Flexible light-emitting diodes(LEDs)are highly desired for wearable devices,flexible displays,robotics,biomedicine,etc.Traditionally,the transfer process of an ultrathin wafer of about 10–30μm to a flexible substrat...Flexible light-emitting diodes(LEDs)are highly desired for wearable devices,flexible displays,robotics,biomedicine,etc.Traditionally,the transfer process of an ultrathin wafer of about 10–30μm to a flexible substrate is utilized.However,the yield is low,and it is not applicable to thick GaN LED chips with a 100μm sapphire substrate.In this paper,transferable LED chips utilized the mature LED manufacture technique are developed,which possesses the advantage of high yield.The flexible LED array demonstrates good electrical and optical performance.展开更多
Solution-processed metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have received significant interest for cost-effective, high-performance optoelectronic devices. In addition to the great successes in photovoltaics, their excellent l...Solution-processed metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have received significant interest for cost-effective, high-performance optoelectronic devices. In addition to the great successes in photovoltaics, their excellent luminescence and charge transport properties also make them promising for light emitting diodes (LEDs). To achieve high-efficiency perovskite LEDs (PeLEDs), extensive efforts have been carried out to enhance radiative recombination rates by confining the electrons and holes. In addition to enhancing radiative recombination rates, it is equally important to decrease the non-radiative recombination for improving the device performance. Passivation of the defects could be an efficient way for reducing the non-radiative recombination.展开更多
The novel AlGaN-based ultraviolet light-emitting diodes(UV-LEDs) with double superlattice structure(DSL) are proposed and demonstrated by numerical simulation and experimental verification. The DSL consists of 30-peri...The novel AlGaN-based ultraviolet light-emitting diodes(UV-LEDs) with double superlattice structure(DSL) are proposed and demonstrated by numerical simulation and experimental verification. The DSL consists of 30-period Mg modulation-doped p-AlGaN/u-GaN superlattice(SL) and 4-period p-AlGaN/p-GaN SL electron blocking layer, which are used to replace the p-type GaN layer and electron blocking layer of conventional UV-LEDs, respectively. Due to the special effects and interfacial stress, the AlGaN/GaN short-period superlattice can reduce the acceptor ionization energy of the ptype regions, thereby increasing the hole concentration. Meanwhile, the multi-barrier electron blocking layers are effective in suppressing electron leakage and improving hole injection. Experimental results show that the enhancements of 22.5%and 37.9% in the output power and external quantum efficiency at 120 m A appear in the device with double superlattice structure.展开更多
Hydroponic farming is a viable and economical farming method,which can produce safe and healthy greens and vegetables conveniently and at a relatively low cost.It is essential to provide supplemental lighting for crop...Hydroponic farming is a viable and economical farming method,which can produce safe and healthy greens and vegetables conveniently and at a relatively low cost.It is essential to provide supplemental lighting for crops grown in greenhouses to meet the daily light requirement,Daily Light Integral(DLI).The present paper investigates how effectively and efficiently LEDs can be used as a light source in hydroponics.It is important for a hydroponic grower to assess the requirement of photo synthetically active radiation(PAR)or the Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density(PPFD),in a greenhouse,and adjust the quality and quantity of supplemental lighting accordingly.A Quantum sensor(or PAR sensor)can measure PAR more accurately than a digital light meter,which measures the light intensity or illuminance in the SI unit Lux,but a PAR sensor is relatively expensive and normally not affordable by an ordinary farmer.Therefore,based on the present investigation and experimental results,a very simple way to convert light intensity measured with a Lux meter into PAR is proposed,using a simple conversion factor(41.75 according to the present work).This allows a small-scale hydroponic farmer to use a simple and inexpensive technique to assess the day to day DLI values of PAR in a greenhouse accurately using just an inexpensive light meter.The present paper also proposes a more efficient way of using LED light panels in a hydroponic system.By moving the LED light panels closer to the crop,LED light source can use a fewer number of LEDs to produce the same required daily light requirement and can increase the efficiency of the power usage to more than 80%.Specifically,the present work has determined that it is important to design more efficient vertically movable LED light panels with capabilities of switching individual LEDs on and off,for the use in greenhouses.This allows a user to control the number of LEDs that can be lit at a particular time,as required.By doing so it is possible to increase the efficiency of a LED lighting system by reducing its cost of the electricity usage.展开更多
