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Ba Tis T, Sabo C, Xu B, Corbella Bagot C, Rappeport E, Park W. A scalable fabrication method for gold nanodisk-upconverting nanoparticle hybrid nanostructures. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:7690-7699. [PMID: 38533655 PMCID: PMC11037920 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr06644d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Plasmonic nanostructures can be used to enhance the efficiency of upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) and enable new functionalities. However, the fabrication of these hybrid plasmon-UCNP nanostructures has traditionally relied on either wet chemistry or nanolithography routes that are difficult to control, scale up, or both. In this work, we present a scalable nanofabrication process, capable of producing a massive array of gold-UCNP hybrid nanostructures over a few mm2 area and with excellent uniformity in the photoluminescence intensity. This new approach combines the scalability of the bottom-up self-assembly method and the precision of the top-down nanolithography approach. It provides an efficient alternative route for the production of plasmonically enhanced UCNPs. A detailed discussion on the optimization of the UCNP self-assembly, the gold nanodisk lithography, and the nanopattern transfer processes is presented here. Additionally, we showcase the potential of this new approach for fabricating mechanical force sensors based on the selective plasmonic enhancement of the UCNP emission. This new approach holds great potential in facilitating the production of plasmonically enhanced UCNPs that can be deployed for both imaging and sensing applications.
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- Taleb Ba Tis
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado. Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A.
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- Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado. Boulder, CO 80309-0425, U.S.A
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- Department of Physics, University of Colorado. Boulder, CO 80309-0390, U.S.A
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- Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado. Boulder, CO 80309-0425, U.S.A
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- Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado. Boulder, CO 80309-0425, U.S.A
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado. Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A.
- Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado. Boulder, CO 80309-0425, U.S.A
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Borah R, Ag KR, Minja AC, Verbruggen SW. A Review on Self-Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles into Clusters, Patterns, and Films: Emerging Synthesis Techniques and Applications. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201536. [PMID: 36856157 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201536] [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: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The colloidal synthesis of functional nanoparticles has gained tremendous scientific attention in the last decades. In parallel to these advancements, another rapidly growing area is the self-assembly or self-organization of these colloidal nanoparticles. First, the organization of nanoparticles into ordered structures is important for obtaining functional interfaces that extend or even amplify the intrinsic properties of the constituting nanoparticles at a larger scale. The synthesis of large-scale interfaces using complex or intricately designed nanostructures as building blocks, requires highly controllable self-assembly techniques down to the nanoscale. In certain cases, for example, when dealing with plasmonic nanoparticles, the assembly of the nanoparticles further enhances their properties by coupling phenomena. In other cases, the process of self-assembly itself is useful in the final application such as in sensing and drug delivery, amongst others. In view of the growing importance of this field, this review provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in the field of nanoparticle self-assembly and their applications. For clarity, the self-assembled nanostructures are classified into two broad categories: finite clusters/patterns, and infinite films. Different state-of-the-art techniques to obtain these nanostructures are discussed in detail, before discussing the applications where the self-assembly significantly enhances the performance of the process.
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- Rituraj Borah
- Sustainable Energy, Air & Water Technology (DuEL), Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
- NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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- Sustainable Energy, Air & Water Technology (DuEL), Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
- NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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- Sustainable Energy, Air & Water Technology (DuEL), Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
- NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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- Sustainable Energy, Air & Water Technology (DuEL), Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
- NANOlab Center of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, 2020, Belgium
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Zhang Z, Chen Y, Zhang Y. Self-Assembly of Upconversion Nanoparticles Based Materials and Their Emerging Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2103241. [PMID: 34850560 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202103241] [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] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In the past few decades, significant progress of the conventional upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) based nanoplatform has been achieved in many fields, and with the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology, more and more complex situations need a UCNPs based nanoplatform having multifunctions for specific multimodal or multiplexed applications. Through self-assembly, different UCNPs or UCNPs with other materials could be combined together within an entity. It is more like an ideal UCNPs nanoplatform, a unique system with the properties defined by its individual components as well as by the morphology of the composite. Various designs can show their different desired properties depending on the application situation. This review provides a complete summary on the optimization of the synthesis method for the recently designed UCNPs assemblies and summarizes various applications, including dual-modality cell imaging, molecular delivery, detection, and programmed control therapy. The challenges and limitations the UCNPs assembly faces and the potential solutions in this field are also presented.
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- Zhen Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583, Singapore
- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117456, Singapore
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Lei Y, Ye H, Xiang S, Huang Y, Zhu C, Zhang W, Chen Y, Cao Y. Pipette-like action of a reusable and NIR light-responsive film for the aspiration and removal of viable cancer cells. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj05449a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A reusable and NIR light-responsive composite membrane is developed to capture/release viable cancer cells.
