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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 6, Issue 59, Pages 53698-53704Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra07106f
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), India under DST-INSPIRE faculty scheme
- Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), India
- Center for International Mobility (CIMO), Finland
- Doctoral Network for Materials Research at Abo Akademi University
- Academy of Finland [260599]
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Rare earth, Yb3+/Ho3+ doped NaYF4 nanophosphors showed augmentation of visible green and red light emission by the introduction of Mn2+ as a co-dopant. Nanophosphors were characterized for their morphology and upconversion (UC) fluorescence, as a function of co-dopant concentration. The effect of Mn2+ doping has been investigated to explore the UC mechanism of the phosphors. With the introduction of Mn2+, the intensity of all the emission bands was increased, in particular the red band, which was most significant at 40 mol% doping. A possible mechanism for the enhancement of the red emission has been proposed. The prepared UC nanoparticles were functionalized with polyethylene glycol-polyethylene imine co-polymer to make them water dispersible and successfully applied for cancer cell imaging.
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