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Electrospraying preparation and characterization of harmonic Ba2TiSi2O8 microparticles

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Harmonic micro/nano-particles are very useful tool for in vivo bio-labeling applications due to their attractive properties. For example, they are free of blinking and photo bleaching, their excitation wavelength is continuously tunable and their signal is coherent. Here, we report the preparation of a new kind of harmonic microparticle, Ba2TiSi2O8 microparticle, based on the electrospraying technique. Morphology, crystalline structure, biocompatibility and optical property of the Ba2TiSi2O8 microparticles were investigated by scanning electron miscroscopy, transmission electron miscroscopy, X-ray diffraction, L929 cells incubation and pulsed laser irradiation. The results indicated that most of the Ba2TiSi2O8 microparticles prepared here sized in the 100 ~ 400 nm range, demonstrated good biocompatibility to L929 cells and presented efficient second-harmonic generation property, thus is promising as bio-labeling material.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51302087, 51375444, 11404114), the Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou (Grant No. 201610010119), and the Xiangjiang Scholar (Grant No. XJ2016051).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applications Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China

    Jingming Li, Hang Zhang, Lihua Li, Huisi Xiao, Bofan Jiang & Zhijun Ma

  2. Key Laboratory of Shockwave and Detonation Physics, Institute of Fluid Physics, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

    Hang Zhang

  3. Fuyang Chinese Medicine Hospital, Fuyang District, Hangzhou, 311400, People’s Republic of China

    Junfei Feng

  4. Inst Proc Equipment, Zhejiang Univ, Hangzhou, 310027, People’s Republic of China

    Jian Yang

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Li, J., Zhang, H., Li, L. et al. Electrospraying preparation and characterization of harmonic Ba2TiSi2O8 microparticles. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 83, 109–114 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-017-4361-8

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