HE Guang-hui, BI Xue-qing, SONG Wei-ye etc. NIR Upconversion Luminescence of NaYF<sub>4</sub>:Yb<sup>3+</sup>,Tm<sup>3+</sup>/CdSe Nanoheterostructures[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2015,36(5): 491-496
HE Guang-hui, BI Xue-qing, SONG Wei-ye etc. NIR Upconversion Luminescence of NaYF<sub>4</sub>:Yb<sup>3+</sup>,Tm<sup>3+</sup>/CdSe Nanoheterostructures[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2015,36(5): 491-496 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20153605.0491.
NIR Upconversion Luminescence of NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+/CdSe Nanoheterostructures
/CdSe nanoheterostructures with NIR-to-NIR upconversion luminescence were synthesized by a two-step improved wet-chemical method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterization shows that the nanoheterostructures are composed of both pure hexagonal phase NaYF
4
:Yb
3+
Tm
3+
and wurtzite phase CdSe. Upconversion emission spectra under the excitation of 980 nm near-infrared laser show that 797 nm emission from Tm
3+
ions has been enhanced greatly
while neither ultraviolet nor blue emissions of Tm
3+
appear compared with that of pure NaYF
4
:Yb
3+
Tm
3+
. It indicates that the energy transfer occurs between NaYF
4
:Yb
3+
Tm
3+
and CdSe. Under 980 nm excitation
the energy absorbed by Yb
3+
ions transfers to Tm
3+
ions
then transfers to CdSe partially
and finally the excited CdSe returns the energy back to the corresponding energy levels of Tm
3+
. These processes lead to the quenching of UV and blue emissions and the enhancement of 797 nm emission of Tm
3+
ions in the NaYF
4
:Yb
3+
Tm
3+
/CdSe nanoheterostructures. The excitation (980 nm) and emission (797 nm) are both located in the NIR spectral range (700-1 100 nm) that is referred as the "optical window" of biological tissues because of the minimum of light scattering and autofluorescence of tissue and a relatively large penetration depth. Therefore
the present NaYF
4
:Yb
3+
Tm
3+
/CdSe nanoheterostructures could have potential applications in biology and biomedicine fields.
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