Disclosure of Invention
In order to further solve the defects and the shortcomings of the prior temperature measurement technology, the invention provides a core-shell double-doped nanoparticle material for improving the sensitivity of a non-contact temperature sensor, and a preparation method and application thereof.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
the technical scheme is as follows: the preparation method of the core-shell double-doped up-conversion nanoparticle material for improving the sensitivity of the non-contact temperature sensor comprises the following steps of:
(1) By mixing lanthanide rare earth ions Ln 3+ Magnetically stirring the aqueous solution, stirring to evaporate water in the solution, adding oleic acid and octadecene after the water is completely evaporated, heating to 120 ℃ under the protection of argon for 30min to remove water in OA and ODE, then raising the temperature to 150-160 ℃ for 60min, and cooling to room temperature; the Ln 3+ Is Y 3+ ,Yb 3+ And Tm 3+ The method comprises the steps of carrying out a first treatment on the surface of the Preferably 160 ℃;
(2) Adding NaOH and NH into the solution obtained in the step (1) 4 F, stirring the methanol solution, heating to 100-120 ℃ (preferably 100 ℃) under the protection of argon, after methanol is removed completely, raising the temperature to 280-310 ℃, keeping for 1-2h, and cooling to room temperature to obtain nano particles A; the NaOH and NH 4 F, 5mL of methanol solution;
(3) Washing the obtained nano particles A, and dissolving in cyclohexane to obtain the naYF with the naked core structure 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ A nanoparticle;
(4) By mixing lanthanide rare earth ions Ln 3+ Magnetically stirring the aqueous solution, stirring to evaporate water in the solution, adding oleic acid and octadecene after the water is completely evaporated, heating to 120 ℃ under the protection of argon for 30min, then raising the temperature to 150-160 ℃ (preferably 160 ℃) for 60min, and cooling to room temperature; the Ln 3+ Is Y 3+ ,Yb 3+ And Er 3+ ;
(5) Will contain NaOH and NH 4 Methanol solution of F and bare nuclear structure NaYF dispersed in cyclohexane in step (3) 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ Adding the nano particles into the solution obtained in the step (4), stirring, heating to 100-120 ℃ (preferably 100 ℃) under the protection of argon, after methanol and cyclohexane are removed completely, raising the temperature to 280-310 ℃, keeping for 1-2h, and cooling to room temperature to obtain nano particles B; the NaOH and NH 4 F, 5mL of methanol solution;
(6) Washing the obtained nano particles B, and then vacuum drying for 24 hours to obtain the core-shell NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ And (3) nanoparticles. The drying temperature was 50 ℃.
Further, step (1) said Y 3+ ,Yb 3+ And Tm 3+ Respectively selected from YCl 3 ·6H 2 O、YbCl 3 ·6H 2 O and TmCl 3 ·6H 2 O; step (4) the Y 3+ ,Yb 3+ And Er 3+ Is respectively selected from YCl 3 ·6H 2 O、YbCl 3 ·6H 2 O and ErCl 3 ·6H 2 O。
Further, the Y 3+ ,Yb 3+ And Tm 3+ The molar ratio of (2) is 81.5:18:0.5; the Y is 3+ ,Yb 3+ And Er 3+ The molar ratio of (1.3-81.7) is 18 (0.3-0.7).
Further, the volume ratio of the oleic acid to the octadecene in the step (1) is (3.5-4): 7-8; the volume ratio of the oleic acid to the octadecene in the step (4) is (7-8) to (14-16).
Further, step (2) the Y 3+ With NaOH and NH 4 The molar ratio of F is 1 (3.0-3.1) (4.9-5.0); step (5) the Y 3+ With NaOH and NH 4 F is 1 (3.0-3.1): (4.9-5.0) in terms of molar ratio, Y in this step 3+ The content is Y in the step (4) 3+ The content is as follows.
