Upconversion spectroscopic investigation of single nanoparticles

Zhou, JJ; Qiu, JR

Upconversion spectroscopic investigation of single nanoparticles

Zhou, JJ

Qiu, JR

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Citation:: Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2016, 31 (10), pp. 1023 - 1030
Issue Date:: 2016-10-01

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dc.contributor.author	Zhou, JJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-5745	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Qiu, JR	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-10-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2016, 31 (10), pp. 1023 - 1030	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1000-324X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/103583
dc.description.abstract	© 2016, Science Press. All right reserved. Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have made a significant and valuable contribution to photophysics and biomedicine, due to their specific spectroscopic characteristics. However, the ensemble spectroscopy of UCNPs is limited for the electronic behavior in average effect, which ignores the fact that the nanoparticles are heterogeneous. Towards the research focus on heterogeneous intrinsic structure, unique photophysical phenomena, and advanced applications, the optical characterization of single UCNPs are promoted to a frontier breakthrough of UCNPs community. Electronic behavior detection aimed at a single nanoparticle displays signals from the micro-structure of nanoparticles, while single nanoparticle spectroscopy offers clear insight into the interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic influences without noise, and subsequently gives instructions for the high quality preparation of UCNPs. Single nanoparticle optical characterization possesses a powerful capacity to explore the crystalline structure anisotropy related optical differences, or some unexpected unique optical phenomena at sub-micron and even nano-scale. In this review, the importance of single UCNPs characterization and single particle detection methods are overviewed, in which the considerable emphasis is placed on the specific spectroscopic study of single UCNPs Showing fantastic photophysical phenomena beyond ensemble measurement. Finally, this review identifies promising opportunities in which single UCNPs characterization technique can accelerate on-going research with a remarkable depth and breadth, facilitate discovery of upconversion nanoparticles that overcome fundamental limitations of current ensemble level.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Wuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.15541/jim20160131	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Materials	en_US
dc.title	Upconversion spectroscopic investigation of single nanoparticles	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	10	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	31	en_US
utslib.for	0904 Chemical Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - IBMD - Initiative for Biomedical Devices
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	10	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	31	en_US

Abstract:

© 2016, Science Press. All right reserved. Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have made a significant and valuable contribution to photophysics and biomedicine, due to their specific spectroscopic characteristics. However, the ensemble spectroscopy of UCNPs is limited for the electronic behavior in average effect, which ignores the fact that the nanoparticles are heterogeneous. Towards the research focus on heterogeneous intrinsic structure, unique photophysical phenomena, and advanced applications, the optical characterization of single UCNPs are promoted to a frontier breakthrough of UCNPs community. Electronic behavior detection aimed at a single nanoparticle displays signals from the micro-structure of nanoparticles, while single nanoparticle spectroscopy offers clear insight into the interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic influences without noise, and subsequently gives instructions for the high quality preparation of UCNPs. Single nanoparticle optical characterization possesses a powerful capacity to explore the crystalline structure anisotropy related optical differences, or some unexpected unique optical phenomena at sub-micron and even nano-scale. In this review, the importance of single UCNPs characterization and single particle detection methods are overviewed, in which the considerable emphasis is placed on the specific spectroscopic study of single UCNPs Showing fantastic photophysical phenomena beyond ensemble measurement. Finally, this review identifies promising opportunities in which single UCNPs characterization technique can accelerate on-going research with a remarkable depth and breadth, facilitate discovery of upconversion nanoparticles that overcome fundamental limitations of current ensemble level.

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