Luminescence regulation of lanthanide-doped nanorods in chiral photonic cellulose nanocrystal films

Yuxia Luo; Zhuo Chen; Ping He; Qingdi Liu; Zemin He; Yuzhen Zhao; Hao Ma; Liyi Li; Zhao Zhang; Xinping Li; Qing Han

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.178

Luminescence regulation of lanthanide-doped nanorods in chiral photonic cellulose nanocrystal films

Int J Biol Macromol. 2023 Jan 15:225:1172-1181. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.178. Epub 2022 Nov 19.

Authors

Yuxia Luo¹, Zhuo Chen², Ping He², Qingdi Liu², Zemin He³, Yuzhen Zhao³, Hao Ma³, Liyi Li⁴, Zhao Zhang⁵, Xinping Li⁶, Qing Han⁷

Affiliations

¹ College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, PR China. Electronic address: luoyuxia@sust.edu.cn.
² College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, PR China.
³ Xi'an Key Laboratory of Advanced Photo-electronics Materials and Energy Conversion Device, School of Electronic Information, Xijing University, Xi'an 710123, PR China.
⁴ Innovative Drug and Imaging Agent R&D Center, Research Institute of Tsinghua, Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou, PR China. Electronic address: lily@tsinghua-gd.org.
⁵ College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, PR China. Electronic address: zhangzhaoqg@sust.edu.cn.
⁶ College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, PR China. Electronic address: lixp@sust.edu.cn.
⁷ College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an 710021, Shaanxi, PR China. Electronic address: hanq@sust.edu.cn.

PMID: 36414081
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.178

Abstract

A new design for chiral photonic cellulose nanocrystal films was developed by co-assembling lanthanide-doped nanorods (NRs) into chiral cellulose nanocrystals, in which the photonic band gap (PBG) could be tuned in the visible range by changing the mass fraction of flexible agents, such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and ethylene glycol (EG). Due to the PBG effect, the luminescence modulation in such nanocrystal films had been realized. The down-conversion luminescence from NaGd₃₀Y₆₀F₄:5%Tb³⁺, 5%Eu³⁺ NRs and up-conversion luminescence from NaGd₄₀Y₄₀F₄:18%Yb³⁺, 2%Er³⁺ NRs could be enhanced by 28 % and 18 % respectively, on account of the band edge effect. The luminescence would be inhibited when the luminescence overlapped with the stop band of the PBG. These results implied that the biocompatible photonic cellulose nanocrystal films are ideally suited for applications in optical coding, optical resonators and biocompatible lasers.

Keywords: Cellulose; Lanthanide; Luminescence regulation; Photonic crystal.

MeSH terms

Cellulose / chemistry
Lanthanoid Series Elements*
Luminescence
Nanoparticles* / chemistry
Nanotubes* / chemistry

Substances

Lanthanoid Series Elements
Cellulose