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Yang S, Qi B, Sun M, Dai W, Miao Z, Zheng W, Huang B, Wang J. Broadband Near-Infrared Light Excitation Generates Long-Lived Near-Infrared Luminescence in Gallates. ACS NANO 2024; 18:22465-22473. [PMID: 39106491 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c07471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2024]
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Persistent luminescence describes the phenomenon whereby luminescence remains after the stoppage of excitation. Recently, upconversion persistent luminescence (UCPL) phosphors that can be directly charged by near-infrared (NIR) light have gained considerable attention due to their promising applications ranging from photonics to biomedicine. However, current lanthanide-based UCPL phosphors show small absorption cross sections and low upconversion charging efficiency. The development of UCPL phosphors faces challenges due to the lack of flexible upconversion charging pathways and poor design flexibility. Herein, we discovered a lattice defect-mediated broadband photon upconversion process and the accompanying NIR-to-NIR UCPL in Cr-doped zinc gallate nanoparticles. The zinc gallate nanoparticles can be directly activated by broadband NIR light in the 700-1000 nm range to produce persistent luminescence at about 700 nm, which is also readily enhanced by rationally tailoring the lattice defects in the phosphors. This proposed UCPL phosphor achieved a signal-to-background ratio of over 200 in bioimaging by efficiently avoiding interference from autofluorescence and light scattering. Our work reported a lattice defect-mediated photon upconversion phenomenon, which significantly expands the horizons for the flexible design of UCPL phosphors toward broad applications ranging from bioimaging to photocatalysis.
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- Shuting Yang
- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Zhang X, Suo H, Guo Y, Chen J, Wang Y, Wei X, Zheng W, Li S, Wang F. Continuous tuning of persistent luminescence wavelength by intermediate-phase engineering in inorganic crystals. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6797. [PMID: 39122769 PMCID: PMC11316030 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51180-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/30/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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Multicolor tuning of persistent luminescence has been extensively studied by deliberately integrating various luminescent units, known as activators or chromophores, into certain host compounds. However, it remains a formidable challenge to fine-tune the persistent luminescence spectra either in organic materials, such as small molecules, polymers, metal-organic complexes and carbon dots, or in doped inorganic crystals. Herein, we present a strategy to delicately control the persistent luminescence wavelength by engineering sub-bandgap donor-acceptor states in a series of single-phase Ca(Sr)ZnOS crystals. The persistent luminescence emission peak can be quasi-linearly tuned across a broad wavelength range (500-630 nm) as a function of Sr/Ca ratio, achieving a precision down to ~5 nm. Theoretical calculations reveal that the persistent luminescence wavelength fine-tuning stems from constantly lowered donor levels accompanying the modified band structure by Sr alloying. Besides, our experimental results show that these crystals exhibit a high initial luminance of 5.36 cd m-2 at 5 sec after charging and a maximum persistent luminescence duration of 6 h. The superior, color-tunable persistent luminescence enables a rapid, programable patterning technique for high-throughput optical encryption.
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- Xin Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- College of Physics Science & Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- College of Physics Science & Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Majak M, Misiak M, Bednarkiewicz A. The mechanisms behind the extreme susceptibility of photon avalanche emission to quenching. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2024. [PMID: 39037285 DOI: 10.1039/d4mh00362d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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The photon avalanche (PA) process that emerges in lanthanide-doped crystals yields a threshold and highly nonlinear (of the power law order >5) optical response to photoexcitation. PA emission is the outcome of the excited-state absorption combined with a cross-relaxation process, which creates positive and efficient energy looping. In consequence, this combination of processes should be highly susceptible to small perturbations in energy distribution and can thus be hindered by other competitive "parasitic" processes such as energy transfer (ET) to quenching sites. Although luminescence quenching is a well-known phenomenon, exact mechanisms of the susceptibility of PA to resonant energy transfer (RET) remain poorly understood, limiting its practical applications. A deeper understanding of these mechanisms may pave the way to new areas of PA exploitation. This study focuses on the investigation of the LiYF4:3%Tm3+ PA system co-doped with Nd3+ acceptor ions, which are found to impact both the looping and emitting levels. This effectively disrupts the PA emission, causing an increase in the PA threshold (Ith) and a decrease in the PA nonlinearity (Smax). Our complementary modelling results reveal that ET from the looping level increases Ith and Smax, whereas ET from the emitting level diminishes Smax and the final emission intensity. Ultimately, significant PA emission quenching demonstrates a high relative sensitivity (SR) to infinitesimal amounts of Nd3+ acceptors, highlighting the potential for PA to be utilized as an ultra-sensitive, fluorescence-based reporting mechanism that is suitable for the detection and quantification of physical and biological phenomena or reactions.
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- Martyna Majak
- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, 50-422 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, 50-422 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, 50-422 Wroclaw, Poland.
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Wu J, Wu J, Wei W, Zhang Y, Chen Q. Upconversion Nanoparticles Based Sensing: From Design to Point-of-Care Testing. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2311729. [PMID: 38415811 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Rare earth-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have achieved a wide range of applications in the sensing field due to their unique anti-Stokes luminescence property, minimized background interference, excellent biocompatibility, and stable physicochemical properties. However, UCNPs-based sensing platforms still face several challenges, including inherent limitations from UCNPs such as low quantum yields and narrow absorption cross-sections, as well as constraints related to energy transfer efficiencies in sensing systems. Therefore, the construction of high-performance UCNPs-based sensing platforms is an important cornerstone for conducting relevant research. This work begins by providing a brief overview of the upconversion luminescence mechanism in UCNPs. Subsequently, it offers a comprehensive summary of the sensors' types, design principles, and optimized design strategies for UCNPs sensing platforms. More cost-effective and promising point-of-care testing applications implemented based on UCNPs sensing systems are also summarized. Finally, this work addresses the future challenges and prospects for UCNPs-based sensing platforms.
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- Jizhong Wu
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P.R. China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P.R. China
- College of Ocean Food and Biological Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, P.R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P.R. China
- College of Ocean Food and Biological Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, P.R. China
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Zhong Y, Wang X, Li T, Yao Q, Dong W, Lu M, Bai X, Wu Z, Xie J, Zhang Y. White-Emitting Gold Nanocluster Assembly with Dynamic Color Tuning. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:6997-7003. [PMID: 38721805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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We report that constructed Au nanoclusters (NCs) can afford amazing white emission synergistically dictated by the Au(0)-dominated core-state fluorescence and Au(I)-governed surface-state phosphorescence, with record-high absolute quantum yields of 42.1% and 53.6% in the aqueous solution and powder state, respectively. Moreover, the dynamic color tuning is achieved in a wide warm-to-cold white-light range (with the correlated color temperature varied from 3426 to 24 973 K) by elaborately manipulating the ratio of Au(0) to Au(I) species and thus the electron transfer rate from staple motif to metal kernel. This study not only exemplifies the successful integration of multiple luminescent centers into metal NCs to accomplish efficient white-light emission but also inspires a feasible pathway toward customizing the optical properties of metal NCs by regulating electron transfer kinetics.
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- Yuan Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuits, Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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Ma E, Yu S, You W, Tu D, Wen F, Xing Y, Lu S, Chen X. Dynamic modulation of multicolor upconversion luminescence of Er3+ via excitation pulse width. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:204708. [PMID: 38804487 DOI: 10.1063/5.0205895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Lanthanide-doped upconversion (UC) luminescent materials display multicolor emissions, making them ideal for a variety of applications, such as multi-channel biological imaging, fluorescence encryption, anti-counterfeiting, and 3D display. Manipulating the UC emissions of the luminescent materials with a fixed composition is crucial for their applications. Herein, we propose a facile strategy to achieve pulse-width-dependent multicolor UC emissions in NaYF4:Yb/Er/Tm nanocrystals. Upon excitation with a 980 nm continuous-wave laser diode, Er3+ ions in NaYF4:20%Yb,15%Er,1%Tm nanocrystals exhibited UC emissions with a red-to-green (R/G) ratio of 11.3. Nevertheless, by employing a 980 nm pulse laser with pulse widths from 0.1 to 10 ms, the UC R/G ratio can be easily adjusted from 0.9 to 11.3, resulting in continuous and remarkable color transformation from green, yellow, orange, to red. By virtue of the dynamic luminescence color variation of these NaYF4:20%Yb,15%Er,1%Tm nanocrystals, we demonstrated their potential applications in the areas of anti-counterfeiting and information encryption. These findings provide deep insights into the excited-state dynamics and energy transfer of Er3+ in NaYF4:Yb/Er/Tm nanocrystals upon 980 nm pulse excitation, which may pave the way for designing multicolor UC materials toward versatile applications.
