Assessing Single Upconverting Nanoparticle Luminescence by Optical Tweezers

We report on stable, long-term immobilization and localization of a single colloidal Er3+/Yb3+ codoped upconverting fluorescent nanoparticle (UCNP) by optical trapping with a single infrared laser beam. Contrary to expectations, the single UCNP emission differs from that generated by an assembly of...

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Autores: Rodríguez-Sevilla, Paloma, Rodríguez-Rodríguez, H., Pedroni, Marco, Speghini, A., Bettinelli, M., Solé, J.G., Jaque García, Daniel, Haro González, Patricia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/674299
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/674299
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01184
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Upconverting nanoparticle
Optical tweezers
Single particle fluorescence
Física
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Sumario:We report on stable, long-term immobilization and localization of a single colloidal Er3+/Yb3+ codoped upconverting fluorescent nanoparticle (UCNP) by optical trapping with a single infrared laser beam. Contrary to expectations, the single UCNP emission differs from that generated by an assembly of UCNPs. The experimental data reveal that the differences can be explained in terms of modulations caused by radiation-trapping, a phenomenon not considered before but that this work reveals to be of great relevance