Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Lanthanides-Doped Persistent Luminescence Phosphors With NIR Emissions.

Quan Yuan,Jie Wang,Xinyuan Qin

doi:10.3389/fchem.2020.608578

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Journal: Frontiers in chemistry	Publication Date: Dec 14, 2020
Citations: 15	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Wuhan University, Hunan University

Abstract

Persistent luminescence phosphors (PLPs) are largely used in biomedical areas owing to their unique advantages in reducing the autofluorescence and light-scattering interference from tissues. Moreover, PLPs with long-lived luminescence in the near-infrared (NIR) region are able to be applied in deep-tissue bioimaging or therapy due to the reduced light absorption of tissues in NIR region. Because of their abundant election levels and energy transfer channels, lanthanides are widely doped in PLPs for the generation of NIR persistent emissions. In addition, the crystal defects introduced by lanthanides-doping can serves as charge traps in PLPs, which contributes to the enhancement of persistent luminescence intensity and the increase of persistent time. In this paper, the research progress in the synthesis and biomedical applications of lanthanides-doped PLPs with NIR emissions are systematically summarized, which can provide instructions for the design and applications of PLPs in the future.

Highlights

Persistent luminescence phosphors (PLPs) are photoluminescent materials that will remain luminescence after the excitation light is extinguished (Yang et al, 2016; Feng et al, 2018)
This section will introduce the methods for the design and synthesis of lanthanides-doped PLPs with NIR emissions
This lanthanides co-doping method provides a reference for the synthesis of other PLPs with emissions in NIR-II

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Introduction

Persistent luminescence phosphors (PLPs) are photoluminescent materials that will remain luminescence after the excitation light is extinguished (Yang et al, 2016; Feng et al, 2018). The design of lanthanides-doped PLPs with NIR emissions and their biomedical applications have not been overviewed. This section will introduce the methods for the design and synthesis of lanthanides-doped PLPs with NIR emissions. Lanthanidesdoping is widely used in the design of NIR luminescence materials, including PLPs. Li et al prepared lanthanides-doped SrZrO3:Yb3+ PLPs by high-temperature solid-state reaction (HTSSR) (Li Z. et al, 2018).

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