Synthesis and optical properties of luminescent core–shell structured silicate and phosphate nanoparticles

Synthesis and luminescence properties of highly uniform SiO2@LaPO4:Eu3+ core–shell phosphors

“…In recent years, core-shell phosphor materials which maintain the morphology of the cores and the luminescent properties of the shells, have attracted extensive scientific and technological interests because of their ability to fine-tune functionalities [14][15][16][17]. Two types of templates, namely, hard (e.g., silica, metal colloids, and carbon spheres) [18][19][20] and soft templates (e.g., micelles, gas bubbles, vesicles, and emulsion droplets) [21][22][23] have been used to prepare different composite materials.…”

Study on Europium-Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Their Antimicrobial Properties

“…In the last years, a special emphasis was put on development and characterization of rare-earth based inorganic luminescent nanoparticles with a great interest for biomedical applications [11][12][13][14]. The most important applications could be found on pharmaceutical industry or biological and medical diagnostics [15][16][17].…”

“…The hydroxyapatite doped with rare-earth ions can be used as a fluorescent probes, the intensity of luminescence in this case depends on the concentration of rare-earth ions used as dopant as well as the degree of crystallinity and the crystal structure of the host material [18][19][20]. Over the past decade, several methods for obtaining luminescent inorganic nanoparticles have been developed, including coprecipitation and sol-gel synthesis which allow adjusting the particles morphology, size, structure, and composition in order to adapt their physical and chemical properties [14,[21][22][23].…”

In-situ sol–gel synthesis of luminescent Mn2+-doped zinc silicate nanophosphor

“…In willemite the Mn 2? ions are situated at the slightly distorted tetrahedral sites with four oxygen neighbors [28]. The applied excitation photon energy of 4.86 eV (255 nm) is smaller than the band gap of Zn 2 SiO 4 .…”