CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
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2025
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Xiyao Tian,Yuning Ma,Junchao Zhang,Hongxia Wang,Yiwang Tang,Jia Lu,Liangyun Yu,Xintong Liu,Xiulan Xin
The development of luminescent materials exhibiting dual luminescent modes for anti-counterfeiting purposes is of significant importance. In this study, we introduce and synthesize hybrid materials composed of carbon quantum dots and up-conversion particles (CDs@UCNP). By combining Yb 3+ and Er 3+ doped NaYF 4 up-conversion nanoparticles with carbon quantum dots, we successfully prepared a kind of fluorescent materials that demonstrate dual-mode fluorescence. By changing the fluorescent color of carbon quantum dots to achieve different down-conversion (DC) luminescence, we produced three dual-mode luminescent materials: BCDs@UCNP, YCDs@UCNP, and RCDs@UCNP, which exhibit blue, yellow, and red DC luminescence when exposed to 365 nm ultraviolet light, alongside green or red up-conversion luminescence under 980 nm laser. Furthermore, we formulated three water-based inks utilizing water-based acrylic emulsion as a binder. These inks exhibit dual-mode tunable luminescence properties, thereby enhancing the security of the printed patterns and positioning them as promising candidates for anti-counterfeiting applications.
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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2014
·Vol. 14
·期 5
·3887-3892
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IF 1.339
Shao Wanyue,Sun Zhengang,Hua Ruinian,Zhang Wei,Zhao Jun,Na Liyan
Water-soluble BaYF5:Yb3+/Er3+ nanoparticles with the surface functionalized by a layer of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) were synthesized via a facile one-step PAA-assisted hydrothermal method. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein was conjugated with BaYF5:Yb3+/Er3+
upconversion nanoparticles via free carboxylic acid groups on the surface of nanoparticles. The final products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), infrared (IR) spectrophotometry, ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry and photoluminescence spectroscopy
(PL). The XRD results showed that PAA-capped BaYF5:Yb3+/Er3+ upconversion nanoparticles could be obtained via a PAA assisted hydrothermal process with the pH value of 8 at 200 °C for 24 h. The TEM results showed that the morphology of BaYF5:Yb3+/Er3+
nanoparticles was spherical particles with an average diameter of about 4 nm. The IR and UV spectra showed that BSA has been conjugated with BaYF5:Yb3+/Er3+ up-conversion nanoparticles. The luminescence properties of BaYF5:Yb3+/Er3+
up-conversion nanoparticles were also studied. The luminescence properties of the products suggest that BaYF5:Yb3+/Er3+ upconversion nanoparticles have promising applications for labels in biological assays.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2021
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IF 4.539
Chunyan Zhang,Zhendong Fu,Feng Hong,Ge Pang,Tengri Dong,Yunxiao Zhang,Guixia Liu,Xiangting Dong,Jinxian Wang
Broad spectrum response photocatalyst is crucial for making full use of sunlight and widely used in efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes. In this work, upconversion luminescence boosted broadband photocatalysts based on BiF 3 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ nanoparticles (BFY) and the carbon nitride doped with various masses of barbituric acid (CNB x ) semiconductor materials (BFY/CNB x ) were successfully designed and produced for photocatalysis in UV–Vis–NIR region. Compared with pure g-C 3 N 4 , BFY/CNB 0.5 composites have better photocatalytic performance attributed to the utilization of broadband spectrum energy and effective charge separation. After 30 min illumination by visible light , photodegradation efficiency of RhB reaches about 99.4% by using BFY-2/CNB 0.5 . A plot of C/C 0 versus time indicates that the BFY-2/CNB 0.5 can degrade about 64.7% of RhB in 80 min by NIR irradiation. Under simulated solar light, the sample of BFY-2/CNB 0.5 reaches a maximum degradation efficiency of 98.0% within 15 min. The strengthened photocatalytic activity is due to the synergistic effect of CNB 0.5 and upconversion materials. The active species utilized in the degradation process were examined using capture experiments. After four continuous photocatalytic cycles, about 94.0% of RhB solution is degraded. The photocatalytic mechanism of the composite photocatalysts is also analyzed in detail. The results indicate that the prepared BFY/CNB 0.5 photocatalysts have good prospects in the field of environmental remediation.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2026
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IF 6.6
Qiang Bi,Kechun Wang,Yi Zhao,Guangdong Wu,Yanyan Zhou,Changbin Tang,Zhihua Leng,Juanqin Xue
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) is restricted by its narrow light absorption range, which results in low photocatalytic efficiency. To address this problem, a plasmon- and upconversion-enhanced ternary photocatalyst (denoted as GdF 3 @g-C 3 N 4 @Ag) was subtly designed and synthesized in situ. The g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets were encapsulated on the GdF 3 by a simple vapor deposition method, which has not been reported in the literature. The GdF 3 @g-C 3 N 4 @Ag composite exhibits full-spectrum responsiveness and remarkably improved photocatalytic activity in the degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride compared with plain g-C 3 N 4 . The degradation rate constant of the best-performing photocatalyst GdF 3 @g-C 3 N 4 @5%Ag (2.618 × 10 −2 min −1 ) is higher than that of g-C 3 N 4 (1.723 × 10 −2 min −1 ) under irradiation at λ ≥ 400 nm. This study develops a full-spectrum responsive photocatalyst based on GdF 3 @g-C 3 N 4 @Ag, showing its great potential to fully utilize the solar spectrum, and provides important insights into the construction of full-spectrum responsive photocatalysts.
