Ho3+/yb3+ co-doped LiYF4 single crystals with various Yb3+ concentrations and ,-~ 0.98 mol% Ho3+ concentration are grown by the Bridgman method under the conditions of taking LiF and YF3 as raw materials and a tem...Ho3+/yb3+ co-doped LiYF4 single crystals with various Yb3+ concentrations and ,-~ 0.98 mol% Ho3+ concentration are grown by the Bridgman method under the conditions of taking LiF and YF3 as raw materials and a temperature gradient (40 ~C/cm-50 ~C/cm) for the solid-liquid interface. The luminescent performances of the crystals are investigated through emission spectra, infrared transmittance spectrum, emission cross section, and decay curves under excitation by 980 nm. Compared with the Ho3+ single-doped LiYF4 crystal, the Ho3+/yb3+ co-doped tiYf4 single crystal has an obviously enhanced emission band from 1850 nm to 2150 nm observed when excited by a 980-nm diode laser. The energy transfer from Yb3+ to Ho3+ and the optimum fluorescence emission around 2.0 p-m of Ho3+ ions are investigated. The maximum emission cross section of the above sample at 2.0 p.m is calculated to be 1.08 × 10-20 cm2 for the LiYF4 single crystal of 1-mol% Ho3+ and 6-mo1% Yb3+ according to the measured absorption spectrum. The high energy transfer efficiency of 88.9% from Yb3+ to Ho3+ ion in the sample co-doped by Ho3+ (1 mol%) and Yb3+ (8 tool%) demonstrates that the Yb3+ ions can efficiently sensitize the Ho3+ ions.展开更多
Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped Gd3Ga5O12 single crystal with a dimension of Φ30mm×20mm was grown successfully by Czochralski method.The absorption spectrum was recorded at room temperature and used to calculate the absorp...Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped Gd3Ga5O12 single crystal with a dimension of Φ30mm×20mm was grown successfully by Czochralski method.The absorption spectrum was recorded at room temperature and used to calculate the absorption cross-section.Based on the Judd-Ofelt(J-O) theory,we obtained the three intensity parameters and spectral parameters of this crystal,such as the line strengths,oscillator strengths,radiative probabilities and radiative lifetimes as well as the fluorescent branching ratios.Room temperature fluorescence spectra and luminescence decay curves were recorded.The energy transfer between Yb3+-Tm3+ was observed and the mechanism was discussed.The stimulated emission cross-section of the 3F4→3H6 transition was calculated by the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg(F-L) equation.The potential laser gains for this transition were also investigated.This crystal is promising as a tunable infrared laser crystal at 2.0 μm.展开更多
Ce3+,Eu3+ and Tb3+ singly doped and Ce3+/Eu3+ and Ce3+/Tb3+ co-doped zinc phosphate glasses were prepared by sintering P2O5,ZnO,Ce2(C2O4)3·10H2O and Eu2O3/Tb4O7 mixtures at 1200 °C in the air for 2 h and the...Ce3+,Eu3+ and Tb3+ singly doped and Ce3+/Eu3+ and Ce3+/Tb3+ co-doped zinc phosphate glasses were prepared by sintering P2O5,ZnO,Ce2(C2O4)3·10H2O and Eu2O3/Tb4O7 mixtures at 1200 °C in the air for 2 h and then annealing at 450 °C for 10 h.The obtained glasses were homogeneous and transparent.The glasses without Ce3+ were colorless and those with Ce3+ showed slightly yellow.The singly doped glasses showed strong emissions and excitations from doped trivalent rare earth ions.Strong energy transfer from Ce3+ to...展开更多
Ca_2Gd_8(SiO_4)_6O_2∶ A(A=Pb^(2+), Tm^(3+))phosphors were prepared through the sol-gel process. X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and photoluminescence spectra were used to characterize the res...Ca_2Gd_8(SiO_4)_6O_2∶ A(A=Pb^(2+), Tm^(3+))phosphors were prepared through the sol-gel process. X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and photoluminescence spectra were used to characterize the resulting phosphors. The results of XRD indicate that the phosphors crystallized completely at 1000 ℃. SEM study reveals that the average grain size is 300~1000 nm. In Ca_2Gd_8(SiO_4)_6O_2∶Tm^(3+) phosphors, the Tm^(3+) shows its characteristic blue emission at 456 nm(~1D_2—~3F_4)upon excitation into its ~3H_6—^(1)D_2(361 nm), with an optimum doping concentration of 1mol% of Gd^(3+) in the host lattices. In Ca_2Gd_8(SiO_4)_6O_2∶Pb^(2+), Tm^(3+) phosphors, excitation into the Pb^(2+) at 266 nm(~1S_0—~3P_1)yields the emissions of Gd^(3+) at 311 nm(~6P—~8S)and Tm^(3+) at 367 nm(~1D_2 —~3H_6)and 456 nm(~1D_2—~3F_4), indicating that energy transfer processes of Pb^(2+)—Gd^(3+) and Pb^(2+)—Tm^(3+) have occurred in the host lattices.展开更多
