Wiesholler, Lisa M. and Frenzel, Florian and Grauel, Bettina and Wuerth, Christian and Resch-Genger, Ute and Hirsch, Thomas (2019) Yb,Nd,Er-doped upconversion nanoparticles: 980 nm versus 808 nm excitation. NANOSCALE, 11 (28). pp. 13440-13449. ISSN 2040-3364, 2040-3372
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Yb,Nd,Er-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have attracted considerable interest as luminescent reporters for bioimaging, sensing, energy conversion/shaping, and anticounterfeiting due to their capability to convert multiple near-infrared (NIR) photons into shorter wavelength ultraviolet, visible or NIR luminescence by successive absorption of two or more NIR photons. This enables optical measurements in complex media with very little background and high penetration depths for bioimaging. The use of Nd3+ as substitute for the commonly employed sensitizer Yb3+ or in combination with Yb3+ shifts the excitation wavelength from about 980 nm, where the absorption of water can weaken upconversion luminescence, to about 800 nm, and laser-induced local overheating effects in cells, tissue, and live animal studies can be minimized. To systematically investigate the potential of Nd3+ doping, we assessed the performance of a set of similarly sized Yb3+,Nd3+,Er3+-doped core- and core-shell UCNPs of different particle architecture in water at broadly varied excitation power densities (P) with steady state and time-resolved fluorometry for excitation at 980 nm and 808 nm. As a measure for UCNPs performance, the P-dependent upconversion quantum yield (phi(UC)) and its saturation behavior were used as well as particle brightness (B-UC). Based upon spectroscopic measurements at both excitation wavelengths in water and in a lipid phantom and B-UC-based calculations of signal size at different penetration depths, conditions under which excitation at 808 nm is advantageous are derived and parameters for the further optimization of triple-doped UCNPs are given.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ENHANCED LUMINESCENT INTENSITY; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; QUANTUM YIELDS; CORE; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLES; PERSPECTIVES; OPTOGENETICS; CHALLENGES; MORPHOLOGY; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences |
| Divisions: | Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Analytische Chemie, Chemo- und Biosensorik > Chemo- und Biosensorik (Prof. Antje J. Bäumner, formerly Prof. Wolfbeis) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2020 07:11 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2020 07:11 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/26598 |
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