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AuthorShehata, Nader
AuthorMeehan, Kathleen
AuthorHassounah, Ibrahim
AuthorHudait, Mantu
AuthorJain, Nikhil
AuthorClavel, Michael
AuthorElhelw, Sarah
AuthorMadi, Nabil
Available date2024-05-26T10:39:12Z
Publication Date2014-05-13
Publication NameNanoscale Research Letters
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-231
CitationShehata, N., Meehan, K., Hassounah, I., Hudait, M., Jain, N., Clavel, M., ... & Madi, N. (2014). Reduced erbium-doped ceria nanoparticles: one nano-host applicable for simultaneous optical down-and up-conversions. Nanoscale research letters, 9, 1-6.
ISSN1931-7573
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URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/55419
AbstractThis paper introduces a new synthesis procedure to form erbium-doped ceria nanoparticles (EDC NPs) that can act as an optical medium for both up-conversion and down-conversion in the same time. This synthesis process results qualitatively in a high concentration of Ce3+ ions required to obtain high fluorescence efficiency in the down-conversion process. Simultaneously, the synthesized nanoparticles contain the molecular energy levels of erbium that are required for up-conversion. Therefore, the synthesized EDC NPs can emit visible light when excited with either UV or IR photons. This opens new opportunities for applications where emission of light via both up- and down-conversions from a single nanomaterial is desired such as solar cells and bio-imaging. © 2014 Shehata et al.; licensee Springer.
SponsorThis work was funded partially by a NSF STTR Phase I grant with MW Photonics (award# 0930364). It was also financially supported by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech Middle East and North Africa (VT-MENA) program in Egypt, and Center of Advanced Materials (CAM) in Qatar University.
Languageen
PublisherSpringer Nature
SubjectCeria nanoparticles
Erbium dopant
Fluorescence
Up-conversion
TitleReduced erbium-doped ceria nanoparticles: One nano-host applicable for simultaneous optical down- and up-conversions
TypeArticle
Pagination1-6
Issue Number1
Volume Number9
ESSN1556-276X
dc.accessType Open Access


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