Coupling of Ag Nanoparticle with Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals as a Novel Strategy for Upconversion Emission Enhancement of NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+ Nanoparticles

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• 作者：Bo Shao ; Zhengwen Yang ; Yida Wang ; Jun Li ; Jianzhi Yang ; Jianbei Qiu ; Zhiguo Song
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 18, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：45
• 页码：25211-25218
• 全文大小：514K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Rare-earth-ion-doped upconversion (UC) nanoparticles have generated considerable interest because of their potential application in solar cells, biological labeling, therapeutics, and imaging. However, the applications of UC nanoparticles were still limited because of their low emission efficiency. Photonic crystals and noble metal nanoparticles are applied extensively to enhance the UC emission of rare earth ions. In the present work, a novel substrate consisting of inverse opal photonic crystals and Ag nanoparticles was prepared by the template-assisted method, which was used to enhance the UC emission of NaYF₄: Yb³⁺, Er³⁺ nanoparticles. The red or green UC emissions of NaYF₄: Yb³⁺, Er³⁺ nanoparticles were selectively enhanced on the inverse opal substrates because of the Bragg reflection of the photonic band gap. Additionally, the UC emission enhancement of NaYF₄: Yb³⁺, Er³⁺ nanoparticles induced by the coupling of metal nanoparticle plasmons and photonic crystal effects was realized on the Ag nanoparticles included in the inverse opal substrate. The present results demonstrated that coupling of Ag nanoparticle with inverse opal photonic crystals provides a useful strategy to enhance UC emission of rare-earth-ion-doped nanoparticles.