- Title
- Synthesis and characterization of Na(Y,Gd)F4 upconversion nanoparticles and an investigation of their effects on the photophysical properties of an unsubstituted tetrathiophenoxy phthalocyanine
- Creator
- Taylor, Jessica M
- Creator
- Litwinski, Christian
- Creator
- Nyokong, Tebello
- Creator
- Antunes, Edith M
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:7253
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020261
- Description
- Sphere- and star-shaped Na(Y,Gd)F4:Yb/Er(Tm)upconversion nanoparticles (UCNP) were successfully synthesized utilizing a methanol-assisted thermal decomposition approach and their spectroscopic (absorption, emission and luminescence lifetime) properties fully characterized. The factors affecting the size and shape of the UCNPs were studied and discussed in detail. The size of the nanoparticles was determined using TEM primarily and found to be approximately 19 and 30 nm for the Er and Tm spheres, respectively, while the Er and Tm “stars” were found to be much larger with sizes ranging from 110 to 240 nm, respectively (as determined along the width of the nanoparticle). In addition, their influence on the spectroscopic properties of an unsubstituted tetrathiophenoxy phthalocyanine (H2Pc) was investigated. The UCNP were found to produce characteristic upconversion luminescence emissions in the blue, green, red and NIR regions. Simple mixing with an H2Pc in toluene was found to exert no obvious changes in the spectroscopic properties of the Pc, although a considerable increase in the radiative lifetimes is observed for the Pc in the presence of the UCNPs. The singlet oxygen generation mediated by the red light excitation of the H2Pc mixed with UCNP was found to decrease in the presence of the NPs.
- Description
- Original publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-2889-5
- Format
- 18 p.
- Format
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Taylor, J. M., Litwinski, C., Nyokong, T. & Antunes, E. M. 2015. Synthesis and characterization of Na(Y,Gd)F4 upconversion nanoparticles and an investigation of their effects on the photophysical properties of an unsubstituted tetrathiophenoxy phthalocyanine. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 17:85. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-2889-5.
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Antunes, Edith Martins (Dr)
Nyokong, Tebello (Distinguished Professor)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology
RU Department of Chemistry