Further, after the methanol is removed completely in the step (2), the reaction temperature is raised to 300 ℃ and kept for 1.5h; after methanol and cyclohexane are removed completely in the step (4), the reaction temperature is raised to 300 ℃ and maintained for 1.5h.
The washing steps in the step (3) and the step (6) comprise: adding excessive absolute ethyl alcohol into a reaction system, precipitating nano particles, centrifugally separating, removing supernatant, dispersing the obtained nano particles in cyclohexane, then adding absolute ethyl alcohol to wash a product, centrifugally separating, and repeating the steps for three times.
The second technical scheme is as follows: the preparation methodThe obtained core-shell structure NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ Up-converting the nanoparticles.
Further, the Er 3+ The doping mole amount of (2) is 0.3-0.7%.
The technical scheme is as follows: core-shell structure NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ Use of nanoparticles as probes.
Further, the core-shell structure NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ The method for detecting the temperature by using the nanoparticle probe comprises the following steps:
(1) Core-shell NaYF structure 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ The nanoparticle powder is adsorbed on the end face of the optical fiber and used as a temperature sensing probe of the sensor;
(2) Excitation light from the 980nm laser propagates along the fiber to the wavelength division multiplexer;
(3) Excited core-shell NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ The nanoparticle generates up-converted fluorescence that will pass along the fiber through the wavelength division multiplexer and be received by the spectrometer analyzer for analysis;
(4) By recording the up-conversion fluorescence intensity of 700nm and 646nm emission peaks of the probe under the real-time temperature change of 295K to 495K, the standard temperature is taken as the abscissa, and the formula is adopted
The measured temperature is calculated as ordinate and the feasibility of the sensor is evaluated.
The non-contact type core-shell double-doped up-conversion nanoparticle probe disclosed by the invention is high in sensitivity, low in power and capable of being excited by near infrared light, does not cause heat generation or damage of a sample, can be used in the field of accurate temperature measurement, and provides a new thought for a non-contact type optical temperature sensor on a future nanometer scale.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) The raw materials used in the invention are inorganic salts, and toxic gas can not be generated in the preparation process, so that the preparation method is environment-friendly. The prepared nano particles are orderly arranged, have uniform size distribution and no agglomeration phenomenon, and have a shape similar to a hexagonal structure; (2) The invention prepares the optical temperature sensor by the core-shell double-doped nano particles, and the sensitivity of the sensor is very high and obviously higher than most of the prior Tm-based temperature sensors 3+ 、Er 3+ Is a rare earth material; (3) The invention can utilize the fluorescence intensity ratio of 700nm and 646nm of the emission peak, and the maximum absolute sensitivity and the maximum relative sensitivity are respectively up to 0.0250K in the temperature range of 295K-495K -1 And 2.155% K -1 All have higher sensitivity than other thermocouple energy levels, which would have potential application in optical temperature sensors; (4) Adopts a core-shell structure NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ The up-conversion nano particles are used as optical fiber temperature sensors, and the probe material is feasible, reliable and recyclable.
Detailed Description
Various exemplary embodiments of the invention will now be described in detail, which should not be considered as limiting the invention, but rather as more detailed descriptions of certain aspects, features and embodiments of the invention.
It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In addition, for numerical ranges in this disclosure, it is understood that each intermediate value between the upper and lower limits of the ranges is also specifically disclosed. Every smaller range between any stated value or stated range, and any other stated value or intermediate value within the stated range, is also encompassed within the invention. The upper and lower limits of these smaller ranges may independently be included or excluded in the range.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although only preferred methods and materials are described herein, any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention. All documents mentioned in this specification are incorporated by reference for the purpose of disclosing and describing the methods and/or materials associated with the documents. In case of conflict with any incorporated document, the present specification will control.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the specific embodiments of the invention described herein without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. Other embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification of the present invention. The specification and examples are exemplary only.
As used herein, the terms "comprising," "including," "having," "containing," and the like are intended to be inclusive and mean an inclusion, but not limited to.