Photodynamic therapy today is becoming an important role in the healing of lacerated tissues, since it has therapeutic resources capable of accelerating this process. One treatment option is the clinical phototherapy,...Photodynamic therapy today is becoming an important role in the healing of lacerated tissues, since it has therapeutic resources capable of accelerating this process. One treatment option is the clinical phototherapy, and Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is being widely used. This study aims to evaluate the effect of PDT on the healing of skin wounds in rats. We used a sample of 39 male rats Wistar divided into three groups, a control, a PDT-treated green and red with the last PDT. After 24 hours before the surgical incisions, PDT was used in both groups for 6 minutes and was evaluated in histological level, the inflammatory reaction and the repair process. The results showed that the granulation tissue was more developed in the irradiated group than in the control group and the amount of chronic inflammatory cells (monocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes and plasma cells) predominated with green phototherapy. The epithelialization in the wound margins and scarring with better quality occurred with red PDT (640 nm), which the higher deposition was of collagen. However, phototherapy not collimated of 640 nm (red) resulted in better anti-inflammatory effects. Given these answers with phototherapy not collimated green (525 nm) and red (640 nm), we conclude that the use of these wavelengths is possible with benefits, mainly with red LED.展开更多
Distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) are essential components for the development of optoelectronic devices.In this paper, we first report the use of the nanoporous GaN (NP-GaN) DBR as a template for regrowth of InGaN-...Distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) are essential components for the development of optoelectronic devices.In this paper, we first report the use of the nanoporous GaN (NP-GaN) DBR as a template for regrowth of InGaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The wafer-scale NP-GaN DBR, which is fabricated by electrochemical etching in a neutral solution, has a smooth surface, high reflectivity (>99.5%), and wide spectral stop band width (>70 nm). The chemical composition of the regrown LED thin film is similar to that of the reference LED, but the photoluminescence (PL) lifetime, PL intensity, and electroluminescence intensity of the LED with the DBR are enhanced several times compared to those of the reference LED. The intensity enhancement is attributed to the light reflection effect of the NP-GaN DBR and improved crystalline quality as a result of the etching scheme, whereas the enhancement of PL lifetime is attributable to the latter.展开更多
Novel rare-earth (RE;e.g., europium (Eu^(3+)), samarium (Sm^(3+)), and praseodymium (Pr^(3+))) and transition metal (TM^(4+);e.g., manganese (Mn^(4+))) ion single-/co-doped double-perovskite Ca2InTaO6 (CITO) phosphors...Novel rare-earth (RE;e.g., europium (Eu^(3+)), samarium (Sm^(3+)), and praseodymium (Pr^(3+))) and transition metal (TM^(4+);e.g., manganese (Mn^(4+))) ion single-/co-doped double-perovskite Ca2InTaO6 (CITO) phosphors were prepared and investigated with respect to their crystal structure and photoluminescence (PL) properties. Among them, the CITO:Eu^(3+) phosphors were found to exhibit an ultra-high internal PL quantum yield (89.1%) and good thermal stability (78.7% at 423 K relative to the initial value at 303 K). As such, the corresponding packaged white light-emitting diode (LED) was able to display a remarkable color rendering index (CRI;= 91.51@10 mA). Besides, the potential in applications of anti-counterfeiting fields and a novel LED structure based on flexible phosphor-converted films was also studied. Moreover, due to their different thermal quenching, trivalent lanthanide (Ln^(3+))/Mn^(4+) co-doped CITO phosphors were designed for optical thermometry based on the luminescence intensity ratio (LIR) between different 4f transitions of various Ln^(3+) ions and ^(2)Eg → ^(4)A_(2g) (Mn^(4+)) transition. Particularly, the LIR between the ^(4)G_(5/2) → ^(6)H_(9/2) and ^(2)Eg → ^(4)A_(2g) peaks of the CITO activated with 5 mol% Sm^(3+) and 0.3 mol% Mn^(4+) exhibited the most excellent relative sensitivity (Sr;= 3.80 %·K^(−1)) with beneficial temperature uncertainty of 0.0648 K. Overall, these results are of significance to offer valuable databases for constructing multifunctional high-performance optical platforms using single-/co-doped double-perovskite tantalates.展开更多
