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Author Rai, Vineet K

Title Upconverting Nanoparticles From Fundamentals to Applications
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (577 p.)
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Upconversion and Upconverting Nanoparticles -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Frequency Conversion and Its Various Processes -- 1.2.1 Stokes Emission -- 1.2.2 Anti-Stokes Emission -- 1.2.2.1 Ground/Excited-State Absorption (GSA/ESA) -- 1.2.2.2 Energy Transfer Upconversion (ETU) -- 1.2.2.3 Cooperative Luminescence and Cooperative Sensitization Upconversion (CSU) -- 1.2.2.4 Cross-relaxation (CR) and Photon Avalanche (PA) -- 1.3 Transition Metals and Their Properties -- 1.4 Rare Earths and Their Properties
1.4.1 Trivalent Rare-Earth Ions -- 1.4.1.1 Electronic Structure -- 1.4.1.2 Interaction of Rare-Earth Ions -- 1.4.1.3 Dieke Diagram -- 1.4.2 Divalent Rare-Earth Ions -- 1.5 Excitation and De-excitation Processes of Rare Earths in Solid Materials -- 1.5.1 Excitation Processes -- 1.5.1.1 f-f Transition -- 1.5.1.2 f-d Transition -- 1.5.1.3 Charge Transfer Transition -- 1.5.2 Emission Processes -- 1.5.2.1 Emission via Radiative Transitions -- 1.5.2.2 Emission via Nonradiative Transitions -- 1.5.2.3 Energy Transfer Processes -- 1.6 Rate Equations Relevant to UC Mechanism
1.6.1 Rate Equations in a Basic Three-Level System -- 1.6.2 Rate Equation Related to Pump Power-Dependent UC Emission -- 1.7 Theoretical Description of Optical Characteristics of Rare-Earth Ions -- 1.7.1 Judd-Ofelt (J-O) Theory and Calculation of Radiative Parameters -- 1.7.2 Nephelauxetic Effect -- 1.8 An Introduction to Upconverting Nanoparticles -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 Synthesis Protocol of Upconversion Nanoparticles -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Host Matrix -- 2.3 Synthetic Strategy of UC Nanomaterials -- 2.3.1 Solid-State Reaction Technique
2.3.2 Coprecipitation Technique -- 2.3.3 Sol-Gel Technique -- 2.3.4 Hydro(solvo)thermal Technique -- 2.3.5 Combustion Technique -- 2.3.6 Thermolysis Technique -- 2.3.6.1 Thermolysis in OA-Based Mixed Solvents -- 2.3.6.2 Thermolysis in OM-Based Mixed Solvents -- 2.3.6.3 Thermolysis in TOPO-Based Mixed Solvents -- 2.3.7 Microwave-Assisted Synthesis Technique -- 2.4 Synthesis Techniques for Fabricating Core@shell Architectures -- 2.4.1 Solid-Phase Reaction -- 2.4.2 Liquid-Phase Reaction -- 2.4.2.1 Stöber Technique -- 2.4.2.2 Microemulsion Technique -- 2.4.3 Gas-Phase Reaction
2.4.4 Mechanical Mixing -- 2.5 Other Synthesis Strategies to Develop Lanthanide-Doped UCNPs -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Characterization Techniques and Analysis -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) -- 3.3 X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) -- 3.4 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) -- 3.5 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) -- 3.6 Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS) -- 3.7 Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) -- 3.8 Ultraviolet-Visible-Near-Infrared (UV-Vis-NIR) Absorption Spectroscopy -- 3.9 Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)
Notes Description based upon print version of record
3.10 Photoluminescence (PL) Study
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