Nanoscience Laboratory, Dept. of Physics, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, 713209, India.
Nanoscale. 2019 Jan 23;11(4):2017-2026. doi: 10.1039/c8nr09074b.
There has been a recent demand for the development of luminescent materials for visualizations of latent fingerprints (LFPs) for achieving enhanced security. Also recently, there has been a new research trend in the development of 2D materials from non-layered semiconductors with strong luminescence properties in the visible region. The conventional growth process of luminescent materials limits their capacity of tuning the structure and light emission efficiency. However, multi-atom doping provides an additional degree of freedom to tune the basic morphologies and optical properties of luminescent semiconductors by controlling the defect levels. Here, by using a simple chemical technique, multi-atom (Cu and Mn) doped rarely reported 2D nanosheets of zinc sulphide (ZnS) have been grown. Thus, a stable high fluorescence efficiency of ∼62% in the visible region has been realized for the visualization of LFPs. Furthermore, near-white light emission has been demonstrated by coating the synthesized materials with a suitable doping concentration on a commercially available UV-LED chip. The proposed technique may be utilized further to build up other 2D nanostructured materials for multifunctional applications in solid state lighting, LFPs and forensic science.
最近,人们对开发用于可视化潜伏指纹(LFPs)的发光材料提出了要求,以实现更高的安全性。最近,人们在开发二维材料方面出现了一个新的研究趋势,即从具有强可见光发光性能的非层状半导体中开发二维材料。发光材料的传统生长工艺限制了其结构和发光效率的调节能力。然而,多原子掺杂通过控制缺陷能级,为调节发光半导体的基本形态和光学性质提供了额外的自由度。在这里,通过使用简单的化学技术,成功生长了很少有报道的多原子(Cu 和 Mn)掺杂的二维硫化锌(ZnS)纳米片。因此,实现了用于可视化 LFPs 的可见光区域内稳定的高荧光效率(约 62%)。此外,通过在市售的 UV-LED 芯片上涂覆具有合适掺杂浓度的合成材料,实现了近白色光发射。该技术可进一步用于构建其他二维纳米结构材料,以在固态照明、LFPs 和法医学领域实现多功能应用。
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