Advances in thin film light-emitting devices have fueled the rapid growth of a new class of solid-state lighting devices,featuring low fabrication cost,high quantum efficiency,broadband spectrum coverage,etc.In contra...Advances in thin film light-emitting devices have fueled the rapid growth of a new class of solid-state lighting devices,featuring low fabrication cost,high quantum efficiency,broadband spectrum coverage,etc.In contrast to the conventional inorganic semiconductors that rely on lattice matched high crystalline quality substrate,solution processable thin films eliminate the dependence on the substrate,which is highly desired for the ease and versatility of integrations with foreign medium.By taking this advantage,this work developed an ultracompact solution to control the directionality of thin film emitters using integrated dielectric metasurface through one step spin-coating process.As a proof of concept,directional emissions from perovskite nanocrystal thin film,including collimated light emissions and two-dimensional beam steering,are experimentally demonstrated.Notably,our approach,where light emitters were integrated on the back side of substrate after the fabrication of metasurface,judiciously avoids any potential degradation of material optical quality caused by the multi-step nanofabrication.Therefore,it can serve as a generalized scheme to engage the advantageous properties of dielectric metasurface,including the compactness,high efficiency,beam controllability with the emerging thin film light-emitting diodes(LEDs),which is applicable to a wide range of solution processable materials,including organic light-emitting diodes,quantum-dot light emitting diodes,polymer LEDs,and perovskite LEDs,opening up new pathways to develop low-cost and ultra-compact solid state light sources with versatile beams characteristics.展开更多
A germafluorene-fluorene copolymer was successfully obtained via Suzuki polymerization.The ger-manium containing copolymer has an efficient blue light emission under the ultraviolet irradiation and its single layer EL...A germafluorene-fluorene copolymer was successfully obtained via Suzuki polymerization.The ger-manium containing copolymer has an efficient blue light emission under the ultraviolet irradiation and its single layer EL device showed the highest brightness of 2630 cd/m2 at 7.8 V and the highest effi-ciency of 0.301 lm/W at 6.2 V.The copolymer can also serve as the host material for phosphorescent metal complexes with the maximum brightness of 15600 cd/m2 and the quantum efficiency of 8.5%.The results are quite promising and promise that as its analogs of fluorene and silafluorene,germafluorene is an excellent building block for blue light-emitting polymers and host materials.展开更多
Nucleic acid amplification and quantification via polymerase chain reaction(PCR)is one of the most sensitive and powerful tools for clinical laboratories,precision medicine,personalized medicine,agricultural science,f...Nucleic acid amplification and quantification via polymerase chain reaction(PCR)is one of the most sensitive and powerful tools for clinical laboratories,precision medicine,personalized medicine,agricultural science,forensic science and environmental science.Ultrafast multiplex PCR,characterized by low power consumption,compact size and simple operation,is ideal for timely diagnosis at the point-of-care(POC).Although several fast/ultrafast PCR methods have been proposed,the use of a simple and robust PCR thermal cycler remains challenging for POC testing.Here,we present an ultrafast photonic PCR method using plasmonic photothermal light-to-heat conversion via photon–electron–phonon coupling.We demonstrate an efficient photonic heat converter using a thin gold(Au)film due to its plasmon-assisted high optical absorption(approximately 65%at 450 nm,the peak wavelength of heat source light-emitting diodes(LEDs)).The plasmon-excited Au film is capable of rapidly heating the surrounding solution to over 150℃ within 3 min.Using this method,ultrafast thermal cycling(30 cycles;heating and cooling rate of 12.7960.93℃ s^(-1) and 6.660.29℃ s^(-1),respectively)from 55℃(temperature of annealing)to 95℃(temperature of denaturation)is accomplished within 5 min.Using photonic PCR thermal cycles,we demonstrate here successful nucleic acid(λ-DNA)amplification.Our simple,robust and low cost approach to ultrafast PCR using an efficient photonic-based heating procedure could be generally integrated into a variety of devices or procedures,including on-chip thermal lysis and heating for isothermal amplifications.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFB0400603)
文摘Flexible light-emitting diodes(LEDs)are highly desired for wearable devices,flexible displays,robotics,biomedicine,etc.Traditionally,the transfer process of an ultrathin wafer of about 10–30μm to a flexible substrate is utilized.However,the yield is low,and it is not applicable to thick GaN LED chips with a 100μm sapphire substrate.In this paper,transferable LED chips utilized the mature LED manufacture technique are developed,which possesses the advantage of high yield.The flexible LED array demonstrates good electrical and optical performance.