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- En Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- International Joint Research Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices of Henan Province, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Key Laboratory of Rare Earths, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Wang S, Liang H, Yang Z, Wang Z, Yang B, Lu C. Direct large-scale synthesis of water-soluble and biocompatible upconversion nanoparticles for in vivo imaging. RSC Adv 2024; 14:17350-17354. [PMID: 38813132 PMCID: PMC11134336 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra03242j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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Deep tissues can be optically imaged using near-infrared windows without radiation hazard. This work proposes a straightforward one-pot method for directly synthesizing water-soluble and biocompatible upconversion nanoparticles on a large scale for in vivo imaging. Safety assessment, coupled with luminescence imaging in mice, demonstrates the excellent stability and promising biological applications of the upconversion nanoparticles.
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- Siqi Wang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing 100048 China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing 100048 China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing 100048 China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterial and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Beijing 100049 China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing 100048 China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing 100048 China
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Zhang M, Wang B, Cai Y, Jin D, Zhou J. Thermally Prolonged NIR-II Luminescence Lifetimes by Cross-Relaxation. NANO LETTERS 2024. [PMID: 38602906 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Temperature regulates nonradiative processes in luminescent materials, fundamental to luminescence nanothermometry. However, elevated temperatures often suppress the radiative process, limiting the sensitivity of thermometers. Here, we introduce an approach to populating the excited state of lanthanides at elevated temperatures, resulting in a sizable lifetime lengthening and intensity increase of the near-infrared (NIR)-II emission. The key is to create a five-energy-level system and use a pair of lanthanides to leverage the cross-relaxation process. We observed the lifetime of NIR-II emission of Er3+ has been remarkably increased from 3.85 to 7.54 ms by codoping only 0.5 mol % Ce3+ at 20 °C and further increased to 7.80 ms when increasing the temperature to 40 °C. Moreover, this concept is universal across four ion pairs and remains stable within aqueous nanoparticles. Our findings emphasize the need to design energy transfer systems that overcome the constraint of thermal quenching, enabling efficient imaging and sensing.
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- Maoxin Zhang
- Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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Pan JA, Skripka A, Lee C, Qi X, Pham AL, Woods JJ, Abergel RJ, Schuck PJ, Cohen BE, Chan EM. Ligand-Assisted Direct Lithography of Upconverting and Avalanching Nanoparticles for Nonlinear Photonics. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:7487-7497. [PMID: 38466925 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) exhibit unique nonlinear optical properties that can be harnessed in microscopy, sensing, and photonics. However, forming high-resolution nano- and micropatterns of UCNPs with large packing fractions is still challenging. Additionally, there is limited understanding of how nanoparticle patterning chemistries are affected by the particle size. Here, we explore direct patterning chemistries for 6-18 nm Tm3+-, Yb3+/Tm3+-, and Yb3+/Er3+-based UCNPs using ligands that form either new ionic linkages or covalent bonds between UCNPs under ultraviolet (UV), electron-beam (e-beam), and near-infrared (NIR) exposure. We study the effect of UCNP size on these patterning approaches and find that 6 nm UCNPs can be patterned with compact ionic-based ligands. In contrast, patterning larger UCNPs requires long-chain, cross-linkable ligands that provide sufficient interparticle spacing to prevent irreversible aggregation upon film casting. Compared to approaches that use a cross-linkable liquid monomer, our patterning method limits the cross-linking reaction to the ligands bound on UCNPs deposited as a thin film. This highly localized photo-/electron-initiated chemistry enables the fabrication of densely packed UCNP patterns with high resolutions (∼1 μm with UV and NIR exposure; <100 nm with e-beam). Our upconversion NIR lithography approach demonstrates the potential to use inexpensive continuous-wave lasers for high-resolution 2D and 3D lithography of colloidal materials. The deposited UCNP patterns retain their upconverting, avalanching, and photoswitching behaviors, which can be exploited in patterned optical devices for next-generation UCNP applications.
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- Jia-Ahn Pan
- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Nanomaterials for Bioimaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Division of Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Bredillet K, Riporto F, Guo T, Dhouib A, Multian V, Monnier V, Figueras Llussà P, Beauquis S, Bonacina L, Mugnier Y, Le Dantec R. Dual second harmonic generation and up-conversion photoluminescence emission in highly-optimized LiNbO 3 nanocrystals doped and co-doped with Er 3+ and Yb 3. NANOSCALE 2024. [PMID: 38497193 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr00431k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Preparation from the aqueous alkoxide route of doped and co-doped lithium niobate nanocrystals with Er3+ and Yb3+ ions, and detailed investigations of their optical properties are presented in this comprehensive work. Simultaneous emission under femtosecond laser excitation of second harmonic generation (SHG) and up-conversion photoluminescence (UC-PL) is studied from colloidal suspensions according to the lanthanide ion contents. Special attention has been paid to produce phase pure nanocrystals of constant size (∼20 nm) thus allowing a straightforward comparison and optimization of the Er content for increasing the green UC-PL signals under 800 nm excitation. An optimal molar concentration at about 4 molar% in erbium ions is demonstrated, that is well above the concentration usually achieved in bulk crystals. Similarly, for co-doped LiNbO3 nanocrystals, different lanthanide concentrations and Yb/Er content ratios are tested allowing optimization of the green and red up-conversion excited at 980 nm, and analysis of the underlying mechanisms from excitation spectra. All together, these findings provide valuable insights into the wet-chemical synthesis and potential of doped and co-doped LiNbO3 nanocrystals for advanced applications, combining both SHG and UC-PL emissions from the particle core.
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- K Bredillet
- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000, Annecy, France.
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000, Annecy, France.
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000, Annecy, France.
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000, Annecy, France.
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000, Annecy, France.
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- Univ. Lyon, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, CNRS, INL, UMR5270, 69130 Ecully, France
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- Department of Applied Physics, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000, Annecy, France.
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- Department of Applied Physics, Université de Genève, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000, Annecy, France.
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, SYMME, F-74000, Annecy, France.
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Zhu Z, Liang Y, Zhao Q, Wu H, Pan B, Qiao S, Wang B, Zhan Q. Three-dimensional, dual-color nanoscopy enabled by migrating photon avalanches with one single low-power CW beam. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2024; 69:458-465. [PMID: 38171962 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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The development of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is very essential for understanding the physical and biological fundamentals at nanometer scale. However, to date most super-resolution modalities require either complicated/costly purpose-built systems such as multiple-beam architectures or complex post-processing procedures with intrinsic artifacts. Achieving three-dimensional (3D) or multi-channel sub-diffraction microscopic imaging using a simple method remains a challenging and struggling task. Herein, we proposed 3D highly-nonlinear super-resolution microscopy using a single-beam excitation strategy, and the microscopy principle was modelled and studied based on the ultrahigh nonlinearity enabled by photon avalanches. According to the simulation, the point spread function of highly nonlinear microscopy is switchable among different modes and can shrink three-dimensionally to sub-diffraction scale at the photon avalanche mode. Experimentally, we demonstrated 3D optical nanoscopy assisted with huge optical nonlinearities in a simple laser scanning configuration, achieving a lateral resolution down to 58 nm (λ/14) and an axial resolution down to 185 nm (λ/5) with one single beam of low-power, continuous-wave, near-infrared laser. We further extended the photon avalanche effect to many other emitters to develop multi-color photon avalanching nanoprobes based on migrating photon avalanche mechanism, which enables us to implement single-beam dual-color sub-diffraction super-resolution microscopic imaging.
