and 3F3 → 3H6) in the temperature range of 284–344 K. The absolute and relative sensitivities were found to be 0.0067 K–1 and 1.08 % K–1, respectively, with high-temperature measurement reliability and good temperature cycling performance. More importantly, its temperature measurement in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution is accurate. In addition, the temperature of the cells can be increased by adjusting the laser power density and laser irradiation time. Therefore, an optical temperature sensing platform was built to realize the application of real-time monitoring of cancer cell temperature and the dual function of photothermal therapy.
研究领域:
生物医学工程
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纳米医学
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光学成像
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高影响因子
NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2018
·Vol. 29
·期 9
·094001
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IF 3.404
Zengliang Shi,Yue Duan,Xingjun Zhu,Qiwei Wang,DongDong Li,Ke Hu,Wei Feng,Fuyou Li,Chunxiang Xu
Lanthanide-doped up-conversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) provide a remote temperature sensing approach to monitoring biological microenvironments. In this research, the UCNPs of NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+@NaYF4:Yb3+, Nd3+ with hexagonal (β)-phase were synthesized and applied in cell temperature sensing as well as imaging after surface modification with meso-2, 3-dimercaptosuccinic acid. In the core–shell UCNPs, Yb3+ ions were introduced as energy transfer media between sensitizers of Nd3+ and activators of Er3+ to improve Er3+emission and prevent their quenching behavior due to multiple energy levels of Nd3+. Under the excitations of 808 nm and 980 nm lasers, the NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+@NaYF4:Yb3+, Nd3+ nanoparticles exhibited an efficient green band with two emission peaks at 525 nm and 545 nm, respectively, which originated from the transitions of 2H11/2 → 4I15/2 and 4S3/2 → 4I15/2 for Er3+ ions. We demonstrate that an occurrence of good logarithmic linearity exists between the intensity ratio of these two emission peaks and the reciprocal of the inside or outside temperature of NIH-3T3 cells. A better thermal stability is proved through temperature-dependent spectra with a heating–cooling cycle. The obtained viability of NIH-3T3 cells is greater than 90% after incubations of about 12 and 24 (h), and they possess a lower cytotoxicity of UCNPs. This work provides a method for monitoring the cell temperature and its living state from multiple dimensions including temperature response, cell images and visual up-conversion fluorescent color.
研究领域:
纳米技术
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生物物理学
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细胞生物学
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材料科学
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高影响因子
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2014
·Vol. 14
·期 5
·3726-3730
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IF 1.339
Guo Xingyuan,Song Weiye,Wang Jianshuo,Shi Feng,Qin Weiping
β-NaYF4:Yb3+, Tm3+/ZnO core/shell nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized via a high temperature thermal decomposition method. The as-synthesized core/shell NPs were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy
(TEM), and upconversion luminescence spectra (UCL). Under 980 nm laser excitation, the measured intensity of upconversion luminescence (1I6→3H6, 1I6→3F4, and 1D2→3H6)
was different with and without ZnO. During the sample preparations, changing the ratio of the solvent affected the ZnO UV absorption efficiency. The results show that the NIR light can be used as the driving source to excite ZnO, thus extending utility rate to the NIR spectral region and enhancing
the light harvest rate.
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材料科学
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光学
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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
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2017
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IF 2.446
Tie Cong,Yadan Ding,Xueqing Yu,Yue Mu,Xia Hong,Yichun Liu
A series of Cd 2+ doped hexagonal-phase NaYF 4 : Yb 3+ , Er 3+ upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) were synthesized via solvothermal method, and the effect of Cd 2+ on the upconversion luminescence (UCL) properties was investigated in detail. It was found that the introduction of Cd 2+ could enhance the UCL intensities of NaYF 4 : Yb 3+ , Er 3+ UCNPs significantly. The maximum enhancement occurred when the doping concentration of Cd 2+ was 7 mol%. Compared with the UCNPs without Cd 2+ doping, the total integral emission intensity was enhanced by ∼38 times. It was related to the unit cell expansion and the generated F − vacancies, which could decrease the crystal symmetry around the Er 3+ ions. The results shall facilitate the improvement of UCL properties and the potential applications of UCNPs in lighting, solar cells, optics encoding and so on.
