Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 12, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano12172972
Keywords
lanthanides; rare earth; nanocrystals; hydrothermal synthesis; rare earth; nanoparticles; microparticles; crystal growth mechanism; NaYF4
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- Fellowship of President of Russia [MD-1191.2022.1.3]
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Two series of Ln(3+)-doped β-NaYF4 nanoparticles were synthesized via a hydrothermal method, showing well-defined morphology and size. The composition and shape were influenced by the type of lanthanide ion.
Two series of beta-NaYF4:Ln(3+) nanoparticles (Ln = La-Nd, Sm-Lu) containing 20 at. % and 40 at. % of Ln(3+) with well-defined morphology and size were synthesized via a facile citric-acid-assisted hydrothermal method using rare-earth chlorides as the precursors. The materials were composed from the particles that have a shape of uniform hexagonal prisms with an approximate size of 80-1100 nm. The mean diameter of NaYF4:Ln(3+) crystals non-monotonically depended on the lanthanide atomic number and the minimum size was observed for Gd3+-doped materials. At the same time, the unit cell parameters decreased from La to Lu according to XRD data analysis. The diameter-to-length ratio increased from La to Lu in both studied series. The effect of the doping lanthanide(III) ion nature on particle size and shape was explained in terms of crystal growth dynamics. This study reports the correlation between the nanoparticle morphologies and the type and content of doping lanthanide ions. The obtained results shed light on the understanding of intrinsic factors' effect on structural features of the nanocrystalline materials.
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