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- Zhimin Zhu
- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Du P, Wei Y, Liang Y, An R, Liu S, Lei P, Zhang H. Near-Infrared-Responsive Rare Earth Nanoparticles for Optical Imaging and Wireless Phototherapy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2305308. [PMID: 37946706 PMCID: PMC10885668 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Near-infrared (NIR) light is well-suited for the optical imaging and wireless phototherapy of malignant diseases because of its deep tissue penetration, low autofluorescence, weak tissue scattering, and non-invasiveness. Rare earth nanoparticles (RENPs) are promising NIR-responsive materials, owing to their excellent physical and chemical properties. The 4f electron subshell of lanthanides, the main group of rare earth elements, has rich energy-level structures. This facilitates broad-spectrum light-to-light conversion and the conversion of light to other forms of energy, such as thermal and chemical energies. In addition, the abundant loadable and modifiable sites on the surface offer favorable conditions for the functional expansion of RENPs. In this review, the authors systematically discuss the main processes and mechanisms underlying the response of RENPs to NIR light and summarize recent advances in their applications in optical imaging, photothermal therapy, photodynamic therapy, photoimmunotherapy, optogenetics, and light-responsive drug release. Finally, the challenges and opportunities for the application of RENPs in optical imaging and wireless phototherapy under NIR activation are considered.
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- Pengye Du
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunJilin130022China
- School of Applied Chemistry and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunJilin130022China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunJilin130022China
- Ganjiang Innovation AcademyChinese Academy of SciencesGanzhouJiangxi341000China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunJilin130022China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunJilin130022China
- School of Applied Chemistry and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunJilin130022China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource UtilizationChangchun Institute of Applied ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunJilin130022China
- School of Applied Chemistry and EngineeringUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230026China
- Department of ChemistryTsinghua UniversityBeijing100084China
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Schiattarella C, Romano S, Sirleto L, Mocella V, Rendina I, Lanzio V, Riminucci F, Schwartzberg A, Cabrini S, Chen J, Liang L, Liu X, Zito G. Directive giant upconversion by supercritical bound states in the continuum. Nature 2024; 626:765-771. [PMID: 38383627 PMCID: PMC10881401 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06967-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs), embedded in the spectrum of free-space waves1,2 with diverging radiative quality factor, are topologically non-trivial dark modes in open-cavity resonators that have enabled important advances in photonics3,4. However, it is particularly challenging to achieve maximum near-field enhancement, as this requires matching radiative and non-radiative losses. Here we propose the concept of supercritical coupling, drawing inspiration from electromagnetically induced transparency in near-field coupled resonances close to the Friedrich-Wintgen condition2. Supercritical coupling occurs when the near-field coupling between dark and bright modes compensates for the negligible direct far-field coupling with the dark mode. This enables a quasi-BIC field to reach maximum enhancement imposed by non-radiative loss, even when the radiative quality factor is divergent. Our experimental design consists of a photonic-crystal nanoslab covered with upconversion nanoparticles. Near-field coupling is finely tuned at the nanostructure edge, in which a coherent upconversion luminescence enhanced by eight orders of magnitude is observed. The emission shows negligible divergence, narrow width at the microscale and controllable directivity through input focusing and polarization. This approach is relevant to various physical processes, with potential applications for light-source development, energy harvesting and photochemical catalysis.
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- Chiara Schiattarella
- Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
- Centre for Functional Materials, National University of Singapore Suzhou Research Institute, Suzhou, China.
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- Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council, Naples, Italy.
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Grzyb T, Martín IR, Popescu R. The use of energy looping between Tm 3+ and Er 3+ ions to obtain an intense upconversion under the 1208 nm radiation and its use in temperature sensing. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:1692-1702. [PMID: 38131190 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04418a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The upconversion phenomenon allows for the emission of nanoparticles (NPs) under excitation with near-infrared (NIR) light. Such property is demanded in biology and medicine to detect or treat diseases such as tumours. The transparency of biological systems for NIR light is limited to three spectral ranges, called biological windows. However, the most frequently used excitation laser to obtain upconversion is out of these ranges, with a wavelength of around 975 nm. In this article, we show an alternative - Tm3+/Er3+-doped NPs that can convert 1208 nm excitation radiation, which is in the range of the 2nd biological window, to visible light within the 1st biological window. The spectroscopic properties of the core@shell NaYF4:Tm3+@NaYF4 and NaYF4:Er3+,Tm3+@NaYF4 NPs revealed a complex mechanism responsible for the observed upconversion. To explain emission in the studied NPs, we propose an energy looping mechanism: a sequence of ground state absorption, energy transfers and cross-relaxation (CR) processes between Tm3+ ions. Next, the excited Tm3+ ions transfer the absorbed energy to Er3+ ions, which results in green, red and NIR emission at 526, 546, 660, 698, 802 and 982 nm. The ratio between these bands is temperature-dependent and can be used in remote optical thermometers with high relative temperature sensitivity, up to 2.37%/°C at 57 °C. The excitation and emission properties of the studied NPs fall within 1st and 2nd biological windows, making them promising candidates for studies in biological systems.
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- Tomasz Grzyb
- Department of Rare Earths, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
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- Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de La Laguna, Instituto de Materiales y Nanotecnología, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstrasse 7, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Wang C, Wen Z, Pu R, Pan B, Wang B, Zheng K, Du Y, Zhan Q. Tandem Photon Avalanches for Various Nanoscale Emitters with Optical Nonlinearity up to 41st-Order through Interfacial Energy Transfer. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2307848. [PMID: 37925612 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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Photon avalanche has received continuous attention owing to its superior nonlinear dynamics and promising advanced applications. However, its impact is limited due to the intrinsic energy levels as well as the harsh requirements for the composites and sizes of doped materials. Here, with a universal mechanism named tandem photon avalanche (TPA), giant optical nonlinear response up to 41st-order in erbium ions, one of the most important lanthanide emitters, has been achieved on the nanoscale through interfacial energy transfer process. After capturing energy directly from the avalanched energy state 3 H4 of Tm3+ (800-nm emission), erbium ions also exhibit bright green and red PA emissions with intensities comparable to that of Tm3+ at a low excitation threshold (7.1 kWcm-2 ). Using the same strategy, effective PA looping cycles are successfully activated in Ce3+ and Ho3+ . Additionally, Yb3+ -mediated networks are constructed to further propagate PA effects to lowly-doped Tm3+ , enabling 475-nm PA emission. The newly proposed TPA strategy provides a facile route for generating photon avalanche not only from erbium ions but also from various emitters in multilayered core-shell nanoparticles.
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- Chenyi Wang
- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Atomic and Subatomic Structure and Quantum Control, School of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
- MOE Key Laboratory & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, P. R. China
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Ding L, Chen C, Shan X, Liu B, Wang D, Du Z, Zhao G, Su QP, Yang Y, Halkon B, Tran TT, Liao J, Aharonovich I, Zhang M, Cheng F, Fu L, Xu X, Wang F. Optical Nonlinearity Enabled Super-Resolved Multiplexing Microscopy. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2308844. [PMID: 37972577 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Optical multiplexing for nanoscale object recognition is of great significance within the intricate domains of biology, medicine, anti-counterfeiting, and microscopic imaging. Traditionally, the multiplexing dimensions of nanoscopy are limited to emission intensity, color, lifetime, and polarization. Here, a novel dimension, optical nonlinearity, is proposed for super-resolved multiplexing microscopy. This optical nonlinearity is attributable to the energy transitions between multiple energy levels of the doped lanthanide ions in upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), resulting in unique optical fingerprints for UCNPs with different compositions. A vortex beam is applied to transport the optical nonlinearity onto the imaging point-spread function (PSF), creating a robust super-resolved multiplexing imaging strategy for differentiating UCNPs with distinctive optical nonlinearities. The composition information of the nanoparticles can be retrieved with variations of the corresponding PSF in the obtained image. Four channels multiplexing super-resolved imaging with a single scanning, applying emission color and nonlinearity of two orthogonal imaging dimensions with a spatial resolution higher than 150 nm (1/6.5λ), are demonstrated. This work provides a new and orthogonal dimension - optical nonlinearity - to existing multiplexing dimensions, which shows great potential in bioimaging, anti-counterfeiting, microarray assays, deep tissue multiplexing detection, and high-density data storage.
