A biological nano-thermometer based on ratiometric luminescent Er3+/Yb3+-codoped NaGd(WO4)2 nanocrystals

Ning Yuan; Da-Yu Liu; Xiao-Chen Yu; Hong-Xue Sun; Cheng-Guo Ming; Wing-Han Wong; Feng Song; Dao-Yin Yu; Edwin Yue-Bun Pun; De-Long Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2018.02.007

A biological nano-thermometer based on ratiometric luminescent Er³⁺/Yb³⁺-codoped NaGd(WO₄)₂ nanocrystals

Ning Yuan
, Da-Yu Liu
, Xiao-Chen Yu
, Hong-Xue Sun
, Cheng-Guo Ming
, Wing-Han Wong
, Feng Song
, Dao-Yin Yu
, Edwin Yue-Bun Pun
, De-Long Zhang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report a nano-thermometer based on ratiometric method of green 530 and 550 nm luminescence of Er³⁺/Yb³⁺-codoped NaGd(WO₄)₂ nanocrystals for temperature sensing of biological tissues and cells. The thermometer has simple structure and displays excellent sensing performance with a relative sensitivity 1.2% K^-1, a thermal resolution 0.5 K at the physiological temperature 310 K, and a large signal-to-noise ratio. In parallel, the luminescence temperature characteristics were also studied by a spectrometer, and consistent results were obtained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	337-340
Journal	Materials Letters
Volume	218
Online published	3 Feb 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.02.007
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2018

Research Keywords

Sensors
Nanocrystalline materials
Luminescence
Thermal properties
UP-CONVERTED LUMINESCENCE
LOW-COST
TEMPERATURE
GLASS
NANOTHERMOMETERS
PHOSPHOR
COMPACT
SENSOR

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