Example 1:
(1) Preparation of naked core Structure NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticles
YCl with the molar ratio of 81.5:18:0.5 is weighed according to the amount 3 ·6H 2 O、YbCl 3 ·6H 2 O and TmCl 3 ·6H 2 An aqueous solution (1 mL) of O with a total rare earth ion content of 0.5mmol was added to a 50mL flask, the water in the solution was evaporated under stirring with a magnetic stirrer, 3.75mL Oleic Acid (OA) and 7.5mL 1-Octadecene (ODE) were added after the water was completely evaporated, and the mixture was heated to 120℃under argon, and maintained for 30min to remove the water in the OA and ODE. Raising the temperature of the system to 160 ℃, and naturally cooling to room temperature after reacting for 60 min. 5mL of a solution containing 1.25 mmoles of NaOH and 2 mmoles of NH was added dropwise with vigorous stirring 4 F, and vigorously stirring at room temperature for 30min, then raising the system temperature to 100 ℃ under argon atmosphere, and removing the methanol solution from the reaction mixture. And finally, after the methanol is removed completely, rapidly heating to 300 ℃ under the protection of argon, keeping for 1.5h, and stopping heating after the reaction is finished. After the reaction system is naturally cooled to room temperature, precipitating the product with excessive absolute ethyl alcohol, washing the product for multiple times with a mixed solution of absolute ethyl alcohol and cyclohexane, and finally dispersing the reaction product in 4mL of cyclohexane to obtain the naYF with the naked core structure 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticles.
(2) Manufacturing processNaYF with core-shell structure 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (18/xmol%) (x= 0.3,0.5,0.7) nanoparticles
Will contain YCl 3 ·6H 2 O、YbCl 3 ·6H 2 O、ErCl 3 ·6H 2 Adding aqueous solutions (1 mL) with different proportions of O and total rare earth ion content of 0.5mmol into a 50mL flask, stirring and evaporating water in the solution under the action of a magnetic stirrer, adding 7.5mL of Oleic Acid (OA) and 15mL of 1-Octadecene (ODE) after the water is completely evaporated, heating the mixture to 120 ℃ under the protection of argon, and keeping the temperature for 30min to remove the water in the OA and the ODE. The temperature of the system was raised to 160℃and the reaction was continued for 60min until the solution became clear pale yellow, followed by natural cooling to room temperature. NaYF to be dispersed in 4mL of cyclohexane 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ And (3) dripping the bare core nano particles (the product prepared in the step (1)) into the reaction liquid. 5mL of a mixture containing 1.25 mmoles of NaOH and 2 mmoles of NH was added dropwise to the reaction flask with vigorous stirring 4 F, and stirring vigorously at room temperature for 30min, then raising the system temperature to 100 ℃ under the condition of introducing shielding gas argon, and removing methanol and cyclohexane solution in the reaction mixture. And finally, after the methanol and the cyclohexane are removed completely, rapidly heating to 300 ℃ under the protection of argon, keeping for 1.5h, and stopping heating after the reaction is finished. After the reaction system is naturally cooled to room temperature, precipitating the product with excessive absolute ethyl alcohol, washing the product with mixed solution of absolute ethyl alcohol and cyclohexane for multiple times, and finally vacuum drying the reaction product at 50 ℃ for 24 hours to obtain the oil-soluble core-shell NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (18/xmol%) (x= 0.3,0.5,0.7) nanoparticles.
