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Dual-mode blue emission, paramagnetic properties of Yb3+–Tm3+ co-doped GdOCl difunctional nanostructures

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A series of GdOCl:Yb3+, Tm3+ one-dimensional nanostructures with dual-mode [down-conversion (DC) and up-conversion (UC)] luminescence were successfully fabricated by electrospinning technique incorporated with double-crucible chlorination method. The samples have single-phase tetragonal structure with space group of P4/nmm. The diameter and width of GdOCl:10%Yb3+, 0.1%Tm3+ nanofibers and nanobelts are 212.84 ± 1.04 nm and 1.07 ± 0.03 μm, respectively. Excited by 357-nm ultraviolet (UV) light and 980-nm near-infrared (NIR) light, Yb3+ and Tm3+ ions co-doped GdOCl nanostructures exhibit bright blue emission. The mechanism of UC emission is determined to be three-photon process. The energy transfer processes from Yb3+ to Tm3+ are discussed in detail. Moreover, the as-obtained products possess paramagnetic properties at ambient temperature. The type of difunctional one-dimensional nanomaterials has promising applications in anti-counterfeiting, drug delivery, solid state lasers, biolabels and light emitting diodes (LEDs).

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51573023, 50972020), Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province of China (20170101101JC), Industrial Technology Research and Development Project of Jilin Province Development and Reform Commission (2017C051), Science and Technology Research Planning Project of the Education Department of Jilin Province during the 13th five-year plan period (JJKH20170608KJ), and Youth Foundation of Changchun University of Science and Technology (No. XQNJJ-2016-01).

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    Juan Chen, Yan Song, Dan Li, Qianli Ma, Xiangting Dong, Wensheng Yu, Ying Yang, Jinxian Wang, Guixia Liu & Tingting Wang

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Chen, J., Song, Y., Li, D. et al. Dual-mode blue emission, paramagnetic properties of Yb3+–Tm3+ co-doped GdOCl difunctional nanostructures. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 19038–19050 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-7858-6

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