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NIR persistent luminescence of lanthanide ion-doped rare-earth oxycarbonates: the effect of dopants
Valentina Caratto1, Federico Locardi, Giorgio Andrea Costa
1Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova , via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy.
Abstract:
A series of luminescent rare-earth ion-doped hexagonal II-type Gd oxycarbonate phosphors Gd2-xRExO2CO3 (RE = Eu(3+), Yb(3+), Dy(3+)) have been successfully synthesized by thermal decomposition of the corresponding mixed oxalates. The Yb(3+) doped Gd-oxycarbonate has evidenced a high persistent luminescence in the NIR region, that is independent from the temperature and makes this materials particular attractive as optical probes for bioimaging.
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