(3) Preparation of shell NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticles
YCl with the molar ratio of 81.5:18:0.5 is weighed according to the amount 3 ·6H 2 O、YbCl 3 ·6H 2 O and ErCl 3 ·6H 2 The total rare earth ion content of O is 0.5mA mol of aqueous solution (1 mL) was added to a 50mL flask, the water in the solution was evaporated under stirring with a magnetic stirrer, after the water had evaporated completely, 3.75mL Oleic Acid (OA) followed by 7.5mL 1-Octadecene (ODE) were added, and the mixture was heated to 120℃under argon protection for 30min to remove the water in OA and ODE. Raising the temperature of the system to 160 ℃, and naturally cooling to room temperature after reacting for 60 min. 5mL of a solution containing 1.25 mmoles of NaOH and 2 mmoles of NH was added dropwise with vigorous stirring 4 F, and vigorously stirring at room temperature for 30min, then raising the system temperature to 100 ℃ under the condition of introducing protective gas, and removing the methanol solution in the reaction mixture. And finally, after the methanol is removed completely, rapidly heating to 300 ℃ under the protection of argon, keeping for 1.5h, and stopping heating after the reaction is finished. After the reaction system is naturally cooled to room temperature, precipitating the product with excessive absolute ethyl alcohol, washing the product for multiple times with a mixed solution of absolute ethyl alcohol and cyclohexane, and finally dispersing the reaction product in 4mL of cyclohexane to obtain the shell-structured NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ And (3) nanoparticles.
(4) Core-shell double-doped up-conversion nanoparticle material for improving sensitivity of non-contact temperature sensor and application method of core-shell double-doped up-conversion nanoparticle material
The core-shell double-doped up-conversion nanoparticle powder in the
step 2 is adsorbed on the end face of the optical fiber and is used as a temperature sensing probe of the sensor. The excitation light of the 980nm laser propagates along the fiber to the wavelength division multiplexer. The excited nanoparticles produce up-converted fluorescence that will travel along the fiber through the wavelength division multiplexer and be received by the spectrometer analyzer for analysis. The fluorescence intensity was recorded by recording the up-conversion of the 700nm and 646nm emission peaks of the probe at real-time temperature changes of 295K to 495K. Establishing a temperature sensing relation, namely
The measured temperature is calculated and compared with a standard temperature to evaluate the feasibility of the application.
The performance of the nanoparticles prepared in example 1 was tested, and FIG. 1 (a) is a graph showing the bare core-structured and core-shell structured nanoparticles prepared in examples 1-2XRD pattern, (b) is an XRD locally enlarged pattern of the crystal face of the nanoparticle (201). As can be seen from the figure, the partitions are doped with different Tm 3+ And Er 3+ Content of core-shell NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ After the nanoparticle samples are dried, X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterization is carried out on the nanoparticle samples, and the diffraction positions of all the samples can be seen from a characterization chart to correspond to the diffraction peak positions in the JDGDS standard card NO. 28-1192. Zoning Tm doping in core shells 3+ And Er 3+ No impurity peak is generated. Nor destroy any original NaYF 4 This indicates that pure beta-phase NaYF is obtained 4 . To further demonstrate that the resulting samples were core-shell structured nanoparticles. As shown in fig. 1 (b), the XRD pattern corresponding to the (201) crystal plane is selected for local amplification, according to bragg equation, 2dsin θ=kλ, where d is the interplanar spacing, θ is the diffraction angle, k is a positive integer, and λ is the wavelength of X-ray. After coating the shell, the diffraction angle θ corresponding to the (201) crystal plane is shifted to a small angle, and k and λ are unchanged, so d value becomes large, which indicates that the crystal lattice expands. This is due to the fact that after coating the shell, the nanoparticles grow outwardly in the core layer, resulting in lattice expansion. Notably, the ion Er emits light with the shell layer 3+ The diffraction angle is continuously shifted towards a small angle as the content of Er increases, which indicates that 3+ Is increased in content of the nanoparticles, the crystal lattice of the nanoparticles expands further, thereby causing a luminescence center Tm 3+ And Er 3+ The symmetry of the nearby crystal field is damaged, the transition probability of the space forbidden resistances 4f-4f is improved, and the up-conversion luminescence is enhanced.
