• DocumentCode
    1994458
  • Title

    Mechanisms of size-dependent lifetime quenching in luminescent upconverting colloidal NaYF4:Yb, Er nanocrystals

  • Author

    Zhao, Jiangbo ; Piper, James A. ; Dawes, Judith M. ; Jin, Dayong ; Goldys, Ewa M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astronom, Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    384
  • Lastpage
    386
  • Abstract
    Upconversion decay rates in colloidal NaYF4:Yb, Er nanocrystals for biolabelling depend on nanoparticle size. Lifetime dependence on various quenching mechanisims is explained using rate equations to describe the evolution of upconverting green and red luminescence.
  • Keywords
    erbium; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; radiation quenching; sodium compounds; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; biolabelling; lfetime dependence; luminescent upconverting colloidal nanocrystals; rate equations; red luminescence; size-dependent lifetime quenching; upconversion decay rates; upconverting green luminescence; Fluorescence; Green products; Mathematical model; Nanocrystals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194145
  • Filename
    6194145