Citation: Yang YANG, Pengcheng LI, Zhan SHU, Nengrong TU, Zonghua WANG. Plasmon-enhanced upconversion luminescence and application of molecular detection[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2024, 40(5): 877-884. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20230440 shu

Plasmon-enhanced upconversion luminescence and application of molecular detection

Yang YANG ^{1, 2, 3} ,
Pengcheng LI ^2,, ,
Zhan SHU ² ,
Nengrong TU ² ,
Zonghua WANG ^1,,

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College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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Institute of Micro/Nano Materials and Devices, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China
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Ningbo Sino-Ukrainian New Materials Industrial Technologies Institute Co., Ltd., Ningbo, Zhejiang 315000, China

Corresponding author: Pengcheng LI, lee040721@163.com Zonghua WANG, 13853219173@126.com
Received Date: 21 November 2023
Revised Date: 30 March 2024

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Fluorescence molecular detection exhibits limited development in detection applications due to generally low sensitivity and narrow detection range. The heavily doped semiconductor nanostructures Cu_2-xS with surface plasmon resonance effect and typical rare-earth-doped upconversion luminescent nanoparticles NaYF₄∶Yb, Er were prepared, and further Cu_2-xS/NaYF₄∶Yb, Er film substrates were obtained by three-phase interfacial self-assembly method. Combined with finite element method simulations, the local electric field distributions around Cu_2-xS were calculated for different placement situations. The plasmon-coupling effect generated between Cu_2-xS nanodisks was investigated on the upconversion luminescence performance and the Raman signals. Based on the intense upconversion luminescence caused by the excellent synergetic localized surface plasmon resonance effect, a dual detection method of qualitative before quantitative detection of Rhodamine B using surface-enhanced Raman scattering signal monitoring and fluorescence sensing was established. The results show that the coupling of the Cu_2-xS plasmonic layer with the NaYF₄∶Yb, Er luminescent layer not only enables three orders of magnitude improvement of upconversion emission, but also achieves the detection limit of 10^-7 mol·L^-1 for molecular detection and obtains a broad linear response from 10^-3 to 10^-7 mol·L^-1, and finally realizes the qualitative and quantitative bifunctionality of high-sensitivity accurate detection.
- Cu_2-xS nanodisk,
- plasmon resonance,
- molecular detection
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