FIGS. 2 (a), (d) are bare core NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ (18/0.5 mol%) and core-shell NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3 + (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ As can be seen from the transmission electron microscope image of the (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticle sample, the nanoparticles with a bare core structure or a core-shell structure are orderly arranged, no agglomeration phenomenon exists, and the morphology is similar to a hexagonal structure. The morphology and uniformity of other samples are similar. High heightThe resolved TEM image shows that the interplanar spacing between the bare core structure (b) and the core-shell structure (e) is 0.52nm, corresponding to NaYF
4 The (110) crystal face of the nano-particles shows that the synthesized nano-particles have good crystallinity, and the particle size and Zeta potential analyzer characterize NaYF
4 The particle size distribution of the nanoparticle sample is shown in the figures (c) and (f), and the hydration kinetic diameter d of the sample can be seen
1 =21.35±1.68nm,d
2 = 36.56 ±4.26nm, and the particle size was small. According to the Debye-scheler formula,
the particle size of the nanoparticle can be calculated from the half-width of the XRD strongest diffraction peak, where k=0.89 is Scherrer constant, λ= 0.154056nm is the wavelength of cukα rays, B
M Is the half-width of the diffraction peak, and θ is the bragg angle corresponding to the maximum diffraction peak. The average crystal sizes were thus estimated to be 18-24nm and 33-42nm, respectively, further indicating agreement with the particle size measured by the particle size analyzer.
FIG. 3 is a TEM spectrum of the upconversion nanoparticle, and from the graph, the surface scanning distribution diagram of each doping element of F, Y, yb, tm, er is clearly seen, and the distribution of each element is uniform, which again shows that the core-shell structure NaYF is successfully synthesized 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (18/0.5 mol%) of upconverting nanoparticles.
It can be seen from FIGS. 4 (a), 4 (i) that the synthesized nanoparticles emit intense blue and green light, tm
3+ The emission peak of (C) is mainly concentrated near 475nm, corresponding to
1 G
4 →
3 H
6 Energy level transition; er (Er)
3+ The emission peak of (C) is mainly concentrated near 538nm, corresponding to
4 S
3/2 →
4 I
15/2 Energy level transitions. According to the luminous intensity (I
UC ) And 980nm laser power density (P)
NIR ) The relationship of (3) is known,
i.e. I
UC And P
NIR Is proportional to the power n, where n represents the absorption of 980nm near red by a photon emitted by the upconversion luminescence processPhoton number of external light. Tm (Tm)
3+ And Er
3+ The dependence of the fluorescence intensity of the radiative transitions on the power density is shown in fig. 4 (g), and as can be seen from the results of the linear fitting,
1 G
4 →
3 H
6 、
4 S
3/2 →
4 I
15/2 the energy level transition n values are 2.10 and 1.92, respectively, indicating that the energy level is Tm
3+ Three-photon absorption process and Er of (2)
3+ Two-photon absorption process of (a). In order to realize multiphoton up-conversion emission, the invention selects 18 percent Yb
3+ And 0.5% Tm
3+ The nano particles of the inner core are synthesized according to the proportion of the blue-green color (figure 4 c), and 18 percent of Yb is selected
3+ And 0.5% Er
3+ Is used for synthesizing the nano particles of the shell layer. As can be seen from FIG. 4 (b), the core-shell NaYF structure
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ @NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ Nanoparticle fluorescence intensity ratio bare core structure NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ About 7 times stronger, the shell layer overcomes the surface defect of the core nanoparticle after being coated with an active shell, so that the fluorescent intensity of the core-shell nanoparticle is stronger than that of the nanoparticle with a bare core structure. Also of note is NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ As a shell layer of the core-shell structure, naYF with a bare core structure