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- Lei Ding
- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia
- School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Audio, Acoustics and Vibration, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems, Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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Huang J, Yan L, An Z, Wei H, Wang C, Zhang Q, Zhou B. Cross Relaxation Enables Spatiotemporal Color-Switchable Upconversion in a Single Sandwich Nanoparticle for Information Security. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2310524. [PMID: 38150659 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Smart control of ionic interaction dynamics offers new possibilities for tuning and editing luminescence properties of lanthanide-based materials. However, it remains a daunting challenge to achieve the dynamic control of cross relaxation mediated photon upconversion, and in particular the involved intrinsic photophysics is still unclear. Herein, this work reports a conceptual model to realize the color-switchable upconversion of Tm3+ through spatiotemporal control of cross relaxation in the design of NaYF4 :Gd@NaYbF4 :Tm@NaYF4 sandwich nanostructure. It shows that cross relaxation plays a key role in modulating upconversion dynamics and tuning emission colors of Tm3+ . Interestingly, it is found that there is a short temporal delay for the occurrence of cross relaxation in contrast to the spontaneous emission as a result of the slight energy mismatch between relevant energy levels. This further enables a fine emission color tuning upon non-steady state excitation. Moreover, a characteristic quenching time is proposed to describe the temporal evolution of cross relaxation quantitatively. These findings present a deep insight into the physics of ionic interactions in heavy doping systems, and also show great promise in frontier applications including information security, anti-counterfeiting and nanophotonics.
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- Jinshu Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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Hao L, Liu F, Wang X, Kang L, Wang Y, Wang L, Lin Z, Zhu W. Crystallography, Charge Transfer, and Two-Photon Absorption Relations in Molecular Cocrystals for Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence Imaging. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2308470. [PMID: 38105598 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Two-photon excited fluorescence imaging requires high-performance two-photon absorption (TPA) active materials, which are commonly intramolecular charge transfer systems prepared by traditional chemical synthesis. However, this typically needs harsh conditions and new methods are becoming crucial. In this work, based on a collaborative intermolecular charge transfer (inter-CT) strategy, three centimeter-sized organic TPA cocrystals are successfully obtained. All three cocrystals exhibit a mixed stacking arrangement, which can effectively generate inter-CT between the donor and acceptor. The ground and excited state characterizations compare their inter-CT ability: 1,2-BTC > 2D-BTC > 1D-BTC. Transient absorption spectroscopy detects TCNB•- , indicating that the TPA mechanism arises from molecular polarization caused by inter-CT. Meanwhile, 1,2-BTC exhibits the highest excited-state absorption and the longest excited-state lifetime, suggesting a stronger TPA response. First-principles calculations also confirm the presence of inter-CT interactions, and the significant parameter Δµ which can assess the TPA capability indicates that inter-CT enhances the TPA response. Besides, cocrystals also demonstrate excellent water solubility and two-photon excited fluorescence imaging capabilities. This research not only provides an effective method for synthesizing TPA crystal materials and elucidates the connection between inter-CT ability and TPA property but also successfully applies them in the fields of multi-photon fluorescence bioimaging.
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- Liangmeng Hao
- Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuits, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Functional Crystal Lab, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Functional Crystal Lab, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuits, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Functional Crystal Lab, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuits, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Sun G, Xie Y, Wang Y, Zhang H, Sun L. Upconversion Luminescence in Mononuclear Yb/Sm Co-crystal Assemblies at Room Temperature. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202312308. [PMID: 37698110 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202312308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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Metal-based upconversion luminescence transforming high-energy photons into low-energy photons is an attractive anti-Stokes shift process for fundamental research and promising applications. In this work, we developed the upconversion luminescence in co-crystal assemblies consisting of discrete mononuclear Yb and Sm complexes. The characteristic visible emissions of Sm3+ were observed under the excitation of absorption band of Yb3+ at 980 nm. A series of co-crystal assemblies were investigated based on mononuclear Yb and Sm complexes, and the strongest luminescence was obtained when the molar concentration between Yb3+ and Sm3+ is equivalent. The crystal structure was fully characterized by the single crystal X-ray diffraction and upconverting energy transfer mechanisms were verified as cooperative sensitization upconversion and energy transfer upconversion. This is the first example of Sm3+ -based upconverting luminescence in discrete lanthanide complexes which present as co-crystal assemblies at room temperature.
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- Guotao Sun
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
- Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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Bednarkiewicz A, Szalkowski M, Majak M, Korczak Z, Misiak M, Maćkowski S. All-Optical Data Processing with Photon-Avalanching Nanocrystalline Photonic Synapse. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2304390. [PMID: 37572370 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202304390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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Data processing and storage in electronic devices are typically performed as a sequence of elementary binary operations. Alternative approaches, such as neuromorphic or reservoir computing, are rapidly gaining interest where data processing is relatively slow, but can be performed in a more comprehensive way or massively in parallel, like in neuronal circuits. Here, time-domain all-optical information processing capabilities of photon-avalanching (PA) nanoparticles at room temperature are discovered. Demonstrated functionality resembles properties found in neuronal synapses, such as: paired-pulse facilitation and short-term internal memory, in situ plasticity, multiple inputs processing, and all-or-nothing threshold response. The PA-memory-like behavior shows capability of machine-learning-algorithm-free feature extraction and further recognition of 2D patterns with simple 2 input artificial neural network. Additionally, high nonlinearity of luminescence intensity in response to photoexcitation mimics and enhances spike-timing-dependent plasticity that is coherent in nature with the way a sound source is localized in animal neuronal circuits. Not only are yet unexplored fundamental properties of photon-avalanche luminescence kinetics studied, but this approach, combined with recent achievements in photonics, light confinement and guiding, promises all-optical data processing, control, adaptive responsivity, and storage on photonic chips.
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- Artur Bednarkiewicz
- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, Wroclaw, 50-422, Poland
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, Wroclaw, 50-422, Poland
- Nanophotonics Group, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 87-100, Toruń, ul. Grudziądzka 5, Poland
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, Wroclaw, 50-422, Poland
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, Wroclaw, 50-422, Poland
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, Wroclaw, 50-422, Poland
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- Nanophotonics Group, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 87-100, Toruń, ul. Grudziądzka 5, Poland
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Zhang M, Huang P, Zheng W, Song X, Shang X, Zhang W, Yang D, Yi X, Chen X. Lanthanide-Doped KMgF 3 Upconversion Nanoparticles for Photon Avalanche Luminescence with Giant Nonlinearities. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:8576-8584. [PMID: 37683074 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Lanthanide (Ln3+)-doped photon avalanche (PA) upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have great prospects in many advanced technologies; however, realizing efficient PA luminescence in Ln3+-doped UCNPs remains challenging due to the deleterious surface and lattice quenching effect. Herein, we report a unique strategy based on the pyrolysis of KHF2 for the controlled synthesis of aliovalent Ln3+-doped KMgF3 UCNPs, which can effectively protect Ln3+ from luminescence quenching by surface and internal OH- defects and thereby boost upconversion luminescence. This enables us to realize efficient PA luminescence from Tm3+ at 802 nm in KMgF3: Tm3+ UCNPs upon 1064 nm excitation, with a giant nonlinearity of ∼27, a PA response time of 281 ms, and an excitation threshold of 16.6 kW cm-2. This work may open up a new avenue for exploring highly nonlinear PA luminescence through aliovalent Ln3+ doping and crystal lattice engineering toward diverse emerging applications.