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- Yang Lei
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education
- Jianghan University
- Wuhan 430056
- China
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education
- Jianghan University
- Wuhan 430056
- China
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education
- Jianghan University
- Wuhan 430056
- China
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education
- Jianghan University
- Wuhan 430056
- China
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education
- Jianghan University
- Wuhan 430056
- China
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education
- Jianghan University
- Wuhan 430056
- China
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- Département de Chimie
- Ecole Normale Supérieure
- F-75231 Paris Cedex 05
- France
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education
- Jianghan University
- Wuhan 430056
- China
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Liu X, Ni Y, Zhu C, Fang L, Kou J, Lu C, Xu Z. Controllable self-assembly of NaREF4 upconversion nanoparticles and their distinctive fluorescence properties. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 27:295605. [PMID: 27292186 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/29/295605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The paper presents the growth of hexagonal NaYF4:Yb(3+), Tm(3+) nanocrystals with tunable sizes induced by different contents of doped Yb(3+) ions (10%-99.5%) using the thermal decomposition method. These nanoparticles, which have different sizes, are then self-assembled at the interface of cyclohexane and ethylene and transferred onto a normal glass slide. It is found that the size of nanoparticles directs their self-assembly. Due to the appropriate size of 40.5 nm, 15% Yb(3+) ions doped nanoparticles are able to be self-assembled into an ordered inorganic monolayer membrane with a large area of about 10 × 10 μm(2). More importantly, the obvious short-wave (300-500 nm) fluorescence improvement of the ordered 2D self-assembly structure is observed to be relative to disordered nanoparticles, which is because intrinsic absorption and scattering of upconversion nanoparticles leads to the self-loss of fluorescence, especially the short-wave fluorescence inside the disordered structure, and the relative emission of short-wave fluorescence is reduced. The construction of a 2D self-assembly structure can effectively avoid this and improve the radiated short-wave fluorescence, especially UV photons, and is able to direct the design of new types of solid-state optical materials in many fields.
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- Xiaoxia Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China. The synergetic innovation center for advanced material, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
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Ansari AA, Yadav R, Rai SB. Enhanced luminescence efficiency of aqueous dispersible NaYF4:Yb/Er nanoparticles and the effect of surface coating. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00265j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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In a general approach, we designed and synthesized monodisperse, well-defined, highly emissive and aqueous dispersible NaYF4:Yb/Er upconversion nanoparticles, and thereafter their surfaces were coated with inert NaYF4 and silica layers.
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- Anees A. Ansari
- King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology
- King Saud University
- Riyadh-11451
- Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi
- 221005 India
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- Department of Physics
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi
- 221005 India
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Chen X, Zhang Z, Zhao J. Purification, organophilicity and transparent fluorescent bulk material fabrication derived from hydrophilic carbon dots. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra15684f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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High-efficiency oil/water interfacial self-assembly strategy has been used for the first time to purify hydrophilic CDs prepared by hydrothermal method.
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- Xiangyang Chen
- Key Laboratory of Transparent Opto-Functional Inorganic Materials of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
- Shanghai 200050
- P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200072
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200072
- P. R. China
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Huan J, Hu L, Fang X. Dense assembly of Gd2O3:0.05X3+ (X = Eu, Tb) nanorods into nanoscaled thin-films and their photoluminescence properties. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:1462-1469. [PMID: 24387245 DOI: 10.1021/am4037417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This paper presents a simple and effective oil-water interfacial self-assembly strategy to fabricate monolayer and bilayer nanofilms of densely packed Gd2O3:0.05X(3+) (X = Eu, Tb) nanorods with characteristic luminescence properties. In this process, Gd2O3:0.05X(3+) (X = Eu, Tb) nanotubes synthesized by a hydrothermal method are dispersed in deionized water; then, a certain amount of n-hexane is added to produce a hexane-water interface. With n-butanol added as initiator, the nanotubes are gradually trapped at the interface to form a densely packed nanofilm. A monolayer nanofilm of densely packed Gd2O3:0.05Eu(3+) nanorods is obtained after annealing. In addition, the bilayer nanofilm composed of Gd2O3:0.05X(3+) (X = Eu, Tb) nanorods still retains the luminescence properties of each monolayer nanofilm. Moreover, the adhesion of the film on the substrate is very strong, which is extremely beneficial for its future applications.
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- Jing Huan
- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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Xu L, Xia J, Wang L, Qian J, Li H, Wang K, Sun K, He M. α-Fe2O3Cubes with High Visible-Light-Activated Photoelectrochemical Activity towards Glucose: Hydrothermal Synthesis Assisted by a Hydrophobic Ionic Liquid. Chemistry 2014; 20:2244-53. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Xu Z, Han L, Lou B, Zhang X, Dong S. High-performance BiOBr ultraviolet photodetector fabricated by a green and facile interfacial self-assembly strategy. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:145-150. [PMID: 24202086 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr04496c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We have fabricated a BiOBr film for the first time through water-air interfacial self-assembly, which is a green, easily processable and environmentally friendly strategy. Moreover, an ultraviolet photodetector based on the BiOBr film exhibited excellent stability and a fast response time.
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- Zhikun Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, P.R. China.
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Wang X, Tian W, Liao M, Bando Y, Golberg D. Recent advances in solution-processed inorganic nanofilm photodetectors. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:1400-22. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60348b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Two-dimensional self-assembly of hydrophobic nanoparticles at oil/water interfaces via nanoscale phase separation of mixed ligands. J Colloid Interface Sci 2013; 407:243-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.06.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gao R, Zhou S, Li W, Chen M, Wu L. Facile synthesis of uniform and well-defined single-crystal sodium tantalate cubes and their assembly into oriented two-dimensional nanofilm. CrystEngComm 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ce25520k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Shan W, Hu L, Lin X, Chen M, Wu L. Oil–water interfacial self-assembly of PS/ZnS nanospheres and photoconducting property of corresponding nanofilm. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2jm32164e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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