1. Multifunctional NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+@Au Nanocomposites: Upconversion Luminescence, Temperature Sensing and Photothermal Therapy
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Dongdong Li, Qi Yue Shao, Jian Qing Jiang, and Yan Dong
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Nanocomposite ,Nanostructure ,Materials science ,Quenching (fluorescence) ,Colloidal gold ,Composite number ,General Engineering ,Nanotechnology ,Photothermal therapy ,Luminescence ,Photon upconversion - Abstract
Composite nanostructures of NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+@Au have been successfully prepared by attaching gold nanoparticles onto the surface of NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+ upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). NaYF4 inert shell was used to adjust the separation distance between gold nanoparticles and UCNPs. Effects of the gold nanoparticles on their upconversion luminescent (UCL), temperature sensing and photothermal therapy properties were systematically investigated. For all samples, a slight decrease of the UCL intensity was observed after gold nanoparticles attachment, suggesting that the nonradiative quenching effect is the dominant interaction between UCNPs and gold nanoparticles. However, the reduction of the UCL intensity is negligible due to the significant improvement of UCL properties by NaYF4shell. In addition, the gold attachment can obviously improve the photothermal conversion effect, but do not affect the temperature sensing properties of NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ UCNPs, indicating their high capability for multifunctional applications in biomedical fields.
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- 2015