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- Title
A luminescent view of the clickable assembly of LnF3 nanoclusters.
- Authors
Zhou, Jie; Wei, Yang; Pan, Yue; Wang, Yue; Yuan, Ze; Zhang, Fan; Song, Hao; Yue, Jingyi; Su, Haiquan; Xie, Xiaoji; Huang, Ling
- Abstract
Nanoclusters (NCs) bridge the gap between atoms and nanomaterials in not only dimension but also physicochemical properties. Precise chemical and structural control, as well as clear understanding of formation mechanisms, have been important to fabricate NCs with high performance in optoelectronics, catalysis, nanoalloys, and energy conversion and harvesting. Herein, taking advantage of the close chemical properties of Ln3+ (Ln = Eu, Nd, Sm, Gd, etc.) and Gd3+–Eu3+ energy transfer ion-pair, we report a clickable LnF3 nanoparticle assembly strategy allowing reliable fabrication of diversely structured NCs, including single-component, dimeric, core-shelled/core-shell-shelled, and reversely core-shelled/core-shell-shelled, particularly with synergized optical functionalities. Moreover, the purposely-embedded dual luminescent probes offer great superiority for in situ and precise tracking of tiny structural variations and energy transfer pathways within complex nanoarchitectures. Precisely controlling the chemical composition and structure of nanoclusters is an ongoing challenge. Here, the authors report a clickable assembly strategy to construct widely varied lanthanide nanoclusters with synergized optical functionalities.
- Subjects
RARE earth metals; LUMINESCENT probes; ENERGY harvesting; ENERGY transfer; CHEMICAL properties; ENERGY conversion
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-021-23176-y