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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光学
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EPL
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2011
·Vol. 96
·期 1
·18001
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IF 2.753
A. H. Li,Q. Lü
The knowledge of the power density for which luminescence intensity reversal begins with power increase is of valuable importance for practical applications. Under 980 nm CW diode laser excitation, the maximum upconversion luminescence intensities were obtained at 4800, 5700, and 7100 W/cm2 for 2H9/2→4I15/2, 2H11/2&4S3/2→4I15/2, and 4F9/2→4I15/2 transition luminescences, respectively, in compact powder composed by cubic-phase NaYF4:
Yb3+,Er3+ nanoparticles with a most probable diameter of ∼46 nm. It was revealed experimentally that the reversal power density decreases as luminescent level rises. Excitation increase combined with radiative quantum efficiency decrease as power increase can reproduce this "n"-shape power dependence relationship.
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光学
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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2024
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IF 5.1
Xiaohong Li,Xiaozhen Zhang,Renhua Chen,Huafeng Liu,Leying Wang,Si Cheng,Yongzhi Yu
The internal modification with rare earth ion doping proved to be a very effective strategy for improving the luminescent properties of NaYF 4 -based upconversion materials. However, greatly enhancing the luminescence efficiency of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ remains a major challenge. Herein, the effects of Sn 4+ doping on the structure and luminescent performance of such material were explored. The hydrothermal molten-salt method was applied to synthesize the Sn 4+ -doped NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ upconversion materials, and their crystal structures, morphologies, surface chemical composition and element states, and luminescence performance were characterized. It was found that Sn 4+ doping can significantly enhance the luminescence intensity and tailor the chromaticity of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ . In particular, the green (G) and red (R) luminescence intensity levels of the 30 mol% Sn 4+ doped material were increased by factors of 26.97 and 38.91, respectively. The R/G ratio was incremented from 0.34 for the undoped material to 0.83 for the 40 mol% Sn 4+ doped counterpart. The Sn 4+ doping led to the change of lattice distortion and crystal growth pattern of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ . The mechanism for Sn 4+ doping to affect the luminescence properties of the prepared upconversion material was also explored. The changes in luminescence intensity levels and R/G ratios could be attributed to the highly asymmetric distorted lattice and crystal field resulting from Sn 4+ doping.
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材料科学
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光学
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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY
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2014
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IF 2.291
Xingyuan Guo,Changfeng Chen,Shengyan Yin,Weiye Song,Feng Shi,Weiping Qin.
In this work, the effects of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ , Tm 3+ (NYT) structure on the near-infrared light (NIR) photocatalysis performance of ZnO were investigated. α-NYT/ZnO nanocomposites (NCs) and β-NYT/ZnO NCs were fabricated by a high temperature decomposition reaction method. The prepared NCs were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–vis spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectra (PL). The NIR photocatalytic activities of the synthesized α- and β-NYT/ZnO NCs were studied by the degradation of Rhodamine B. The differential photocatalytic activities between of α- and β-NYT/ZnO NCs are believed to be correlated to the effects of α- and β-NYT on the oxygen vacancies and exposed crystal face of ZnO.
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材料科学
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光催化
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Optical Materials Express
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 4
·1056-1064
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IF 2.657
Lili Huo,Jiajia Zhou,Ruozhen Wu,Junfei Ren,Shengjun Zhang,Junjie Zhang,Shiqing Xu
Hexagonal-phase NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+ nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely used as the most efficient NIR-to-visible upconversion (UC) luminescent and probe in bioscience. Here, we exploited not only the function of dual-mode emission of β-NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+ NPs in the near infrared (NIR) and visible regions with single wavelength excitation at 980 nm, but also the function of physiological temperature sensing with the luminescence of Er3+ in the visible region. The structural and optical characteristics of β-NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+ NPs were obtained using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM),and fluorescence spectral measurements, respectively; the mechanism for the energy transfer has been suggested with emphasis on the optimized Er/Yb concentration for most efficient UC. Due to the UC and down-shifting NIR properties, we achieved the dual-functional nanoparticles with potential application in physiological range temperature sensing and bioimaging simultaneously.
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生物医学工程
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纳米技术
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光学成像
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高影响因子
OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2022
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IF 3.754
Zhuobao Hong,Weihao Ye,Junjian He,Jie Luo,Linliang Yu,Xiaotang Liu
A simple sol-gel method was used to synthesize a hybrid nanostructure which can achieve the switching of dual-modal luminescence of NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ @CuInS 2 /ZnS. With 980 nm excitation, the nanoparticles exhibit red emissions, and exhibit green-yellow to red emissions under 365 nm excitation. It is noticed that the CuInS 2 /ZnS acts as a sub-energy level to mediate energy transfer between the rare earth ions of the NaYF 4 and CuInS 2 /ZnS QDs. We found that the dual-modal luminescent properties of the synthesized hybrid nanomaterials can be potentially applied in the field of anti-counterfeiting.
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材料科学
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光学
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纳米技术
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