Bioinspired CS@PAN Electrospun Fibrous Aerogels with Vertical Capsule Vessels for Self-Feedback Temperature Sensing

Xianghui Kong, Yue Li, Lifan Shen*, Jianming An, Edwin Yue Bun Pun, Hai Lin*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Unconventional sensors with characteristics of portability, safety, remote manipulation, and high spatiotemproal resolution are highly desirable to detect varied temperature under specific conditions such as local temperature fields of the microenvironment. Herein, a 3D high-performance optical thermometry platform driven by the up-conversion green fluorescence of Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped electrospun fibrous aerogels is developed. The system simply consists of polycrystalline-encapsulated (Y1-x-yErxYby)2O2S/polyacrylonitrile (YOS-EY/PAN) electrospun fibers and chitosan (CS). The flexible fibers form a hierarchically ordered bionic cellular structure through bio-based cross-linking, which avoids toxic chemical cross-linking. Additionally, the intense green emission is ascribed to 2H-11/2/4S3/2 -> 4I15/2 transitions, as the main indicator to determine the relative sensitivity of 1.22% K-1 at 303 K. More importantly, multipoint dispersed lanthanide (Ln) between cell walls confers stronger temperature sensing capability to aerogels. The successful strategy provides insights for the development of luminescence thermometry and opens a window for multidimensional temperature sensing. © 2022 American Chemical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3714-3723
JournalACS Applied Electronic Materials
Volume4
Issue number7
Online published6 Jul 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jul 2022

Funding

This work is supported by the Scientific Research Funding Project from the Educational Department of Liaoning Province, P. R. China (grant no. J2020047), the CityU Strategic Grant (grant no. 7005646) and the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China (grant no. City U 11219819).

Research Keywords

  • (Y1−x−yErxYy)2O2S/polyacrylonitrile
  • electrospun fibrous aerogels
  • capsule space
  • optical temperature sensing
  • fluorescence intensity ratio

RGC Funding Information

  • RGC-funded

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