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ In contrast, there are also surface defects, but as can be seen from fig. 4 (b), the fluorescence intensity is about 4 times stronger than that of the bare core structure. This is due to the bare core structure NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ Specific surface area of nanoparticle to shell NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ The surface relative atomic number is increased, so that the surface atomic coordination is insufficient, unsaturated bonds and dangling bonds are increased, the surface effect can cause large surface energy and activity of the nano particles, further cause the surface electron transportation and structure change of the nano particles, and simultaneously cause the surface electron spin phenomenon and the electron energy spectrum change, thereby generating nonlinear optical effect, increasing non-radiative transition and reducing fluorescence intensity. This indicates a core-shell structure NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ @NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ Nanoparticles have tremendous potential in fluorescence imagingIs used for the application of the composition. Core-shell NaYF structure
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ (18/xmol%) (x=0.3/0.5/0.7%) the fluorescence spectrum of the nanoparticle is shown in fig. 4 (d), and Tm can be seen in combination with fig. 4 (e) and 4 (h)
3+ Fluorescence intensity of 475nm of main emission peak of Er
3+ Is reduced by increasing the content of Er
3+ The main emission peak 538nm fluorescence intensity is along with Er
3+ Is increased by increasing the content of (2). This is due to the following Er
3+ The increase of the content promotes more electrons to be distributed in the two-photon transition
4 S
3/2 Energy level, thereby greatly increasing
4 S
3/2 →
4 I
15/2 Radiation transition such that Er
3+ And the main emission peak 538nm fluorescence is enhanced. In contrast, when the shell sensitizer ion Yb
3+ After absorbing 980nm excitation light, most of the excitation light is transmitted to shell luminescent ions Er through energy transfer
3+ Thereby reducing Yb from the shell layer
3+ To nuclear layer Yb
3+ Energy transfer process leading to nuclear layer luminescent ions Tm
3+ Receipt of sensitizer Yb
3+ The energy of the ions is continuously reduced such that Tm
3+ The fluorescence intensity of 475nm, which is the main emission peak of (C), becomes weak. As can be seen from FIG. 4 (f), when Er
3+ At a doping concentration of 0.3mol%, the sample emits blue light; when Er
3+ At a doping concentration of 0.7mol%, the sample emits green light; however, when Er
3+ At a doping concentration of 0.5mol%, the luminescence color of the sample is between blue and green light, and the fluorescence intensity is relatively strong. Therefore, the invention selects Er
3+ The sample with a doping concentration of 0.5mol% was further investigated for its temperature sensing properties.
As can be seen from fig. 5 (a) and (c), the core-shell nanoparticles each have a longer fluorescence lifetime than the bare core nanoparticles. Furthermore, as can be seen from FIG. 5 (b), as Er
3+ When the doping concentration is increased from 0.3mol% to 0.7mol%, the luminescence center Tm
3+ In (a)
1 G
4 The lifetime of the energy level gradually decreases, reaching 0.68ms at 0.5mol%, however, as can be seen from FIG. 5 (d), the luminescence center Er
3+ In (a)
4 S
3/2 The lifetime of the energy level increases gradually, reaching 0.30ms at 0.5 mol%. According to the fluorescence lifetime formula,
wherein k is
F A decay constant, Σk, representing the fluorescence emission rate
i Representing the decay constants of the various radiation processes. For the 475nm blue emission peak, due to the Er-dependent peak
3+ An increase in the doping amount, the luminescence center Tm
3+ The probability of a radiative transition is reduced such that the probability of a non-radiative transition is increased, thereby resulting in Σk
i And the fluorescence lifetime is reduced. While the opposite is true for the 538nm green emission peak, resulting in an increase in fluorescence lifetime. Therefore, the invention selects the core-shell structure NaYF with moderate fluorescence life of 475nm and 538nm both of blue-green emission peaks
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticles were studied further.
Table 1 shows the sensitivity comparisons of the different samples, and table 2 shows the provenance of each material.