文摘Solution-processed metal halide perovskites (MHPs) have received significant interest for cost-effective, high-performance optoelectronic devices. In addition to the great successes in photovoltaics, their excellent luminescence and charge transport properties also make them promising for light emitting diodes (LEDs). To achieve high-efficiency perovskite LEDs (PeLEDs), extensive efforts have been carried out to enhance radiative recombination rates by confining the electrons and holes. In addition to enhancing radiative recombination rates, it is equally important to decrease the non-radiative recombination for improving the device performance. Passivation of the defects could be an efficient way for reducing the non-radiative recombination.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2016YFB0400800,2016YFB0400801,and 2016YFB0400802)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61634005)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Grant No.JBZ171101)
文摘The novel AlGaN-based ultraviolet light-emitting diodes(UV-LEDs) with double superlattice structure(DSL) are proposed and demonstrated by numerical simulation and experimental verification. The DSL consists of 30-period Mg modulation-doped p-AlGaN/u-GaN superlattice(SL) and 4-period p-AlGaN/p-GaN SL electron blocking layer, which are used to replace the p-type GaN layer and electron blocking layer of conventional UV-LEDs, respectively. Due to the special effects and interfacial stress, the AlGaN/GaN short-period superlattice can reduce the acceptor ionization energy of the ptype regions, thereby increasing the hole concentration. Meanwhile, the multi-barrier electron blocking layers are effective in suppressing electron leakage and improving hole injection. Experimental results show that the enhancements of 22.5%and 37.9% in the output power and external quantum efficiency at 120 m A appear in the device with double superlattice structure.
文摘Hydroponic farming is a viable and economical farming method,which can produce safe and healthy greens and vegetables conveniently and at a relatively low cost.It is essential to provide supplemental lighting for crops grown in greenhouses to meet the daily light requirement,Daily Light Integral(DLI).The present paper investigates how effectively and efficiently LEDs can be used as a light source in hydroponics.It is important for a hydroponic grower to assess the requirement of photo synthetically active radiation(PAR)or the Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density(PPFD),in a greenhouse,and adjust the quality and quantity of supplemental lighting accordingly.A Quantum sensor(or PAR sensor)can measure PAR more accurately than a digital light meter,which measures the light intensity or illuminance in the SI unit Lux,but a PAR sensor is relatively expensive and normally not affordable by an ordinary farmer.Therefore,based on the present investigation and experimental results,a very simple way to convert light intensity measured with a Lux meter into PAR is proposed,using a simple conversion factor(41.75 according to the present work).This allows a small-scale hydroponic farmer to use a simple and inexpensive technique to assess the day to day DLI values of PAR in a greenhouse accurately using just an inexpensive light meter.The present paper also proposes a more efficient way of using LED light panels in a hydroponic system.By moving the LED light panels closer to the crop,LED light source can use a fewer number of LEDs to produce the same required daily light requirement and can increase the efficiency of the power usage to more than 80%.Specifically,the present work has determined that it is important to design more efficient vertically movable LED light panels with capabilities of switching individual LEDs on and off,for the use in greenhouses.This allows a user to control the number of LEDs that can be lit at a particular time,as required.By doing so it is possible to increase the efficiency of a LED lighting system by reducing its cost of the electricity usage.
