Remarkable enhancement of upconversion fluorescence and confocal imaging of PMMA Opal/NaYF(4):Yb(3+), Tm(3+)/Er(3+) nanocrystals

Ze Yin; Yongsheng Zhu; Wen Xu; Jing Wang; Sai Xu; Biao Dong; Lin Xu; Shuang Zhang; Hongwei Song

doi:10.1039/c3cc40829a

Remarkable enhancement of upconversion fluorescence and confocal imaging of PMMA Opal/NaYF(4):Yb(3+), Tm(3+)/Er(3+) nanocrystals

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 May 8;49(36):3781-3. doi: 10.1039/c3cc40829a. Epub 2013 Mar 28.

Authors

Ze Yin¹, Yongsheng Zhu, Wen Xu, Jing Wang, Sai Xu, Biao Dong, Lin Xu, Shuang Zhang, Hongwei Song

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 23539518
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc40829a

Abstract

Novel PMMA opal photonic crystal/NaYF(4):Yb(3+), Tm(3+)/Er(3+) nanocrystal composites were fabricated and tremendous improvement in upconversion luminescence (UCL) was observed under infrared 980 nm excitation. They were also explored to improve brightness of cell images.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Cell Line, Tumor
Europium / chemistry*
Fluorides / chemistry*
Humans
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Microscopy, Confocal
Polymethyl Methacrylate / chemistry*
Spectrophotometry, Infrared
Thulium / chemistry*
Ytterbium / chemistry*
Yttrium / chemistry*

Substances

sodium yttriumtetrafluoride
Europium
Yttrium
Thulium
Polymethyl Methacrylate
Ytterbium
Fluorides