TABLE 1 sensitivity comparison of different samples
Table 2 items 1-9 material provenance
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The FIR temperature measurement technology needs to meet two conditions, namely that the fluorescence intensity of radiation transition is large enough to avoid the influence of optical noise on temperature measurement; the second is that the change trend of fluorescence intensity of two energy levels downward transition is opposite, and the energy level difference between them is about 200cm
-1 -2000cm
-1 Between them. As is clear from fig. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the 646nm emission peak fluorescence intensity gradually decreases and the 700nm fluorescence intensity gradually increases with increasing temperature. And by calculation, tm
3+ The energy level difference between the light-emitting center wavelength of 700nm and 646nm is 1255cm
-1 Meets the requirements of thermal coupling energy level. This indicates a core-shell structure NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ @NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ Nanoparticles can be used for sensitive temperature measurement. According to the formula of fluorescence intensity ratio of electron transition radiation of two thermally coupled energy levels from high energy level to low energy level,
wherein FIR is fluorescence intensity ratio, delta E is energy corresponding to energy level difference, k is Boltzmann constant, and T is Kelvin temperature. A linear fit of the logarithm of the fluorescence intensity ratio between 700nm and 646nm to the reciprocal of the temperature gave a good result as shown in FIG. 6 (c). The synthesized nano particles are shown to have unique advantages in the aspect of temperature sensing. From the mathematical definition of sensitivity, +.>
S
A For absolute sensitivity, S
R For relative sensitivity, FIR is the fluorescence intensity ratio, ΔE is the energy corresponding to the energy level difference, k is the Boltzmann constant, and T is the Kelvin temperature. The fitted curve is shown in 6 (d), and it is known that in the temperature measuring range from 295K to 495K, the sample is excited by 980nm laser and applied to the absolute sensitivity curve and the relative sensitivity curve obtained by the FIR temperature measuring technology, the absolute sensitivity curve monotonically increases along with the temperature rise, and the relative sensitivity curve monotonically decreases along with the temperature rise. Core-shell NaYF structure
4 :Yb
3 + /Tm
3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticles
3 F
3 →
3 H
6 (700 nm) and
1 G
4 →
3 F
4 the maximum absolute sensitivity of the (646 nm) thermally coupled energy level pair reaches 0.0250K at 495K
-1 Maximum relative sensitivity reaches 2.155% K at 295K
-1 . FIG. 6 (e) shows that the FIR cycle repeatability is good and the FIR at each temperature point tends to be stable, indicating that it is sensitive in rising and falling temperaturesAnd (5) responding. On the one hand, as can be seen from Table 1, the material of the present invention is more based on Tm than the current society
3+ And Er
3+ The absolute sensitivity of the material is high; on the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, different thermocouple energy levels are applied to temperature measurement, and the temperature measurement sensitivity is different, and it is worth mentioning that the ratio is that
2 H
11/2 →
4 I
15/2 (520 nm) and
4 S
3/2 →
4 I
15/2 the absolute sensitivity of the (538 nm) energy level pair is an order of magnitude higher than
3 F
3 →
3 H
6 (700 nm) and
3 H
4 →
3 H
6 the absolute sensitivity of the (800 nm) energy level pair is two orders of magnitude higher, further illustrates that the 700nm and 646nm thermal coupling energy level pair has more application advantages, and has great application prospect in temperature measurement in modern production and life.
As can be seen from the combination of FIG. 6 (c) with FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (c), the core-shell NaYF structure 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ The linear fitting degree of the fluorescence intensity ratio and the temperature reciprocal of the nano particle is better than that of the bare core structure NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ And NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ And (3) nanoparticles. And comparing fig. 6 (d) with fig. 8 (b) and 8 (d), it can be seen that the absolute sensitivity of the core-shell nanoparticle is better than that of the bare core nanoparticle. Referring to FIG. 4 (b), a core-shell NaYF structure 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ NaYF with nano particle ratio bare core structure 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ 、NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ The fluorescent intensity of the nano particles is 7 times and about 4 times stronger, which indicates that the up-conversion fluorescence is enhanced, the absolute sensitivity of the sample is possibly improved, and indicates that the NaYF with the core-shell structure 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ @NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ Nanoparticles are more suitable for optical temperature sensing.