文摘Photodynamic therapy today is becoming an important role in the healing of lacerated tissues, since it has therapeutic resources capable of accelerating this process. One treatment option is the clinical phototherapy, and Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is being widely used. This study aims to evaluate the effect of PDT on the healing of skin wounds in rats. We used a sample of 39 male rats Wistar divided into three groups, a control, a PDT-treated green and red with the last PDT. After 24 hours before the surgical incisions, PDT was used in both groups for 6 minutes and was evaluated in histological level, the inflammatory reaction and the repair process. The results showed that the granulation tissue was more developed in the irradiated group than in the control group and the amount of chronic inflammatory cells (monocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes and plasma cells) predominated with green phototherapy. The epithelialization in the wound margins and scarring with better quality occurred with red PDT (640 nm), which the higher deposition was of collagen. However, phototherapy not collimated of 640 nm (red) resulted in better anti-inflammatory effects. Given these answers with phototherapy not collimated green (525 nm) and red (640 nm), we conclude that the use of these wavelengths is possible with benefits, mainly with red LED.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (61376069,11775134)Key Research and Development Plan of Shandong Province,China (2018GGX102024,2018GGX102014)
文摘Distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) are essential components for the development of optoelectronic devices.In this paper, we first report the use of the nanoporous GaN (NP-GaN) DBR as a template for regrowth of InGaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The wafer-scale NP-GaN DBR, which is fabricated by electrochemical etching in a neutral solution, has a smooth surface, high reflectivity (>99.5%), and wide spectral stop band width (>70 nm). The chemical composition of the regrown LED thin film is similar to that of the reference LED, but the photoluminescence (PL) lifetime, PL intensity, and electroluminescence intensity of the LED with the DBR are enhanced several times compared to those of the reference LED. The intensity enhancement is attributed to the light reflection effect of the NP-GaN DBR and improved crystalline quality as a result of the etching scheme, whereas the enhancement of PL lifetime is attributable to the latter.
基金supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korean government(MSIP)(No.2018R1A6A1A03025708).
文摘Novel rare-earth (RE;e.g., europium (Eu^(3+)), samarium (Sm^(3+)), and praseodymium (Pr^(3+))) and transition metal (TM^(4+);e.g., manganese (Mn^(4+))) ion single-/co-doped double-perovskite Ca2InTaO6 (CITO) phosphors were prepared and investigated with respect to their crystal structure and photoluminescence (PL) properties. Among them, the CITO:Eu^(3+) phosphors were found to exhibit an ultra-high internal PL quantum yield (89.1%) and good thermal stability (78.7% at 423 K relative to the initial value at 303 K). As such, the corresponding packaged white light-emitting diode (LED) was able to display a remarkable color rendering index (CRI;= 91.51@10 mA). Besides, the potential in applications of anti-counterfeiting fields and a novel LED structure based on flexible phosphor-converted films was also studied. Moreover, due to their different thermal quenching, trivalent lanthanide (Ln^(3+))/Mn^(4+) co-doped CITO phosphors were designed for optical thermometry based on the luminescence intensity ratio (LIR) between different 4f transitions of various Ln^(3+) ions and ^(2)Eg → ^(4)A_(2g) (Mn^(4+)) transition. Particularly, the LIR between the ^(4)G_(5/2) → ^(6)H_(9/2) and ^(2)Eg → ^(4)A_(2g) peaks of the CITO activated with 5 mol% Sm^(3+) and 0.3 mol% Mn^(4+) exhibited the most excellent relative sensitivity (Sr;= 3.80 %·K^(−1)) with beneficial temperature uncertainty of 0.0648 K. Overall, these results are of significance to offer valuable databases for constructing multifunctional high-performance optical platforms using single-/co-doped double-perovskite tantalates.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11804335,61904017,12074045,and 62174079)Science,Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality(Projects Nos.JCYJ20210324120204011 and KQTD2015071710313656)+1 种基金P.N.N.acknowledges the support of H2020 Research and Innovation Program(Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual FellowshipAgreement No.101027383).