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JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS
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2025
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Zhenbeina Deng,Yusheng Xu,Qiudong Duan,Tianyu Guo,Xianchang Ning,Zhangwen Long,Dacheng Zhou,Qi Wang,Yugeng Wen,Jianbei Qiu
Zero-dimensional (0D) halide perovskites inherently exhibit inefficient energy transfer for lanthanide-based upconversion luminescence (UCL) due to isolated structural units. Despite extensive research efforts, the exploration and validation of thermally enhanced UCL in 0D perovskites remain notably limited. This study demonstrates that Mn 2+ /Yb 3+ /Er 3+ tri-doping can achieve a ninefold enhancement of Er 3+ UCL in 0D Cs 3 BiCl 6 with preferential amplification of green emission. In particular, structural analysis, electron paramagnetic resonance, and steady-state spectroscopies confirm that the formation of Yb 3+ -Mn 2+ dimers can overcome the limitation of an ultralong interionic distance of 0.774 nm, enabling efficient energy transfer upconversion at elevated temperatures. Furthermore, comparative investigations with one-dimensional (Cs 3 Bi 2 Cl 9 ) and three-dimensional (Cs 2 NaBiCl 6 ) perovskites reveal that the pronounced UCL enhancement originates from Mn 2+ -induced lattice distortion and facilitates energy transfer from Yb 3+ -Mn 2+ dimer to Er 3+ . Finally, the optical thermometry exhibits a high absolute sensitivity of 2.09%/K and outstanding thermal cycling properties in the 313–573 K range, paving the way for optical sensing applications and beyond.
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2020
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IF 2.779
Dongxun Chen,Fang Wang,Jianqiang Bi,Weili Wang,Lu Wang,Kangning Sun,Dongqi Tang,Yanjie Liang
Bi 2 O 3 nanospheres co-doped with Yb 3+ /Er 3+ upconverting ions pair have been successfully synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method followed by a heat treatment. The resulting Bi 2 O 3 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ nanospheres show a monodisperse spherical morphology with narrow size distribution (~180 nm) and display intense upconversion luminescence under 980 nm laser excitation. It is found that the crystal structure, morphology and upconversion luminescence properties of nanospheres have a direct relationship with the doping concentration of Yb 3+ and the subsequent calcination temperature. These Bi 2 O 3 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ nanospheres can be prepared in large quantities and can be easily modified with a layer of biocompatible polyethyleneimine (PEI) molecules. The yielded nanospheres could not only maintain uniform size and morphological characteristics, but also show good water dispersibility and biocompatibility. Remarkably, these Bi 2 O 3 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ upconversion nanophosphors could also act as an effective contrast agent for X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging, which show higher contrast efficacy than commercial iodine-based contrast agent. The proposed facile synthetic route and inexpensive matrix materials pave the way for broad use of these Bi 2 O 3 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ nanospheres as ideal dual-mode bioimaging probes in biomedical field.
