[21a-P01-1~7] 1.1 Interdisciplinary and General Physics

▲ [21a-P01-7] Study of Luminescent Nanomaterials Based on Fluorides Activated by Cerium Ions

〇(D)Anastasiia Mikhaylovna Dorokhina^1,2, Hiroko Kominami¹, Vadim Vladimirovich Bakhmetyev², Toru Aoki³, Hisashi Morii³ (1.Shizuoka University, Japan, 2.Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Russia, 3.ANSeeN Inc., Japan)

Keywords:nanomaterials, luminescent materials, fluorides

A number of syntheses were carried out for samples LaF3:Ce3+ and YF3:Ce3+ (with various concentrations of cerium) were synthesized using a simple one-step hydrothermal procedure. The resulting nanocrystals have a well-crystallized orthorhombic phase and have an elongated spherical shape with a diameter of about 100 nm. Polyethylene glycol (PEG-20000) was used as a surfactant, which covers the surface of nanocrystals during synthesis and, therefore, makes nanocrystals biocompatible. The study of the luminescent properties was carried out with excitation by a xenon lamp and X-ray. Ce3+ doped nanocrystals exhibit emission in the region of 300 nm with a maximum sample intensity of 5%mol of cerium and, thus, have good potential for use as a constituent drug for photodynamic therapy [1].
Fig. 1. Photoluminescence spectra of samples YF3:Ce and LaF3:Ce with a cerium concentration of 5%mol. (λex=255 nm).
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