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- Meiran Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Huang F, Bagheri N, Wang L, Ågren H, Zhang J, Pu R, Zhan Q, Jing Y, Xu W, Widengren J, Liu H. Suppression of Cation Intermixing Highly Boosts the Performance of Core-Shell Lanthanide Upconversion Nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17621-17631. [PMID: 37549032 PMCID: PMC10436270 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have been extensively explored as biomarkers, energy transducers, and information carriers in wide-ranging applications in areas from healthcare and energy to information technology. In promoting the brightness and enriching the functionalities of UCNPs, core-shell structural engineering has been well-established as an important approach. Despite its importance, a strong limiting issue has been identified, namely, cation intermixing in the interfacial region of the synthesized core-shell nanoparticles. Currently, there still exists confusion regarding this destructive phenomenon and there is a lack of facile means to reach a delicate control of it. By means of a new set of experiments, we identify and provide in this work a comprehensive picture for the major physical mechanism of cation intermixing occurring in synthesis of core-shell UCNPs, i.e., partial or substantial core nanoparticle dissolution followed by epitaxial growth of the outer layer and ripening of the entire particle. Based on this picture, we provide an easy but effective approach to tackle this issue that enables us to produce UCNPs with highly boosted optical properties.
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- Fuhua Huang
- Department
of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan
University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, P. R. China
- Henan
Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, P. R. China
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- Department
of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan
University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, P. R. China
- Henan
Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, P. R. China
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- College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan
University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, P. R. China
- Henan
Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, P. R. China
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- College
of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan
University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, P. R. China
- Henan
Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, P. R. China
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- Centre
for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, South
China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China
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- Centre
for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, South
China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China
- MOE
Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Engineering Research
Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory
of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic
Affairs Commission, Key Laboratory of Photosensitive Materials &
Devices of Liaoning Province, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Minzu University, 18 Liaohe West Road, Dalian 11660, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory
of New Energy and Rare Earth Resource Utilization of State Ethnic
Affairs Commission, Key Laboratory of Photosensitive Materials &
Devices of Liaoning Province, School of Physics and Materials Engineering, Dalian Minzu University, 18 Liaohe West Road, Dalian 11660, P.R. China
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- Department
of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Skripka A, Lee M, Qi X, Pan JA, Yang H, Lee C, Schuck PJ, Cohen BE, Jaque D, Chan EM. A Generalized Approach to Photon Avalanche Upconversion in Luminescent Nanocrystals. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:7100-7106. [PMID: 37471584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Photon avalanching nanoparticles (ANPs) exhibit extremely nonlinear upconverted emission valuable for subdiffraction imaging, nanoscale sensing, and optical computing. Avalanching has been demonstrated with Tm3+-, Pr3+-, or Nd3+-doped nanocrystals, but their emission is limited to a few wavelengths and materials. Here, we utilize Gd3+-assisted energy migration to tune the emission wavelengths of Tm3+-sensitized ANPs and generate highly nonlinear emission from Eu3+, Tb3+, Ho3+, and Er3+ ions. The upconversion intensities of these spectrally discrete ANPs scale with nonlinearity factor s = 10-17 under 1064 nm excitation at power densities as low as 7 kW cm-2. This strategy for imprinting avalanche behavior on remote emitters can be extended to fluorophores adjacent to ANPs, as we demonstrate with CdS/CdSe/CdS core/shell/shell quantum dots. ANPs with rationally designed energy transfer networks provide the means to transform conventional linear emitters into a highly nonlinear ones, expanding the use of photon avalanching in biological, chemical, and photonic applications.
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- Artiom Skripka
- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Nanomaterials for Bioimaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Division of Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California, 94720, United States
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- Nanomaterials for Bioimaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Chen J, Liang L, Tan S, Xi S, Lin CH, Wu T, He Q, Liu X. Volumetric Nanocrystal Lattice Reconstruction through Dynamic Metal Complex Docking. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:7221-7227. [PMID: 37338434 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Vacancies pose a major challenge in the production of high-quality crystals, particularly at the nanoscale. To address this problem, we report a convenient strategy that involves volumetric lattice reconstruction and dynamic metal complex docking to produce ultrasmall (10 nm) and bright core-shell upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). This strategy involves the formation of lanthanide ion-oleic acid complexes during postannealing in solution, which effectively removes vacancies in nanocrystals. The removal of vacancies restricts the diffusion of lanthanide sensitizers and emitters within the core, thus minimizing surface quenching. Our volumetric lattice reconstruction strategy provides fundamental insights into lattice engineering and presents a general strategy for purifying functional nanocrystals for applications in fields such as single-molecule tracking, quantum optics, energy conversion, and others.
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- Jiaye Chen
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek Road Jurong Island, 627833, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 117602, Singapore
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Masoumeh Ghorbanpour S, Wen S, Kaitu'u-Lino TJ, Hannan NJ, Jin D, McClements L. Quantitative Point of Care Tests for Timely Diagnosis of Early-Onset Preeclampsia with High Sensitivity and Specificity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202301193. [PMID: 37055349 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202301193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Preeclampsia is a heterogeneous and multiorgan cardiovascular disorder of pregnancy. Here, we report the development of a novel strip-based lateral flow assay (LFA) using lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles conjugated to antibodies targeting two different biomarkers for detection of preeclampsia. We first measured circulating plasma FKBPL and CD44 protein concentrations from individuals with early-onset preeclampsia (EOPE), using ELISA. We confirmed that the CD44/FKBPL ratio is reduced in EOPE with a good diagnostic potential. Using our rapid LFA prototypes, we achieved an improved lower limit of detection: 10 pg ml-1 for FKBPL and 15 pg ml-1 for CD44, which is more than one order lower than the standard ELISA method. Using clinical samples, a cut-off value of 1.24 for CD44/FKBPL ratio provided positive predictive value of 100 % and the negative predictive value of 91 %. Our LFA shows promise as a rapid and highly sensitive point-of-care test for preeclampsia.
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- Sahar Masoumeh Ghorbanpour
- School of Life Sciences & Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
- ARC Research Hub for Integrated Device for End-user Analysis at Low-levels (IDEAL), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mercy Hospital for Women, The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mercy Hospital for Women, The University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia
- Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women, Heidelberg, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
- ARC Research Hub for Integrated Device for End-user Analysis at Low-levels (IDEAL), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences & Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
- ARC Research Hub for Integrated Device for End-user Analysis at Low-levels (IDEAL), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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Lee C, Xu EZ, Kwock KWC, Teitelboim A, Liu Y, Park HS, Ursprung B, Ziffer ME, Karube Y, Fardian-Melamed N, Pedroso CCS, Kim J, Pritzl SD, Nam SH, Lohmueller T, Owen JS, Ercius P, Suh YD, Cohen BE, Chan EM, Schuck PJ. Indefinite and bidirectional near-infrared nanocrystal photoswitching. Nature 2023:10.1038/s41586-023-06076-7. [PMID: 37258675 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06076-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Materials whose luminescence can be switched by optical stimulation drive technologies ranging from superresolution imaging1-4, nanophotonics5, and optical data storage6,7, to targeted pharmacology, optogenetics, and chemical reactivity8. These photoswitchable probes, including organic fluorophores and proteins, can be prone to photodegradation and often operate in the ultraviolet or visible spectral regions. Colloidal inorganic nanoparticles6,9 can offer improved stability, but the ability to switch emission bidirectionally, particularly with near-infrared (NIR) light, has not, to our knowledge, been reported in such systems. Here, we present two-way, NIR photoswitching of avalanching nanoparticles (ANPs), showing full optical control of upconverted emission using phototriggers in the NIR-I and NIR-II spectral regions useful for subsurface imaging. Employing single-step photodarkening10-13 and photobrightening12,14-16, we demonstrate indefinite photoswitching of individual nanoparticles (more than 1,000 cycles over 7 h) in ambient or aqueous conditions without measurable photodegradation. Critical steps of the photoswitching mechanism are elucidated by modelling and by measuring the photon avalanche properties of single ANPs in both bright and dark states. Unlimited, reversible photoswitching of ANPs enables indefinitely rewritable two-dimensional and three-dimensional multilevel optical patterning of ANPs, as well as optical nanoscopy with sub-Å localization superresolution that allows us to distinguish individual ANPs within tightly packed clusters.
