Photon Upconversion Through Tb(3+) -Mediated Interfacial Energy Transfer

Bo Zhou; Weifeng Yang; Sanyang Han; Qiang Sun; Xiaogang Liu

doi:10.1002/adma.201503482

Photon Upconversion Through Tb(3+) -Mediated Interfacial Energy Transfer

Adv Mater. 2015 Oct 28;27(40):6208-12. doi: 10.1002/adma.201503482. Epub 2015 Sep 17.

Authors

Bo Zhou¹, Weifeng Yang¹, Sanyang Han², Qiang Sun², Xiaogang Liu^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 3 Research Link, Singapore, 117602, Singapore.
² Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore.
³ Center for Functional Materials, NUS (Suzhou) Research Institute, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China.

PMID: 26378771
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201503482

Abstract

A strategy of interfacial energy transfer upconversion is demonstrated through the use of a terbium (Tb(3+) ) dopant as energy donor or energy migrator in core-shell-structured nanocrystals. This mechanistic investigation presents a new pathway for photon upconversion, and, more importantly, contributes to the better control of energy transfer at the nanometer length scale.

Keywords: core-shell architecture; energy migration; interfacial energy transfer; nanoparticles; photon upconversion.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cations / chemistry
Energy Transfer*
Fourier Analysis
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Photons*
Spectrum Analysis
Terbium / chemistry*

Substances

Cations
Terbium