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Nanoscale Horizons
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2018
·Vol. 3
·期 6
·616-623
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IF 9.391
Baoqi Liu,Zhipeng Meng,Suli Wu,Yue Wu,Shufen Zhang
Rational control of the multiple emission outputs and achieving single-band and strong luminescence of Ln3+ doped upconversion nanoparticles is highly desirable for their applications in sensor and display fields. Here, we designed a sandwich structure to separate and enhance the green and red emission of NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ simultaneously and realized pure strong green and red emissions. NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanocrystals were sandwiched between two layers of photonic crystals, which have bandgaps at 660 nm and 530 nm, respectively. The photonic crystal with a bandgap at 530 nm on top of the NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ layer can filter the green emission of NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+, prohibiting its emission upward, and at the same time, enhancing its emission downward. Similarly, the photonic crystal with a bandgap at 660 nm can prohibit the transmission of the red emission, and at the same time enhance its reflection in the opposite direction. Consequently, enhanced green emission was observed from the bottom of the sandwich structure and enhanced red emission was observed from the top of the sandwich structure. Thus, the green and red emissions of NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ were separated and both of them were enhanced. On the other hand, when using a photonic crystal with a bandgap that overlapped with the excitation light of NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanoparticles, their emissions were all greatly enhanced. Our results suggest that photonic crystals are good candidates to separate and enhance the emissions of Ln3+ doped luminescent materials.
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BIOMATERIALS
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2015
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IF 8.557
Xiaoran Deng,Yunlu Dai,Jianhua Liu,Ying Zhou,Ping'an Ma,Ziyong Cheng,Yinyin Chen,Kerong Deng,Xuejiao Li,Zhiyao Hou,Chunxia Li,Jun Lin
Combining the multi-modal medical imaging with cancer therapy in one single system has attracted the great interests for theranostic purpose. In this paper, CaF 2 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ /Mn 2+ -poly(2-Aminoethyl methacrylate) (UCHNs-PAMA) hybrid microspheres were successfully fabricated. The synthetic route to the nanocomposite based on a facile hydrothermal method for fabrication of hollow upconversion (UC) nanospheres at first and then post-filling the PAMA interiorly through photo-initiated polymerization. The UCHNs showed orange fluorescence under 980 nm near infrared (NIR) laser excitation , which provided the upconverting luminescence (UCL) imaging modality . Meanwhile, the presence of functional Mn 2+ and Yb 3+ offered the enhanced T 1 -weighted magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) imaging, respectively. Thanks to introducing amine groups-containing PAMA inside the hollow nanospheres, the Pt(IV) pro-drug, c,c,t-Pt(NH 3 ) 2 Cl 2 (OOCCH 2 CH 2 COOH) 2 (DSP), can be conveniently bonded on the polymer network to construct a nanoscale anti-cancer drug carrier. The UCHNs-PAMA-Pt(IV) nanocomposite shows effective inhibition for Hela cell line via MTT assay . In contrast, Pt(IV) pro-drug and UCHNs-PAMA microspheres behave little cytotoxicity to Hela cells. This should be attributed the fact that the anti-cancer ability can be recovered only when Pt(IV) pro-drug was reduced to Pt(II)-drug in cellular environment. Furthermore, the in vivo experiments on small mice also confirm that the hybrid microspheres have relatively low toxic side effects and high tumor inhibition rate. These findings show that the multifunctional hybrid microspheres have potential to be used as UCL/MR/CT tri-modal imaging contrast agent and anti-cancer drug carriers.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
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2018
·Vol. 29
·期 9
·7692-7700
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IF 2.324
Hu Zhen,Guo Haiyong,Zhao Li,Wu Yadan,Wang Shimin,Wan Li
A double-layer composite film (DLCF) that consists of upconversion composite La(OH) 3 :Er 3+ /Yb 3+ +P25 (UC + P25) as underlayer and large TiO 2 spheres (LS-TiO 2 ) as overlayer is designed as the photoelectrode of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The upconversion luminescent material La(OH) 3 :Er 3+ /Yb 3+ can convert near-infrared region to visible light to improve the light absorption, and LS-TiO 2 has been used as light-scattering layer to increase the optical length in the film and enhance light harvesting. The DLCF with lower absorbed dye achieved the highest conversion efficiency due to the synergistic effect of the upconversion luminescent layer and the light-scattering layer, and with an optimum mixing ratio, a conversion efficiency of 9.24% is attained, which is a significant improvement of 68.3% compared with the pure P25 film photoelectrode.
