Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Nanoscale. 2018 Nov 1;10(42):19898-19905. doi: 10.1039/c8nr05552a.
A new class of core-satellite upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) formed through a kinetically controlled oriented attachment is presented. The core-satellite UCNPs comprising an optically active α-NaYbF4 core and several CaF2 satellites are synthesized by a one-pot sequential injection technique. Compared to conventional core-shell UCNPs, these core-satellite UCNPs show larger surface-to-volume ratios and are suitable for further surface modifications. As a proof-of-concept, a biosensing system is constructed by coating MnO2 nanosheets on the α-NaYbF4:Tm@CaF2 core-satellite UCNPs for high-sensitivity biothiol detection. These core-satellite UCNPs show great potential in the development of UCNP-based nanohybrids for biosensing, multimodal imaging and drug delivery.
一种通过动力学控制的定向附着形成的新型核-壳上转换纳米粒子(UCNPs)被提出。这些由具有光学活性的α-NaYbF4 核和几个 CaF2 卫星组成的核-壳 UCNPs 通过一锅顺序注入技术合成。与传统的核壳 UCNPs 相比,这些核-壳 UCNPs 具有更大的表面积与体积比,适合进一步的表面修饰。作为一个概念验证,通过在α-NaYbF4:Tm@CaF2 核-壳 UCNPs 上包覆 MnO2 纳米片构建了一个用于高灵敏度生物硫醇检测的生物传感系统。这些核-壳 UCNPs 在开发基于 UCNP 的用于生物传感、多模态成像和药物输送的纳米杂化材料方面具有巨大的潜力。