Plasmonic Enhancement and Polarization Dependence of Nonlinear Upconversion Emissions from Single Gold Nanorod@SiO2@CaF2:Yb3+,Er3+ Hybrid Core-Shell-Satellite Nanostructures

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26620%2F16%3APU121165" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26620/16:PU121165 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.nature.com/lsa/journal/v6/n5/full/lsa2016217a.html" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/lsa/journal/v6/n5/full/lsa2016217a.html</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2016.217" target="_blank" >10.1038/lsa.2016.217</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Plasmonic Enhancement and Polarization Dependence of Nonlinear Upconversion Emissions from Single Gold Nanorod@SiO2@CaF2:Yb3+,Er3+ Hybrid Core-Shell-Satellite Nanostructures

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) have recently become an attractive nonlinear fluorescence material for use in bioimaging because of their tunable spectral characteristics and exceptional photostability. Plasmonic materials are often introduced into the vicinity of UCNCs to increase their emission intensity by means of enlarging the absorption cross-section and accelerating the radiative decay rate. Moreover, plasmonic nanostructures (e.g., gold nanorods, GNRs) can also influence the polarization state of the UC fluorescence - an effect that is of fundamental importance for fluorescence polarization-based imaging methods that has not been discussed previously. To study this effect, we synthesized GNR@SiO2@CaF2:Yb3+,Er3+ hybrid core-shell-satellite nanostructures with precise control over the thickness of the SiO2 shell. We evaluated the shell thickness-dependent plasmonic enhancement of the emission intensity in ensemble and studied the plasmonic modulation of the emission polarization at the single-particle level. The hybrid plasmonic UC nanostructures with an optimal shell thickness exhibit an improved bioimaging performance compared with bare UCNCs, and we observed a polarized nature of the light at both UC emission bands, which stems from the relationship between the excitation polarization and GNR orientation. We used electrodynamic simulations combined with Förster resonance energy transfer theory to fully explain the observed effect. Our results provide extensive insights into how the coherent interaction between the emission dipoles of UCNCs and the plasmonic dipoles of the GNR determines the emission polarization state in various situations and thus open the way to the accurate control of the UC emission anisotropy for a wide range of bioimaging and biosensing applications.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Plasmonic Enhancement and Polarization Dependence of Nonlinear Upconversion Emissions from Single Gold Nanorod@SiO2@CaF2:Yb3+,Er3+ Hybrid Core-Shell-Satellite Nanostructures

Popis výsledku anglicky

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNCs) have recently become an attractive nonlinear fluorescence material for use in bioimaging because of their tunable spectral characteristics and exceptional photostability. Plasmonic materials are often introduced into the vicinity of UCNCs to increase their emission intensity by means of enlarging the absorption cross-section and accelerating the radiative decay rate. Moreover, plasmonic nanostructures (e.g., gold nanorods, GNRs) can also influence the polarization state of the UC fluorescence - an effect that is of fundamental importance for fluorescence polarization-based imaging methods that has not been discussed previously. To study this effect, we synthesized GNR@SiO2@CaF2:Yb3+,Er3+ hybrid core-shell-satellite nanostructures with precise control over the thickness of the SiO2 shell. We evaluated the shell thickness-dependent plasmonic enhancement of the emission intensity in ensemble and studied the plasmonic modulation of the emission polarization at the single-particle level. The hybrid plasmonic UC nanostructures with an optimal shell thickness exhibit an improved bioimaging performance compared with bare UCNCs, and we observed a polarized nature of the light at both UC emission bands, which stems from the relationship between the excitation polarization and GNR orientation. We used electrodynamic simulations combined with Förster resonance energy transfer theory to fully explain the observed effect. Our results provide extensive insights into how the coherent interaction between the emission dipoles of UCNCs and the plasmonic dipoles of the GNR determines the emission polarization state in various situations and thus open the way to the accurate control of the UC emission anisotropy for a wide range of bioimaging and biosensing applications.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10302 - Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LQ1601" target="_blank" >LQ1601: CEITEC 2020</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Light: Science and Applications

ISSN

2047-7538

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

6

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CN - Čínská lidová republika

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

1-11

Kód UT WoS článku

000402396600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85028939959