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A novel wide temperature range and multi-mode optical thermometer based on bi-functional nanocrystal-doped glass ceramics

Journal

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C
Volume 6, Issue 37, Pages 9932-9940

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8tc03642j

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Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61475047, 51772101]
  2. National Key R&D Program of China [YS2018YFB110012]
  3. Guangdong Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars [S2014A030306045]
  4. Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province [2017A010103037]
  5. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
  6. Program for Innovative Research Teams at the University of the Ministry of Education of China [IRT_17R38]

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Novel nanocomposite glass ceramics (GCs), containing bi-functional NaYF4:Yb3+/RE3+(RE3+ = Er3+, Nd3+) and NaAlSiO4:Cr3+ nanocrystals, were synthesized by a melt-quenching process and subsequent heat-treatment. XRD and TEM results indicate that two types of nanocrystals, NaYF4 and NaAlSiO4, disperse homogeneously in the glass matrix. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra and lifetime measurements demonstrate that RE3+ and Cr3+ ions selectively enter into the precipitated NaYF4 and NaAlSiO4 nanocrystals, respectively, after crystallization, which restrains the potential energy transfer (ET) between the rare earth (RE) and transition metal (TM) ions. Significantly, there are three modes to carry out the optical thermometry based on the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) from two thermally coupled levels of Nd3+, the FIR from the Cr-Nd non-thermally coupled system and the fluorescence lifetime of Cr3+. Compared to standard temperature sensors based on a single mode technique, the Yb3+/Nd3+/Cr3+ codoped oxyfluoride GCs, with excellent sensitivity and high precision, open up a new path in the optical thermometry field.

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