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WANG Dan, XUE Bin, TU Lang-ping, ZHANG You-lin, SONG Jun, QU Jun-le, KONG Xiang-gui. Enhanced dye-sensitized up-conversion luminescence of neodymium-sensitized multi-shell nanostructures[J]. Chinese Optics, 2021, 14(2): 418-430. doi: 10.37188/CO.2020-0097

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WANG Dan, XUE Bin, TU Lang-ping, ZHANG You-lin, SONG Jun, QU Jun-le, KONG Xiang-gui. Enhanced dye-sensitized up-conversion luminescence of neodymium-sensitized multi-shell nanostructures[J].Chinese Optics, 2021, 14(2): 418-430.doi:10.37188/CO.2020-0097

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WANG Dan, XUE Bin, TU Lang-ping, ZHANG You-lin, SONG Jun, QU Jun-le, KONG Xiang-gui. Enhanced dye-sensitized up-conversion luminescence of neodymium-sensitized multi-shell nanostructures[J].Chinese Optics, 2021, 14(2): 418-430.doi:10.37188/CO.2020-0097

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Enhanced dye-sensitized up-conversion luminescence of neodymium-sensitized multi-shell nanostructures

doi:10.37188/CO.2020-0097

WANG Dan^{1, 2, 3,},
XUE Bin^{1, 3},
TU Lang-ping³,
ZHANG You-lin³,
SONG Jun^1,,,
QU Jun-le¹,
KONG Xiang-gui^3,,

1.
Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of the Ministry of Education/Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
2.
College of Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
3.
State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China

Funds:Supported by National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFC0910602); National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61605130, No. 11604331, No. 61775145, No. 61835009); Project of Science and Technology Agency, Jilin Province (No. 20180101222JC); Shenzhen Basic Research Project (No. JCYJ20180305125425815)

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WANG Dan(1986—), female, born in Songyuan City, Jilin province. She is a doctor and postdoctor. In 2015, she received her doctorate from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She is mainly engaged in the design of luminescent materials, the bio-functionalization of nanomaterials, and the application of biological photonics and nano-biomedicine. E-mail:wangdan66322@163.com
KONG Xiang-gui(1955—), male, born in Qufu City, Shandong Province. He is a doctor, researcher and doctoral supervisor. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1980 and his doctor’s degree from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998. He is currently a director of the Biophysical Society of China, mainly engaged in the research on the application of biomedical imaging, photodynamic therapy and luminescent nanomaterials in biomedicine. E-mail:xgkong14@ciomp.ac.cn
Corresponding author:songjun@szu.edu.cn;xgkong14@ciomp.ac.cn
Received Date:25 May 2020
Rev Recd Date:24 Jun 2020

Available Online:02 Feb 2021

Publish Date:23 Mar 2021

Abstract

Abstract

Lanthanide-ion-doped upconversion luminescence is limited by the small absorption cross-section and narrow absorption band of lanthanide ions, which results in weak luminescence. Recently, a dye-sensitized method has proven to be an effective strategy of increasing upconversion luminescence. However, simply attaching dye molecules to nanoparticles with classic Yb-doped nanostructures cannot effectively activate the sensitizing ability of the dye molecules. In response to this problem, we designed Nd-sensitized core/shell/shell (NaYF ₄:Yb/Er (20/2%)@ NaYF ₄:Yb (10 %)@ NaYF ₄:Nd (80 %)) nanostructures, compared with the classic IR-806 sensitized NaYF ₄:Yb/Er nanostructure, their upconversion luminescence (500 to 700 nm) was approximately enhanced by a factor of 38. Through analysis of the nanostructure’s emission and luminescence lifetime data, the enhancement was confirmed by the effective overlap of Nd absorption with the emission of near-infrared dye molecules and the protective effects of the shell structure on the luminescent center (the lifetime of Er ( ⁴S _3/2→ ⁴I _15/2) was increased by 1.7 times). In addition, we found that the doping Yb ³⁺in the outermost layer will decrease the dye-sensitized luminescence intensity. Furthermore, this Nd-sensitized core/shell/shell structure also achieved enhancement in the sensitized upconversion luminescence of the luminescence centers of Ho and Tm, which establishes a foundation for enhanced dye-sensitized upconversion luminescence.
- upconversion luminescence,
- dye-sensitized,
- lanthanide ion,
- nanoparticles

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