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MOLECULES
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2025
·Vol. 30
·期 21
·4215
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IF 4.6
Yukun Tang,Pingping Yang,Jinpu Xie,Tengfei Duan,Zengmin Tang,Yao Liu,Rui Zhang,Haihu Tan,Jingjing Du,Lijian Xu
In recent years, cadmium sulfide (CdS) has been widely investigated due to its excellent photocatalytic performance. However, its practical application in pollutant treatment is limited by its narrow photoresponse range and susceptibility to photocorrosion. Herein, we design a unique four-layer core–shell structure NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ @NaYF 4 @CdS@Au (CSNPs@CdS@Au), with an inert NaYF 4 shell coating on NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ (CNPs) to form NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ ,Er 3+ @NaYF 4 (CSNPs) and CdS depositing on CSNPs (CSNPs@CdS); Au nanoparticles are loaded on CdS (CSNPs@CdS@Au). Compared with CdS (9.81%), CSNPs (5.0%), CSNPs/CdS (6.9%), and CSNPs@CdS (81.0%), CSNPs@CdS@Au degrades 97.7% Rhodamine B (RhB) within 15 min, exhibiting superior photocatalytic performance, attributable to two key factors: (1) the NaYF 4 inert shell encapsulation amplifies upconversion (UC) luminescence intensity by suppressing surface quenching; and (2) the electron transfer between Au nanoparticles and CdS effectively promotes spatial separation of photogenerated charge carriers and increases reactive active sites. Additionally, after five degradation cycles, CSNPs@CdS@Au still maintains a 93.25% degradation rate for RhB, confirming its excellent stability. This remarkable stability is attributed to the uniquely designed multilayer core–shell architecture, which significantly enhances structural integrity through physical isolation effects. This study establishes a material preparation strategy for efficient photocatalytic pollutant degradation.
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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 6.76
Jie Huang,Xuhua Ye,Wenjun Li,Anqi Shi,Xini Chu,Ziwen Cao,Chao Yao,Xiazhang Li
Developing low cost and efficient strategy to eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are quite urgent and challenging. Herein, CeO 2 nanoparticles co-doped with Yb 3+ and Er 3+ were immobilized on attapulgite clay (ATP) for photothermal catalytic oxidation of toluene. The CeO 2 :Yb 3+ , Er 3+ /ATP exhibited outstanding catalytic activity with low T 90 of 295 °C (temperature at 90% degradation), satisfactory stability and highly water resistance. The enhanced photothermal catalytic performance can be attributed to the optimal introduction of Yb 3+ and Er 3+ , which promoted the up-conversion of near-infrared light (NIR) to visible light increasing the light utilization. The defects caused by Yb 3+ /Er 3+ doping facilitated the adsorption of O 2 , while the active oxygen species generated from the defects and the photoinduced reactive species not only favored the oxidation of toluene in photothermal catalytic process, but also accelerated the reoxidation of reduced catalyst. Notably ATP support provided large specific surface area and abundant adsorption sites for toluene molecules to promote the deep oxidation and hindered the deactivation of catalysts caused by the accumulation of intermediates. In-situ DRIFTS test revealed that the alkoxide and benzoate appeared as the main intermediates, which can be deeply oxidized under light irradiation. Current work provides a new alternative for photothermal catalytic degradation of VOCs.
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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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2015
·Vol. 15
·期 12
·9656-9664
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IF 1.556
Wang Chuanying,Cheng Xianhua
Yb3+ and Er3+ ions co-doped α-NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ nanocrystals were successfully synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method using citric acid (CA) as chelating ligand and NaNO3 as mineralizer. The influences
of the CA/RE (RE= Y+Yb+Er) molar ratio, reaction time, reaction temperature and the NaNO3/RE molar ratio on the crystal phases and shapes of as-prepared products have been well investigated. The possible formation mechanism has been discussed in detail and an aggregation growth
theory has been proposed. X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and photoluminescence (PL) spectra were used to characterize the products. Under 980 nm excitation, the emission intensities
of the as-prepared nanocrystals were much stronger than that of the nanocrystals modified by ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). Additionally, the as-prepared products maintained spherical shape and high degree of monodispersion, which is expected to be suggestive for the preparation of
other complex rare earth fluoride compounds.
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