Reduced erbium-doped ceria nanoparticles: One nano-host applicable for simultaneous optical down- and up-conversions
| Author | Shehata, Nader |
| Author | Meehan, Kathleen |
| Author | Hassounah, Ibrahim |
| Author | Hudait, Mantu |
| Author | Jain, Nikhil |
| Author | Clavel, Michael |
| Author | Elhelw, Sarah |
| Author | Madi, Nabil |
| Available date | 2024-05-26T10:39:12Z |
| Publication Date | 2014-05-13 |
| Publication Name | Nanoscale Research Letters |
| Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-231 |
| Citation | Shehata, 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. |
| ISSN | 1931-7573 |
| Abstract | This 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. |
| Sponsor | This 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. |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Subject | Ceria nanoparticles Erbium dopant Fluorescence Up-conversion |
| Type | Article |
| Pagination | 1-6 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| ESSN | 1556-276X |
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