文摘Advances in thin film light-emitting devices have fueled the rapid growth of a new class of solid-state lighting devices,featuring low fabrication cost,high quantum efficiency,broadband spectrum coverage,etc.In contrast to the conventional inorganic semiconductors that rely on lattice matched high crystalline quality substrate,solution processable thin films eliminate the dependence on the substrate,which is highly desired for the ease and versatility of integrations with foreign medium.By taking this advantage,this work developed an ultracompact solution to control the directionality of thin film emitters using integrated dielectric metasurface through one step spin-coating process.As a proof of concept,directional emissions from perovskite nanocrystal thin film,including collimated light emissions and two-dimensional beam steering,are experimentally demonstrated.Notably,our approach,where light emitters were integrated on the back side of substrate after the fabrication of metasurface,judiciously avoids any potential degradation of material optical quality caused by the multi-step nanofabrication.Therefore,it can serve as a generalized scheme to engage the advantageous properties of dielectric metasurface,including the compactness,high efficiency,beam controllability with the emerging thin film light-emitting diodes(LEDs),which is applicable to a wide range of solution processable materials,including organic light-emitting diodes,quantum-dot light emitting diodes,polymer LEDs,and perovskite LEDs,opening up new pathways to develop low-cost and ultra-compact solid state light sources with versatile beams characteristics.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.60325412, 90406021,and 50428303)the Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) (Grant No. NY206073)
文摘A germafluorene-fluorene copolymer was successfully obtained via Suzuki polymerization.The ger-manium containing copolymer has an efficient blue light emission under the ultraviolet irradiation and its single layer EL device showed the highest brightness of 2630 cd/m2 at 7.8 V and the highest effi-ciency of 0.301 lm/W at 6.2 V.The copolymer can also serve as the host material for phosphorescent metal complexes with the maximum brightness of 15600 cd/m2 and the quantum efficiency of 8.5%.The results are quite promising and promise that as its analogs of fluorene and silafluorene,germafluorene is an excellent building block for blue light-emitting polymers and host materials.
基金This work was supported in part by a grant from the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation(Global Health Grant:OPP1028785)in part by the Global Research Lab Program(2013-050616)through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science,ICT(Information and Communication Technologies)and Future Planning.
文摘Nucleic acid amplification and quantification via polymerase chain reaction(PCR)is one of the most sensitive and powerful tools for clinical laboratories,precision medicine,personalized medicine,agricultural science,forensic science and environmental science.Ultrafast multiplex PCR,characterized by low power consumption,compact size and simple operation,is ideal for timely diagnosis at the point-of-care(POC).Although several fast/ultrafast PCR methods have been proposed,the use of a simple and robust PCR thermal cycler remains challenging for POC testing.Here,we present an ultrafast photonic PCR method using plasmonic photothermal light-to-heat conversion via photon–electron–phonon coupling.We demonstrate an efficient photonic heat converter using a thin gold(Au)film due to its plasmon-assisted high optical absorption(approximately 65%at 450 nm,the peak wavelength of heat source light-emitting diodes(LEDs)).The plasmon-excited Au film is capable of rapidly heating the surrounding solution to over 150℃ within 3 min.Using this method,ultrafast thermal cycling(30 cycles;heating and cooling rate of 12.7960.93℃ s^(-1) and 6.660.29℃ s^(-1),respectively)from 55℃(temperature of annealing)to 95℃(temperature of denaturation)is accomplished within 5 min.Using photonic PCR thermal cycles,we demonstrate here successful nucleic acid(λ-DNA)amplification.Our simple,robust and low cost approach to ultrafast PCR using an efficient photonic-based heating procedure could be generally integrated into a variety of devices or procedures,including on-chip thermal lysis and heating for isothermal amplifications.
