Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL
Volume 331, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2021.113014
Keywords
Phosphors; Upconversion; Phosphates; Photodynamic therapy
Funding
- South African National Research Foundation [CPR20110724000021870]
- National Laser Centre of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research [NLC-LREGM00-CON-001]
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Er3+-Yb3+ co-doped Ba-5(PO4)(3)OH nanoparticle powder phosphors were successfully synthesized by urea combustion method, showing considerable photodynamic therapy activity and upconverted red emission due to non-radiative energy transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+ in the proposed mechanism of upconversion photoluminescence.
Er3+-Yb3+ co-doped Ba-5(PO4)(3)OH nanoparticle powder phosphors were successfully synthesized by urea combustion method. The resulting powder phosphors were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), high resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). XRD data confirmed crystallization of pure hexagonal phase of Ba-5(PO4)(3)OH and HRSEM images showed formation of ellipsoidal particles. XPS data combined with EDS analysis confirmed the materials composition that corresponds with identification of all the chemical elements constituting the materials. The in vitro dark cytotoxicity of the particles confirmed lack of cytocidal behaviour in the absence of light, but considerable photodynamic therapy (PDT) activity was observed upon illumination. Upon excitation using a 980 nm laser, multiple emission peaks in the green and red regions corresponding to the optical transitions of Er3+ ion were observed. Upon co-doping with Yb3+, upconverted red emission was detected and this was attributable to non-radiative energy transfer from Yb3+ to Er3+. The proposed mechanism of upconversion photoluminescence is discussed. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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