Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8017152 Materials Letters 2016 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+/CdSe nanoheterostructures were synthesized by an improved two-step wet-chemical route. Upon the excitation from a 980-nm near-infrared (NIR) laser, an intense 797 nm NIR emission from Tm3+ ions was observed in the nanoheterostructures while neither ultraviolet (UV) nor blue emissions of Tm3+ ions appeared in the upconversion (UC) spectrum. It indicated that the energy transfer (ET) occurred between NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+ and CdSe. Under 980 nm irradiation, the excitation energy absorbed by Yb3+ ions transferred to Tm3+ ions successively, then transferred to CdSe partially from the 1G4 state of Tm3+ ions, and finally the excited CdSe returns the energy back to the 3F2,3 levels of Tm3+ ions. Both the excitation (980 nm) and the emission (797 nm) are located in the NIR spectral range (700-1100 nm) that is referred as the “optical window” of biological tissues. Therefore, the nanoheterostructures could have great potential in applications of biology and biomedicine.
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