Optical characterization of gold and Er3+:Y 2 O 3 nanoparticles for biosensor applications
SPIE ProceedingsGenetically Engineered and Optical Probes for Biomedical Applications IV(2007)
摘要
Highly luminescent nanoparticles, such as, trivalent erbium-doped yttrium-oxide, Er 3+ :Y 2 O 3 , are expected to have a wide
range of applications, including imaging, range finding, flash lidar, and other remote-sensing possibilities as well as
medical applications. These particles are synthesized by the precipitation from a homogeneous solution of the metal ions
and urea at elevated temperatures. The morphology of the calcinated materials, revealed through SEM, shows uniformly
spherical aggregates 200 nm or less depending on the ratio of the metal ions in the initial solution. Room temperature
optical absorption and emission spectra show that the trivalent erbium ions in Er 3+ :Y 2 O 3 nanocrystals possess sharp
absorption lines and strong emission in near infrared region that are characteristic of Er 3+ :Y 2 O 3 grown as large single
crystals. Low temperature (8 K) spectra obtained from these particles were analyzed in detail for the crystal-field
splitting of the 2S+1 L J multiplet manifolds of Er 3+ (4f 11 ) including the ground-state manifold 4 I 15/2 , and excited manifolds 4 I 9/2 , 4 F 9/2 , 4 S 3/2 , 2 H 11/2 , 4 F 7/2 , 4 F 5/2 , and 4 F 3/2 . Fluorescence lifetimes and results from an analysis of the intensities of
manifold-to-manifold transitions are also reported. Similarity of the nanocrystalline and large single crystal Er 3+ :Y 2 O 3 ,
we propose that the simple, inexpensive method described in this study will lead to further investigation of these
nanocrystals for their optical properties, especially in the near infrared region of the spectrum.
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