Control of upconversion luminescence by gold nanoparticle size: from quenching to enhancement

Méndez-González, Diego; Melle, Sonia; Calderón, Óscar G.; Laurenti, Marco; Cabrera-Granado, E.; Egatz-Gómez, Ana; López-Cabarcos, Enrique; Rubio-Retama, Jorge; Díaz, Elena

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“…Next, a silica layer as a spacer was coated on the Au CSNA film to prevent emission quenching by direct contact between the UCNPs and the nanostructure such that an enhanced emission of UCNPs can be achieved. [ 44,45 ] The silica layer was formed via the sol–gel method, and the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of an ≈10 nm‐thick silica layer‐coated Au CSNA is shown in Figure 1D. The UCNPs (20 mol% Er 3+ ‐doped NaYF 4 , NaYF 4 :Er[20%]) were synthesized and their optical properties were analyzed.…”

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A Super‐Boosted Hybrid Plasmonic Upconversion Process for Photodetection at 1550 nm Wavelength

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Hong

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Advanced Materials

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A super‐boosted hybrid plasmonic upconversion (UC) architecture comprising a hierarchical plasmonic upconversion (HPU) film and a polymeric microlens array (MLA) film is proposed for efficient photodetection at a wavelength of 1550 nm. Plasmonic metasurfaces and Au core–satellite nanoassembly (CSNA) films can strongly induce a more effective plasmonic effect by providing numerous hot spots in an intense local electromagnetic field up to wavelengths exceeding 1550 nm. Hence, significant UC emission enhancement is realized via the amplified plasmonic coupling of an HPU film comprising an Au CSNA and UC nanoparticles. Furthermore, an MLA polymer film is synergistically coupled with the HPU film, thereby focusing the incident near‐infrared light in the micrometer region, including the plasmonic nanostructure area. Consequently, the plasmonic effect super‐boosted by microfocusing the incident light, significantly lowers the detectable power limit of a device, resulting in superior sensitivity and responsivity at weak excitation powers. Finally, a triple‐cation perovskite‐based photodetector coupled with the hybrid plasmonic UC film exhibits the excellent values of responsivity and detectivity of 9.80 A W−1 and 8.22 × 1012 Jones at a weak power density of ≈0.03 mW cm−2, respectively, demonstrating that the device performance is enhanced by more than 104 magnitudes over a reference sample.

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A Super‐Boosted Hybrid Plasmonic Upconversion Process for Photodetection at 1550 nm Wavelength

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Hong

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“…The nature of this energy transfer is based on donor-acceptor dipole-dipole interactions, and greatly depends on parameters such as dipole to dipole orientation, degree of overlapping between donor emission and acceptor absorption spectra, donor-acceptor distance, quantum efficiency of donor, etc. 15,16 One of the first examples reported in literature regarding the development of a RET-based homogeneous assay using UCNPs as energy donors is the work by Wang et al 17 In this study the presence of avidin brought in close proximity biotin conjugated UCNPs (i.e. the donors) and Au-biotin nanoparticles (i.e.…”

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Contribution of resonance energy transfer to the luminescence quenching of upconversion nanoparticles with graphene oxide

Méndez-González

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Melle

et al. 2020

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

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“…Gonzalez synthesized Au NPs with different sizes and discussed their influence on the luminescence of UCNPs. The strong luminescence quenching was observed for small AuNPs due to resonance energy transfer, and the reduction of luminescence quenching was observed with the further increase of AuNPs size [121].…”

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Modulated Luminescence of Lanthanide Materials by Local Surface Plasmon Resonance Effect

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Lanthanide materials have great applications in optical communication, biological fluorescence imaging, laser, and so on, due to their narrow emission bandwidths, large Stokes’ shifts, long emission lifetimes, and excellent photo-stability. However, the photon absorption cross-section of lanthanide ions is generally small, and the luminescence efficiency is relatively low. The effective improvement of the lanthanide-doped materials has been a challenge in the implementation of many applications. The local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) effect of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) can improve the luminescence in different aspects: excitation enhancement induced by enhanced local field, emission enhancement induced by increased radiative decay, and quenching induced by increased non-radiative decay. In addition, plasmonic NPs can also regulate the energy transfer between two close lanthanide ions. In this review, the properties of the nanocomposite systems of lanthanide material and plasmonic NPs are presented, respectively. The mechanism of lanthanide materials regulated by plasmonic NPs and the scientific and technological discoveries of the luminescence technology are elaborated. Due to the large gap between the reported enhancement and the theoretical enhancement, some new strategies applied in lanthanide materials and related development in the plasmonic enhancing luminescence are presented.

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Control of upconversion luminescence by gold nanoparticle size: from quenching to enhancement

Abstract: We report on the quenching-to-enhancement continuous transition of gold-nanoparticle (AuNP) plasmon assisted upconversion (UC) luminescence with increasing AuNP size, as a guideline for the design of optimal sensors based on UCNPs-AuNPs pairs.

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A Super‐Boosted Hybrid Plasmonic Upconversion Process for Photodetection at 1550 nm Wavelength

A Super‐Boosted Hybrid Plasmonic Upconversion Process for Photodetection at 1550 nm Wavelength

Contribution of resonance energy transfer to the luminescence quenching of upconversion nanoparticles with graphene oxide

Modulated Luminescence of Lanthanide Materials by Local Surface Plasmon Resonance Effect

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