Optically Active Upconverting Nanoparticles with Induced Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Enantioselectively Triggered Photopolymerization

Xue Jin; Yutao Sang; Yonghong Shi; Yuangang Li; Xuefeng Zhu; Pengfei Duan; Minghua Liu

doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b08273

Optically Active Upconverting Nanoparticles with Induced Circularly Polarized Luminescence and Enantioselectively Triggered Photopolymerization

ACS Nano. 2019 Mar 26;13(3):2804-2811. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08273. Epub 2019 Jan 28.

Authors

Xue Jin¹, Yutao Sang^{2

3}, Yonghong Shi⁴, Yuangang Li⁴, Xuefeng Zhu², Pengfei Duan^{1

3}, Minghua Liu^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication Division of Nanophotonics , National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) , No. 11 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiTiao , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.
² Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface, and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , No. 2 ZhongGuanCun BeiYiJie , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China.
³ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , P. R. China.
⁴ College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xi'an University of Science and Technology , No. 58, Yanta Road , Xi'an 710054 , P.R. China.

PMID: 30688444
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08273

Abstract

In this work, lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) showing upconverted circularly polarized luminescence were demonstrated in an organic-inorganic co-assembled system. Achiral UCNPs (NaYF₄:Yb/Er or NaYF₄:Yb/Tm) can be encapsulated into chiral helical nanotubes through the procedure of co-gelation. These co-gel systems display intense upconverted circularly polarized luminescence (UC-CPL) ranging from ultraviolet (UV, 300 nm) to near-infrared (NIR, 850 nm) wavelength. In addition, the UV part of UC-CPL can be used to initiate the enantioselective polymerization of diacetylene.

Keywords: chiral host; enantioselective photopolymerization; organogel; self-assembly; upconversion nanoparticles; upconverted circularly polarized luminescence.