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Manipulating energy migration in nanoparticles toward tunable photochromic upconversion

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  • Jinshu Huang

    (South China University of Technology
    South China University of Technology)

  • Langping Tu

    (Changchun University of Science and Technology)

  • Haozhang Huang

    (South China University of Technology)

  • Haopeng Wei

    (South China University of Technology)

  • Qinyuan Zhang

    (South China University of Technology)

  • Bo Zhou

    (South China University of Technology)

Abstract

Smart control of energy interactions plays a key role in manipulating upconversion dynamics and tuning emission colors for lanthanide-doped materials. However, quantifying the energy flux in particular energy migration in the representative sensitizer-activator coupled upconversion system has remained a challenge. Here we report a conceptual model to examine the energy flux in a single nanoparticle by designing an interfacial energy transfer mediated nanostructure. We show that energy migration indeed occurs simultaneously with energy transfer in a sensitizer-activator system and the competition between them can be quantified by proposing a characteristic ratio parameter. Moreover, this model is also able to realize the color-switchable photochromic upconversion by temporal control of up-transition processes. These findings offer a deep insight into the understanding of upconversion dynamics and provide a versatile approach to manipulating the energy flux in nanostructures with tunable emission colors, showing great promise in applications of logic operation and information security.

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  • Jinshu Huang & Langping Tu & Haozhang Huang & Haopeng Wei & Qinyuan Zhang & Bo Zhou, 2024. "Manipulating energy migration in nanoparticles toward tunable photochromic upconversion," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-55258-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55258-y
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