Neodymium(III) doped fluoride nanoparticles as non-contact optical temperature sensors

Dominika Wawrzynczyk; Artur Bednarkiewicz; Marcin Nyk; Wieslaw Strek; Marek Samoc

doi:10.1039/c2nr32203j

Neodymium(III) doped fluoride nanoparticles as non-contact optical temperature sensors

Nanoscale. 2012 Nov 21;4(22):6959-61. doi: 10.1039/c2nr32203j.

Authors

Dominika Wawrzynczyk¹, Artur Bednarkiewicz, Marcin Nyk, Wieslaw Strek, Marek Samoc

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.

PMID: 23072978
DOI: 10.1039/c2nr32203j

Abstract

We report that non-contact optical temperature sensing can be achieved with the use of heavily Nd(3+) doped NaYF(4) nanoparticles. The temperature evaluation can be realized either by monitoring the absolute luminescence intensity or by measuring the intensity ratio of the two Stark components of the (4)F(3/2) multiplet in the Nd(3+) ions.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't