Abstract

NaYF4:Ln3+, due to its outstanding upconversion characteristics, has become one of the most important luminescent nanomaterials in biological imaging, optical information storage, and anticounterfeiting applications. However, the large specific surface area of NaYF4:Ln3+ nanoparticles generally leads to serious nonradiative transitions, which may greatly hinder the discovery of new optical functionality with promising applications. In this paper, we report that monodispersed nanoscale NaYF4:Ln3+, unexpectedly, can also be an excellent persistent luminescent (PersL) material. The NaYF4:Ln3+ nanoparticles with surface-passivated core–shell structures exhibit intense X-ray-charged PersL and narrow-band emissions tunable from 480 to 1060 nm. A mechanism for PersL in NaYF4:Ln3+ is proposed by means of thermoluminescence measurements and host-referred binding energy (HRBE) scheme, which suggests that some lanthanide ions (such as Tb) may also act as effective electron traps to achieve intense PersL. The uniform and spherical NaYF4:Ln3+ nanoparticles are dispersible in solvents, thus enabling many applications that are not accessible for traditional PersL phosphors. A new 3-dimensional (2 dimensions of planar space and 1 dimension of wavelength) optical information-storage application is demonstrated by inkjet-printing multicolor PersL nanoparticles. The multicolor persistent luminescence, as an emerging and promising emissive mode in NaYF4:Ln3+, will provide great opportunities for nanomaterials to be applied to a wider range of fields.

Core-shelled nanoparticles NaYF4:Ln3+@NaYF4 with multicolor narrow-band persistent luminescence enable a new multidimensional optical information-storage technology.

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Title
X-ray-charged bright persistent luminescence in NaYF4:Ln3+@NaYF4 nanoparticles for multidimensional optical information storage
Author
Zhuang Yixi 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Chen Dunrong 1 ; Chen, Wenjing 1 ; Zhang, Wenxing 2 ; Su, Xin 3 ; Deng Renren 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; An Zhongfu 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Chen, Hongmin 5 ; Rong-Jun, Xie 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Genome and College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China (GRID:grid.12955.3a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2264 7233) 
 Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (GRID:grid.13402.34) (ISNI:0000 0004 1759 700X) 
 Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (GRID:grid.13402.34) (ISNI:0000 0004 1759 700X); School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China (GRID:grid.203507.3) (ISNI:0000 0000 8950 5267) 
 Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China (GRID:grid.412022.7) (ISNI:0000 0000 9389 5210) 
 State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics & Center for Molecular Imaging and Translational Medicine, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China (GRID:grid.12955.3a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2264 7233) 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
e-ISSN
20477538
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2544321130
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.