The Active‐Core/Active‐Shell Approach: A Strategy to Enhance the Upconversion Luminescence in Lanthanide‐Doped Nanoparticles
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Abstract
Abstract Nanoparticles of NaGdF 4 doped with trivalent erbium (Er 3+ ) and ytterbium (Yb 3+ ) are prepared by a modified thermal decomposition synthesis from trifluoroacetate precursors in 1‐octadecene and oleic acid. The nanoparticles emit visible upconverted luminescence on excitation with near‐infrared light. To minimize quenching of this luminescence by surface defects and surface‐associated ligands, the nanoparticles are coated with a shell of NaGdF 4 . The intensity of the upconversion luminescence is compared for nanoparticles that were coated with an undoped shell (inert shell) and similar particles coated with a Yb 3+ ‐doped shell (active shell). Luminescence is also measured for nanoparticles lacking the shell (core only), and doped with Yb 3+ at levels corresponding to the doped and undoped core/shell materials respectively. Upconversion luminescence was more intense for the core/shell materials than for the uncoated nanoparticles, and is greatest for the materials having the “active” doped shell. Increasing the Yb 3+ concentration in the “core‐only” nanoparticles decreases the upconversion luminescence intensity. The processes responsible for the upconversion are presented and the potential advantages of “active‐core”/“active‐shell” nanoparticles are discussed.
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