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Multicolor Emission in Chemically and Structurally Tunable Er:Yb:SrFX (X = Cl, Br) Upconverting Nanocrystals
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posted on 2018-03-23, 20:13 authored by K. Tauni Dissanayake, Federico A. RabuffettiThe
synthesis, structural analysis, and NIR-to-visible upconversion
luminescence of color-tunable Er:Yb:SrFX (X = Cl, Br) nanocrystals
are reported. Green, orange, and red-emitting upconverters were achieved
by employing chemically and structurally tunable alkaline-earth fluorohalides
as hosts for Er3+–Yb3+ activator–sensitizer
pairs. Solution-phase thermolysis of metal trifluoroacetates and of
the corresponding trihaloacetic acid was utilized to synthesize Er:Yb:SrFCl
and Er:Yb:SrFBr nanocrystals with average sizes of ≈15 and
50 nm, respectively. X-ray total scattering and Sr K edge absorption spectroscopy showed that a bulk-type crystallographic
model provided an adequate description of the average and local structures
of Er:Yb:SrFBr but failed to describe the local structure of Er:Yb:SrFCl
nanocrystals, as deviations from the model were observed in the second
coordination shell of strontium. Steady-state and time-resolved spectrofluorometric
analyses showed that the red-to-green ratio of the upconverted emission
could be compositionally tuned between 1 (green emitter) and 50 (red
emitter). Single-band, red-emitting Er:Yb:SrFCl nanocrystals with
Er3+ excited state lifetimes in the 100–160 μs
range were thus achieved.
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red-emitting upconvertersNIR-to-visible upconversion luminescencestate lifetimestime-resolved spectrofluorometric analysesupconverted emissionred-to-green ratiometal trifluoroacetatesSolution-phase thermolysistunable alkaline-earth fluorohalidesMulticolor EmissionnanocrystalUpconverting Nanocrystalstrihaloacetic acidSr K edge absorption spectroscopy50 nmcoordination shellEr
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