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- Changhwan Lee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Research Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Cheongju, South Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Advanced Molecular Probing (LAMP), Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, South Korea
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- Chair for Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Department of Physics and Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Advanced Molecular Probing (LAMP), Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, South Korea
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- Chair for Photonics and Optoelectronics, Nano-Institute Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Advanced Molecular Probing (LAMP), Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon, South Korea.
- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea.
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea.
- Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan, South Korea.
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Division of Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Guo D, Xu Y, Ruan J, Tong J, Li Y, Zhai T, Song Y. Nonpolar Solvent Modulated Inkjet Printing of Nanoparticle Self-Assembly Morphologies. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2208161. [PMID: 37191293 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202208161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
Patterning of luminescent nanomaterials is critical in the fields of display and information encryption, and inkjet printing technology have shown remarkable significance with the advantage of fast, large-scalable and integrative. However, inkjet printing nanoparticle deposits with high-resolution and well controlled morphology from nonpolar solvent droplets is still challenging. Herein, a facile approach of nonpolar solvent modulated inkjet printing of nanoparticles self-assembly patterns driven by the shrinkage of the droplet and inner solutal convection is proposed. Through regulating the solvent composition and nanoparticle concentration, multicolor light-emissive upconversion nanoparticle self-assembly microarrays with tunable morphologies are achieved, showing the integration of designable microscale morphologies and photoluminescences for multimodal anti-counterfeit. Furthermore, inkjet printing of nanoparticles self-assembled continuous lines with adjustable morphologies by controlling the coalescence and drying of the ink droplets is achieved. The high resolution of inkjet printing microarrays and continuous lines' width < 5 and 10 µm is realized, respectively. This nonpolar solvent-modulated inkjet printing of nanoparticle deposits approach facilitates the patterning and integration of different nanomaterials, and is expected to provide a versatile platform for fabricating advanced devices applied in photonics integration, micro-LED, and near-field display.
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- Dan Guo
- College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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An Z, Li Q, Huang J, Tao L, Zhou B. Selectively Manipulating Interactions between Lanthanide Sublattices in Nanostructure toward Orthogonal Upconversion. NANO LETTERS 2023. [PMID: 37098101 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Smart control of ionic interactions is a key factor to manipulate the luminescence dynamics of lanthanides and tune their emission colors. However, it remains challenging to gain a deep insight into the physics involving the interactions between heavily doped lanthanide ions and in particular between the lanthanide sublattices for luminescent materials. Here we report a conceptual model to selectively manipulate the spatial interactions between erbium and ytterbium sublattices by designing a multilayer core-shell nanostructure. The interfacial cross-relaxation is found to be a leading process to quench the green emission of Er3+, and red-to-green color-switchable upconversion is realized by fine manipulation of the interfacial energy transfer on the nanoscale. Moreover, the temporal control of up-transition dynamics can also lead to an observation of green emission due to its fast rise time. Our results demonstrate a new strategy to achieve orthogonal upconversion, showing great promise in frontier photonic applications.
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- Zhengce An
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Photonics Technology, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, People's Republic of China
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Lee C, Schuck PJ. Photodarkening, Photobrightening, and the Role of Color Centers in Emerging Applications of Lanthanide-Based Upconverting Nanomaterials. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2023; 74:415-438. [PMID: 37093661 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-082720-032137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) compose a class of luminescent materials that utilize the unique wavelength-converting properties of lanthanide (Ln) ions for light-harvesting applications, photonics technologies, and biological imaging and sensing experiments. Recent advances in UCNP design have shed light on the properties of local color centers, both intrinsic and controllably induced, within these materials and their potential influence on UCNP photophysics. In this review, we describe fundamental studies of color centers in Ln-based materials, including research into their origins and their roles in observed photodarkening and photobrightening mechanisms. We place particular focus on the new functionalities that are enabled by harnessing the properties of color centers within Ln-doped nanocrystals, illustrated through applications in afterglow-based bioimaging, X-ray detection, all-inorganic nanocrystal photoswitching, and fully rewritable optical patterning and memory.
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- Changhwan Lee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; ,
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; ,
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Liu Y, Wen S, Wang F, Zuo C, Chen C, Zhou J, Jin D. Population Control of Upconversion Energy Transfer for Stimulation Emission Depletion Nanoscopy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023:e2205990. [PMID: 37088783 PMCID: PMC10369235 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Upconverting stimulated emission depletion microscopy (U-STED) is emerging as an effective approach for super-resolution imaging due to its significantly low depletion power and its ability to surpass the limitations of the square-root law and achieve higher resolution. Though the compelling performance, a trade-off between the spatial resolution and imaging quality in U-STED has been recognized in restricting the usability due to the low excitation power drove high depletion efficiency. Moreover, it is a burden to search for the right power relying on trial and error as the underpinning mechanism is unknown. Here, a method is proposed that can easily predict the ideal excitation power for high depletion efficiency with the assistance of the non-saturate excitation based on the dynamic cross-relaxation (CR) energy transfer of upconversion nanoparticles. This allows the authors to employ the rate equation model to simulate the populations of each relevant energy state of lanthanides and predict the ideal excitation power for high depletion efficiency. The authors demonstrate that the resolution of STED with the assistance of nonsaturated confocal super-resolution results can easily achieve the highest resolution of sub-40 nm, 1/24th of the excitation wavelengths. The finding on the CR effect provides opportunities for population control in realizing low-power high-resolution nanoscopy.
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- Yongtao Liu
- Smart Computational Imaging Laboratory (SCILab), School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210094, P. R. China
- Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- Smart Computational Imaging Laboratory (SCILab), School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210094, P. R. China
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- School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Institute for Biomedical Materials and Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
- UTS-SUStech Joint Research Centre for Biomedical Materials & Devices, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, P. R. China
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Jin S, Li R, Zhu J, Pang T, Wu T, Zhan H, Zheng Y, Huang F, Chen X, Chen D. Seven-photon absorption from Na +/Bi 3+-alloyed Cs 2AgInCl 6 perovskites. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:1406-1415. [PMID: 36756907 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh01396g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Nonlinear multi-phonon (2-7) absorption in the Na+/Bi3+-alloyed Cs2AgInCl6 lead-free double perovskites with ∼100% photoluminescence quantum yield and superior stability is observed for the first time, which can be pumped by a femtosecond laser in a wide spectral range (800-2600 nm). First-principles calculations verify that the parity-forbidden transition from the valence band maximum and conduction band minimum (at the Γ point) is not broken by Na+/Bi3+ doping, and strong optical band-to-band absorption occurs at the L&X points. Time-resolved emission spectra evidence that single-photon and multi-photon pumping leads to the same self-trapped exciton transition and high-order nonlinear absorption will not induce a remarkable thermal effect. Finally, we demonstrate that the Cs2Na0.4Ag0.6In0.99Bi0.01Cl6 DP shows great potential for next-generation wavelength-selective and highly sensitive multiphoton imaging applications.
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- Shiling Jin
- College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
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- College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
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- Huzhou Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage, College of Science, Huzhou University, Zhejiang, Huzhou, 313000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Science and Technology for Medicine of Ministry of Education, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology, College of Photonic and Electronic Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
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- College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and New Energy Materials, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China.