The invention aims to study the NaYF of the core-shell structure
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ @NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ Feasibility and reliability of application of nano particles in optical fiber temperature sensor are establishedA simple temperature measurement platform is shown in fig. 9 (a). The nanoparticle powder is adsorbed on the end face of the optical fiber and is used as a temperature sensing probe of the sensor. Excitation light comes from a 980nm laser and propagates along the fiber (yellow arrow) to a Wavelength Division Multiplexer (WDM). The excited nanoparticles produce up-converted fluorescence that will travel along an optical fiber (red arrow) through the WDM and be received by a spectrometer analyzer (OSA) for analysis. The feasibility of the sensor was assessed by recording the up-converted fluorescence intensity of the 700nm and 646nm emission peaks of the probe at real-time temperature changes of 295K to 495K. 9 (b) by the formula
Calculating the measured temperature (where T is Kelvin temperature, FIR is fluorescence intensity ratio,/-)>
Δe is the energy corresponding to the energy level difference and K is the boltzmann constant) and is mostly within 5K compared to the standard temperature, indicating that the sensor temperature measurement is reliable. Thermodynamic statistics indicate that the population distributed over the thermocouple energy levels satisfies the boltzmann distribution, which is temperature dependent and not low excitation power. Thus, the effect of excitation power on FIR is shown in FIG. 9 (c), and it is apparent that FIR is stable at low power excitation. To test the repeatability and recyclability of the platform materials, FIR was measured over several heating and cooling cycles of 295K and 495K, as shown in FIG. 9 (d), from which it can be seen that the numerical fluctuations were small. Therefore, the core-shell structure NaYF is adopted
4 :Yb
3+ /Tm
3+ @NaYF
4 :Yb
3+ /Er
3+ As the nano particles are used as the optical fiber temperature sensor, the probe material is feasible, reliable and recyclable, and provides a good foundation for further application in the biomedical field and severe environment in the future.
As Er in example 1 3+ The following study was conducted based on a doping molar amount of 0.5%.
Example 2
As in example 1, naYF was prepared 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (18/0.5 mol%) of the nanoparticles in step (2), the temperature of the system is raised to 150 ℃, and the reaction is carried out for 60min and then the system is naturally cooled to room temperature. As a result of the test in the same manner as in example 1, it was found that the fluorescence intensity was decreased and the absolute sensitivity was also decreased by 0.0024K at 150 ℃ -1 。
Example 3
As in example 1, naYF was prepared 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ In the step (2) of (18/0.5 mol%) nano particles, the temperature of the system is raised to 160 ℃, and after 30min of reaction, the system is naturally cooled to room temperature. As a result of the test in the same manner as in example 1, it was found that the fluorescence intensity was decreased and the absolute sensitivity was also decreased by 0.0020K at a temperature of 30min -1 。
Example 4
As in example 1, naYF was prepared 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticles in step (2), after methanol and cyclohexane were purged, the temperature was rapidly raised to 290 ℃ under argon protection and maintained for 1.5h. As a result of the test in the same manner as in example 1, it was found that the fluorescence intensity was decreased and the absolute sensitivity was also decreased by 0.0028K at 290 ℃ -1 。
Example 5
As in example 1, naYF was prepared 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticles in step (2), after methanol and cyclohexane were purged, the temperature was rapidly raised to 300 ℃ under argon protection and maintained for 1h. As a result of the test in the same manner as in example 1, it was found that the fluorescence intensity was decreased and the absolute sensitivity was also decreased by 0.0032K when the temperature was maintained for 1 hour -1 。
Comparative example 1
As in example 1, naYF was prepared 4 :Yb 3+ /Tm 3+ (18/0.5mol%)@NaYF 4 :Yb 3+ /Er 3+ (18/0.5 mol%) nanoparticles in step (2), 5mL of a solution containing 1.25 mmole of NaOH and 2 mmole of NH was added dropwise to the reaction flask 4 After the methanol solution of F is directly heated to 100 ℃ under the condition of introducing protective gas and argon, the system is not stirred for 30min before the temperature is increased, the test method is the same as that of example 1, and the absolute sensitivity is reduced by 0.0018K -1 。
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.