Fabrication of Au-Ag nanocage@NaYF₄@NaYF₄:Yb,Er Core-Shell Hybrid and its Tunable Upconversion Enhancement.

ABSTRACT: Localized electric filed enhancement by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of noble metal nanoparticles is an effective method to amplify the upconversion luminescence (UCL) strength of upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), whereas the highly effective UCL enhancement of UCNPs in colloids has not been realized until now. Here, we designed and fabricated the colloidal Au-Ag nanocage@NaYF₄@NaYF₄:Yb,Er core-shell hybrid with different intermediate thickness (NaYF₄) and tunable SPR peaks from visible wavelength region to NIR region. After the optimization of the intermediate spacer thickness (~7.5 nm) of NaYF₄ NPs and the SPR peak (~950 nm) of noble metal nanoparticles, an optimum enhancement as high as ~25 folds was obtained. Systematic investigation ind

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5247729 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature