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Luminescent nanocomposite films, containing SrF2:Ho up-conversion particles, were prepared by two different protocols from aqueous dispersions of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils (TOCNF) functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS) without the use of organic solvents at pH = 4.0–4.5 and 9.0–9.5, respectively. Proposed synthetic protocols included the formation of the films by drying the dispersions containing pre-hydrolyzed APS adsorbed onto TOCNF and SrF2:Ho particles followed by heating at 105 °C. Hydrophobic (water contact angle 101 ± 2°), strong, and translucent TOCNF/SrF2:Ho-APS films were prepared by casting from a solution at pH = 4.0–4.5. Scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy with element mapping, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction methods confirmed homogeneous distribution of up-conversion particles in TOCNF matrices as well as the grafting of linear polysiloxanes via the condensation of silanol groups and OH-groups on the surface of TOCNF. Differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry data confirmed an increase in thermal stability of the APS modified nanocomposite films obtained at pH = 4.0–4.5. Hydrophobic TOCNF/SrF2:Ho-APS nanocomposite films exhibited an intense red luminescence in the visible spectrum range (5I7 level excitation of Ho3+ ions with 1912 nm laser irradiation) as well as two-times higher laser damage threshold compared to unmodified TOCNF/SrF2:Ho films. TOCNF/SrF2:Ho-APS films can be used for visualization 2 μm laser radiation in medicine and long-distance atmosphere monitoring.
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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the State assignment to Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and FSRC Crystallography and Photonics RAS. The equipment of the Shared Research Center supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (RFMEFI62114X0005) was used in experiments. Authors express their sincere gratitude to Dr. Arthur I. Popov for his most kind assistance in the preparation of the present manuscript and Dr. Vladimir N. Kuryakov for zeta potential measurements.
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Luginina, A.A., Kuznetsov, S.V., Ivanov, V.K. et al. Laser damage threshold of hydrophobic up-conversion carboxylated nanocellulose/SrF2:Ho composite films functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane. Cellulose 28, 10841–10862 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-04198-7
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