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Preparation of photon-upconversion nanoparticles
Kelarová, Štěpánka ; Křivánková,, Jana (referee) ; Hlaváček,, Antonín (advisor)
The present work aimed to characterize photon-upconversion nanoparticles based on lanthanides. The synthesis of NaGdF4:Yb/Tm@NaGdF4:Eu core-shell nanoparticles using a europium activator was designed based on the available literature. Prepared upconversion nanoparticles showed emission in visible spectral range due to energy migration-mediated upconversion (EMU). The upconversion mechanism was initiated using a 980 nm excitation beam. The optical properties of prepared nanoparticles were examined using fluorescence spectroscopy. This work describes the evolution of optical properties of upconversion nanoparticles in dependency on the europium concentration in the shell in the range of 1560 mol. %. It was proved that decrease of europium concentration from 60 mol. % to 15 mol. % led to the increased intensity of emitted radiation. Thus, the efficiency of the upconversion process can be improved by the appropriate choice of europium concentration. The present study compares the upconversion efficiency of prepared NaGdF4:Yb/Tm@NaGdF4:Eu nanoparticles with standard NaYF4:Yb, Er nanoparticles using erbium activator.
Preparation of photon-upconversion nanoparticles
Kelarová, Štěpánka ; Křivánková,, Jana (referee) ; Hlaváček,, Antonín (advisor)
The present work aimed to characterize photon-upconversion nanoparticles based on lanthanides. The synthesis of NaGdF4:Yb/Tm@NaGdF4:Eu core-shell nanoparticles using a europium activator was designed based on the available literature. Prepared upconversion nanoparticles showed emission in visible spectral range due to energy migration-mediated upconversion (EMU). The upconversion mechanism was initiated using a 980 nm excitation beam. The optical properties of prepared nanoparticles were examined using fluorescence spectroscopy. This work describes the evolution of optical properties of upconversion nanoparticles in dependency on the europium concentration in the shell in the range of 1560 mol. %. It was proved that decrease of europium concentration from 60 mol. % to 15 mol. % led to the increased intensity of emitted radiation. Thus, the efficiency of the upconversion process can be improved by the appropriate choice of europium concentration. The present study compares the upconversion efficiency of prepared NaGdF4:Yb/Tm@NaGdF4:Eu nanoparticles with standard NaYF4:Yb, Er nanoparticles using erbium activator.

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