Ostwald-ripening and particle size focussing of sub-10 nm NaYF4 upconversion nanocrystals
Autor(en): | Rinkel, Thorben Nordmann, Joerg Raj, Athira Naduviledathu Haase, Markus |
Stichwörter: | BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; EMISSION; FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; HEXAGONAL-PHASE; INFRARED EXCITATION; LUMINESCENCE; Materials Science; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; NAYF4-YB,ER; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; Physics; Physics, Applied; Science & Technology - Other Topics; TRANSPARENT; UPCONVERTING NANOCRYSTALS | Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 | Herausgeber: | ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY | Journal: | NANOSCALE | Volumen: | 6 | Ausgabe: | 23 | Startseite: | 14523 | Seitenende: | 14530 | Zusammenfassung: | We have studied the growth behaviour of sub-10 nm NaYF4 upconversion nanocrystals of the hexagonal beta-phase and the cubic alpha-phase. Ostwald-ripening of such particles in oleic acid/octadecene solvent results in broadening of the particle size distribution if the colloid contains particles of one crystal phase only. Narrow size distributions are formed only if beta-phase particles grow in the presence of an excess of alpha-phase particles. Such binary mixtures of alpha-phase and beta-phase particles form intrinsically when colloids of alpha-phase particles are heated for a sufficiently long time, because seeds of the beta-phase nucleate in the solution after some time at high temperatures. Since the number of seeds determines the final size of the beta-phase product, control of the nucleation is crucial for controlling the final particle size. We show that the number of beta-phase seeds strongly depends on the composition of the alpha-phase known to form solid solutions Na1-xYF4-x in the range from x = 0 to x = 4/9. Sodium-deficient alpha-phase particles form a negligible number of beta-phase seeds whereas alpha-phase particles with high sodium content yield a very large number of seeds. By taking advantage of this dependence and modifying the synthesis of the alpha-phase particles accordingly, small phase-pure beta-NaYF4:Yb,Er particles with a size smaller than 6 nm can be prepared in oleic acid/octadecene just as well as much larger particles. |
ISSN: | 20403364 | DOI: | 10.1039/c4nr03833a |
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