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
- Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High-Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350117, China
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Huang K, Qiu H, Zhang X, Luo W, Chen Y, Zhang J, Chen Y, Wang G, Zheng K. Orthogonal Trichromatic Upconversion with High Color Purity in Core-Shell Nanoparticles for a Full-Color Display. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218491. [PMID: 36759322 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Materials with tunable emission colors has attracted increasing interest in both fundamental research and applications. As a key member of light-emitting materials family, lanthanide doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have been intensively demonstrated to emit light in any color upon near-infrared excitation. However, realizing the trichromatic emission in UCNPs with a fixed composition remains a great challenge. Here, without excitation pulsed modulation and three different near-infrared pumping, we report an experimental design to fine-control emission in the full color gamut from core-shell-structured UCNPs by manipulating the energy migration through dual-channel pump scheme. We also demonstrate their potential application in full-color display. These findings may benefit the future development of convenient and versatile optical methos for multicolor tuning and open up the possibility of constructing full-color volumetric display systems with high spatiotemporal resolution.
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- Kaofeng Huang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Material, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Material, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Material, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Material, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Material, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Material, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Material, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- College of Medical Engineering & the Key Laboratory for Medical Functional Nanomaterials, Jining Medical University, Jining, 272067, China.,School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Medical University, Shenyang, 110034, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Material, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Wang Y, Li W, Ma Y, Hu B, Chen X, Lv R. Thermally activated upconversion luminescence and ratiometric temperature sensing under 1064 nm/808 nm excitation. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 34:235704. [PMID: 36857764 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acc037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In this research, a thermally activated upconversion luminescence (UCL) probe with ratiometric temperature sensing under 1064 nm and 808 nm excitation was designed. Especially, Nd3+, Tm3+and Ce3+were doped in rare earth nanoparticles (RENPs) as UCL modulators. By optimizing the elements and ratios, the excitation wavelength is successfully modulated to 1064 nm excitation with UCL intensity enhanced. Additionally, the prepared RENPs have a significant temperature response at 1064 nm excitation and can be used for thermochromic coatings. The intensity ratio of three-photon UCL (1064 nm excitation) to two-photon UCL (808 nm excitation) as an exponential function of temperature can be used as a ratiometric temperature detector. Therefore, this designed thermochromic coatings may enable new applications in optoelectronic device and industrial sensor.
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- Yanxing Wang
- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710071, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710071, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710071, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710071, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710071, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, Shanxi 710071, People's Republic of China
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Luz DF, da Silva RF, Maciel CVT, Soares G, Santos EP, Jacinto C, Maia LJQ, Lima BC, Moura AL. Optical switching a photon-avalanche-like mechanism in NdAl 3(BO 3) 4 particles excited at 1064 nm by an auxiliary beam at 808 nm. APPLIED OPTICS 2023; 62:C30-C37. [PMID: 37133054 DOI: 10.1364/ao.477411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In recent years, an unconventional excitation of trivalent neodymium ions (N d 3+) at 1064 nm, not resonant with ground-state transitions, has been investigated with the unprecedented demonstration of a photon-avalanche-like (PA-like) mechanism, in which the temperature increase plays a fundamental role. As a proof-of-concept, N d A l 3(B O 3)4 particles were used. A consequence of the PA-like mechanism is the absorption enhancement of excitation photons providing light emission at a broad range covering the visible and near-infrared spectra. In the first study, the temperature increase was due to intrinsic nonradiative relaxations from the N d 3+ and the PA-like mechanism ensued at a given excitation power threshold (P t h ). Subsequently, an external heating source was used to trigger the PA-like mechanism while keeping the excitation power below P t h at room temperature. Here, we demonstrate the switching on of the PA-like mechanism by an auxiliary beam at 808 nm, which is in resonance with the N d 3+ ground-state transition 4 I 9/2→{4 F 5/2,2 H 9/2}. It comprises the first, to the best of our knowledge, demonstration of an optical switched PA, and the underlying physical mechanism is the additional heating of the particles due to the phonon emissions from the N d 3+ relaxation pathways when exciting at 808 nm. The present results have potential applications in controlled heating and remote temperature sensing.
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Pu R, Zhan Q. Upconversion nanoscopy revealing surface heterogeneity of tumor-secreted extracellular vesicles. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2023; 12:55. [PMID: 36864025 PMCID: PMC9981756 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01106-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Super-resolution microscopic imaging employing upconversion nanoparticles is applied to reveal the surface heterogeneity of tumor cell-derived small extracellular vesicles, i.e., exosome. The number of surface antigens of every extracellular vesicles can be quantified by both the high imaging resolution and stable brightness of upconversion nanoparticles. This method proves its great potential in nanoscale biological studies.
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- Rui Pu
- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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Malhotra K, Hrovat D, Kumar B, Qu G, Houten JV, Ahmed R, Piunno PAE, Gunning PT, Krull UJ. Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Exploring A Treasure Trove of NIR-Mediated Emerging Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:2499-2528. [PMID: 36602515 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) possess the remarkable ability to convert multiple near-infrared (NIR) photons into higher energy ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) photons, making them a prime candidate for several advanced applications within the realm of nanotechnology. Compared to traditional organic fluorophores and quantum dots (QDs), UCNPs possess narrower emission bands (fwhm of 10-50 nm), large anti-Stokes shifts, low toxicity, high chemical stability, and resistance to photobleaching and blinking. In addition, unlike UV-vis excitation, NIR excitation is nondestructive at lower power intensities and has high tissue penetration depths (up to 2 mm) with low autofluorescence and scattering. Together, these properties make UCNPs exceedingly favored for advanced bioanalytical and theranostic applications, where these systems have been well-explored. UCNPs are also well-suited for bioimaging, optically modulating chemistries, forensic science, and other state-of-the-art research applications. In this review, an up-to-date account of emerging applications in UCNP research, beyond bioanalytical and theranostics, are presented including optogenetics, super-resolution imaging, encoded barcodes, fingerprinting, NIR vision, UCNP-assisted photochemical manipulations, optical tweezers, 3D printing, lasing, NIR-II imaging, UCNP-molecule nanohybrids, and UCNP-based persistent luminescent nanocrystals.
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- Karan Malhotra
- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
- Gunning Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Gunning Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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- Chemical Sensors Group, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, OntarioL5L 1C6, Canada
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Matulionyte M, Skripka A, Ramos-Guerra A, Benayas A, Vetrone F. The Coming of Age of Neodymium: Redefining Its Role in Rare Earth Doped Nanoparticles. Chem Rev 2023; 123:515-554. [PMID: 36516409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Among luminescent nanostructures actively investigated in the last couple of decades, rare earth (RE3+) doped nanoparticles (RENPs) are some of the most reported family of materials. The development of RENPs in the biomedical framework is quickly making its transition to the ∼800 nm excitation pathway, beneficial for both in vitro and in vivo applications to eliminate heating and facilitate higher penetration in tissues. Therefore, reports and investigations on RENPs containing the neodymium ion (Nd3+) greatly increased in number as the focus on ∼800 nm radiation absorbing Nd3+ ion gained traction. In this review, we cover the basics behind the RE3+ luminescence, the most successful Nd3+-RENP architectures, and highlight application areas. Nd3+-RENPs, particularly Nd3+-sensitized RENPs, have been scrutinized by considering the division between their upconversion and downshifting emissions. Aside from their distinctive optical properties, significant attention is paid to the diverse applications of Nd3+-RENPs, notwithstanding the pitfalls that are still to be addressed. Overall, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview on Nd3+-RENPs, discussing their developmental and applicative successes as well as challenges. We also assess future research pathways and foreseeable obstacles ahead, in a field, which we believe will continue witnessing an effervescent progress in the years to come.
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- Marija Matulionyte
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, Varennes, Québec J3X 1P7, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, Varennes, Québec J3X 1P7, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, Varennes, Québec J3X 1P7, Canada
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- Department of Physics and CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.,Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford Department of Radiology Stanford University 1201 Welch Road, Lucas Center (exp.), Stanford, California 94305-5484, United States
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, Varennes, Québec J3X 1P7, Canada
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Labrador-Páez L, Kostiv U, Liu Q, Li Y, Ågren H, Widengren J, Liu H. Excitation Pulse Duration Response of Upconversion Nanoparticles and Its Applications. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:11208-11215. [PMID: 36445720 PMCID: PMC9743204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have rich photophysics exhibiting complex luminescence kinetics. In this work, we thoroughly investigated the luminescence response of UCNPs to excitation pulse durations. Analyzing this response opens new opportunities in optical encoding/decoding and the assignment of transitions to emission peaks and provides advantages in applications of UCNPs, e.g., for better optical sectioning and improved luminescence nanothermometry. Our work shows that monitoring the UCNP luminescence response to excitation pulse durations (while keeping the duty cycle constant) by recording the average luminescence intensity using a low-time resolution detector such as a spectrometer offers a powerful approach for significantly extending the utility of UCNPs.
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- Lucía Labrador-Páez
- Department
of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH
Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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- Wallenberg
Wood Science Center, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, UppsalaSE-75120, Sweden
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- Department
of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, SE-10691Stockholm, Sweden
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Mettenbrink EM, Yang W, Wilhelm S. Bioimaging with Upconversion Nanoparticles. ADVANCED PHOTONICS RESEARCH 2022; 3:2200098. [PMID: 36686152 PMCID: PMC9858112 DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202200098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Bioimaging enables the spatiotemporal visualization of biological processes at various scales empowered by a range of different imaging modalities and contrast agents. Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) represent a distinct type of such contrast agents with the potential to transform bioimaging due to their unique optical properties and functional design flexibilities. This review explores and discusses the opportunities, challenges, and limitations that UCNPs exhibit as bioimaging probes and highlights applications with spatial dimensions ranging from the single nanoparticle level to cellular, tissue, and whole animal imaging. We further summarized recent advancements in bioimaging applications enabled by UCNPs, including super-resolution techniques and multimodal imaging methods, and provide a perspective on the future potential of UCNP-based technologies in bioimaging research and clinical translation. This review may provide a valuable resource for researchers interested in exploring and applying UCNP-based bioimaging technologies.
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- Evan M. Mettenbrink
- Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA
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- Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA
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- Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA
- Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, USA
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Technology (IBEST), University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA
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Silva JF, Maria de Oliveira J, Silva WF, Costa Soares AC, Rocha U, Oliveira Dantas N, Alves da Silva Filho E, Duzzioni M, Helmut Rulf Cofré A, Wagner de Castro O, Anhezini L, Christine Almeida Silva A, Jacinto C. Supersensitive nanothermometer based on CdSe/CdSxSe1-x magic-sized quantum dots with in vivo low toxicity. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.118153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Cheng X, Zhou J, Yue J, Wei Y, Gao C, Xie X, Huang L. Recent Development in Sensitizers for Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Luminescence. Chem Rev 2022; 122:15998-16050. [PMID: 36194772 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The attractive features of lanthanide-doped upconversion luminescence (UCL), such as high photostability, nonphotobleaching or photoblinking, and large anti-Stokes shift, have shown great potentials in life science, information technology, and energy materials. Therefore, UCL modulation is highly demanded toward expected emission wavelength, lifetime, and relative intensity in order to satisfy stringent requirements raised from a wide variety of areas. Unfortunately, the majority of efforts have been devoted to either simple codoping of multiple activators or variation of hosts, while very little attention has been paid to the critical role that sensitizers have been playing. In fact, different sensitizers possess different excitation wavelengths and different energy transfer pathways (to different activators), which will lead to different UCL features. Thus, rational design of sensitizers shall provide extra opportunities for UCL tuning, particularly from the excitation side. In this review, we specifically focus on advances in sensitizers, including the current status, working mechanisms, design principles, as well as future challenges and endeavor directions.
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- Xingwen Cheng
- Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing211816, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing211816, China.,State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources, College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi830046, China
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Pu R, Liu S, Wang B, Zhan Q. Photoswitching the injected energy flux via core-sensitized energy migration upconversion for emission-varying STED microscopy. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:4746-4749. [PMID: 36107080 DOI: 10.1364/ol.464515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy achieved with lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) exhibits many outstanding advantages such as low-power illumination, near-infrared (NIR) excitation, and high photostability. However, the available types of UCNP-STED probes are very limited and rely greatly on the specific depletion mechanism. Here, by combining the STED and the energy migration upconversion processes, emissions of Tb3+, Eu3+, Dy3+, and Sm3+ distributed in the shell can all be depleted by interrupting the injected energy flux from the Tm3+-doped core nanoparticles. With the merit of the proposed strategy, new types of UCNP-STED probes are demonstrated to perform emission-varying STED imaging with one single, fixed pair of low-power NIR continuous wave lasers.
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Chen C, Ding L, Liu B, Du Z, Liu Y, Di X, Shan X, Lin C, Zhang M, Xu X, Zhong X, Wang J, Chang L, Halkon B, Chen X, Cheng F, Wang F. Exploiting Dynamic Nonlinearity in Upconversion Nanoparticles for Super-Resolution Imaging. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7136-7143. [PMID: 36018249 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Single-beam super-resolution microscopy, also known as superlinear microscopy, exploits the nonlinear response of fluorescent probes in confocal microscopy. The technique requires no complex purpose-built system, light field modulation, or beam shaping. Here, we present a strategy to enhance this technique's spatial resolution by modulating excitation intensity during image acquisition. This modulation induces dynamic optical nonlinearity in upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), resulting in variations of nonlinear fluorescence response in the obtained images. The higher orders of fluorescence response can be extracted with a proposed weighted finite difference imaging algorithm from raw fluorescence images to generate an image with higher resolution than superlinear microscopy images. We apply this approach to resolve single nanoparticles in a large area, improving the resolution to 132 nm. This work suggests a new scope for the development of dynamic nonlinear fluorescent probes in super-resolution nanoscopy.
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- Chaohao Chen
- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, Institute of Polymer Science in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Smart Computational Imaging Laboratory, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, China
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department for Electrochemical Energy Storage, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Hahn-Meitner-Platz, Berlin 14109, Germany
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- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Centre for Audio, Acoustics & Vibration, Faculty of Engineering & IT, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Energy Chemical Process Intensification, Institute of Polymer Science in Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- School of Electrical and Data Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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Xie X, Li Q, Chen H, Wang W, Wu F, Tu L, Zhang Y, Kong X, Chang Y. Manipulating the Injected Energy Flux via Host-Sensitized Nanostructure for Improving Multiphoton Upconversion Luminescence of Tm 3. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:5339-5347. [PMID: 35708527 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Combating the concentration quenching effect by increasing the concentration of sensitized rare-earth ions in rational design upconversion nanostructure will make it easier to utilize injection energy flux and transfer it to emitters, resulting in improved upconversion luminescence (UCL). We proposed a host-sensitized nanostructure (active core@luminescent shell@inert shell) to improve multiphoton UCL of Tm3+ based on the LiLnF4 host. Yb3+ ions were isolated in the core as energy absorbents, and Tm3+ was doped in the interior LiYbF4 host shell. Compared with sandwich structured nanocrystals (Y@Y:Yb/Tm@Y), reverse structure (YbTm@Yb@Y), and fully doped structure (YbTm@YbTm@Y), the proposed structure achieved the highest efficiency of multiphoton UCL and favored a better FRET-based application performance as the Tm3+ located at an optimized spatial distribution. Furthermore, steady-state and dynamic analysis results demonstrate that by manipulating the spatial distribution of the active ions, excited energy can be tuned to enable multiphoton upconversion enhancement, overcoming the conventional limitations.
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- Xiaoyu Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, Jilin, China
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- Artur Bednarkiewicz
- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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