The photoluminescence (PL) properties of Y203 :Eu^3+ nanophosphors were systematically investigated with the goal of improving the color quality and quantum efficiency of Y2O3 :Eu^3+ nanophosphors for potential ...The photoluminescence (PL) properties of Y203 :Eu^3+ nanophosphors were systematically investigated with the goal of improving the color quality and quantum efficiency of Y2O3 :Eu^3+ nanophosphors for potential applications in nano-scale devices. The emission spectra, excitation spectra and fluorescence decay curves were employed to trace the energy transfer process from Eu^3+ at C3i site to Eu^3+ at C2 site. The experimental results show that the energy transfer process becomes more and more efficient with the increase in the Eu^3+ concentration. The emission of Eu^3+ at C2 site is favorable because it has high radiative efficiency and better color quality. The successful suppress of the emission Eu^3+ at C3i is especially important for its applications in general illumination or display technology. The quantum efficiency and color quality of Y203 :Eu^3+ can be improved by controlling the energy transfer between the Eu^3+ at S6 site and Eu^3+ at C2 site.展开更多
A kind of novel experiment was disclosed as it possessed two bands of fluorescence emission at 1.4 and 1.6 μm, which were perfectly complimentary to the current C band of optic communication. The fluorescence was bas...A kind of novel experiment was disclosed as it possessed two bands of fluorescence emission at 1.4 and 1.6 μm, which were perfectly complimentary to the current C band of optic communication. The fluorescence was based on energy transfer and up-conversion processes between Tm^3+ and Yb^3+ under direct pumping of 975 nm LD. The spectra and lifetimes of Tm^3+ fluorescence in the tellurite glass were described. The corresponding fluorescence characteristics and energy migration process were analyzed by the method of lifetime and intensity comparison. The mechanism of the up-conversion based IR fluorescence was presented upon analyzing the multi-photon pumping process. The potential advantages of Tm^3+/Yb^3+ co-doped tellurite glass as amplifier material were concluded.展开更多
Zn2Si O4︰Tb^3+, Zn2 Si O4︰Ce^3+, Zn2 Si O4︰Tb^3+, Ce^3+ phosphors were prepared by solidstate reaction at 1 150 ℃ for 2h under a weak reducing atmosphere. Moreover, the XRD patterns and photoluminescence spect...Zn2Si O4︰Tb^3+, Zn2 Si O4︰Ce^3+, Zn2 Si O4︰Tb^3+, Ce^3+ phosphors were prepared by solidstate reaction at 1 150 ℃ for 2h under a weak reducing atmosphere. Moreover, the XRD patterns and photoluminescence spectra were recorded and the effects of Tb3+ and Ce3+ concentration on the luminescent properties of as-synthesized phosphors were investigated. The emission spectra under ultraviolet light(333 nm) radiation showed a dominant peak at 542 nm attributed to the 5D4→7F5 transition of Tb^3+, which was enhanced significantly(about 45 times) by the co-doping of Ce^3+, indicating that there occurred an efficient energy transfer from Ce^3+ to Tb^3+. According to the Dexter's energy transfer formula of multipolar interaction, it was demonstrated that the energy transfer between Ce3+ and Tb3+ was due to the electric dipolar-dipolar interaction of the resonance transfer.展开更多
BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus genotype 3a(HCV G3a)is highly prevalent in Pakistan.Due to the elevated cost of available Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs against HCV,medicinal natural products of potent antiv...BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus genotype 3a(HCV G3a)is highly prevalent in Pakistan.Due to the elevated cost of available Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs against HCV,medicinal natural products of potent antiviral activity should be screened for the cost-effective treatment of the disease.Furthermore,from natural products,active compounds against vital HCV proteins like non-structural protein 3(NS3)protease could be identified to prevent viral proliferation in the host.AIM To develop cost-effective HCV genotype 3a NS3 protease inhibitors from citrus fruit extracts.METHODS Full-length NS3 without co-factor non-structural protein 4A(NS4A)and codon optimized NS3 protease in fusion with NS4A were expressed in Escherichia coli.The expressed protein was purified by metal ion affinity chromatography and gel filtration.Citrus fruit extracts were screened using fluorescence resonance energy transfer(FRET)assay against the protease and polyphenols were identified as potential inhibitors using electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry(MS)/MS technique.Among different polyphenols,highly potent compounds were screened using molecular modeling approaches and consequently the most active compound was further evaluated against HCV NS4A-NS3 protease domain using FRET assay.RESULTS NS4A fused with NS3 protease domain gene was overexpressed and the purified protein yield was high in comparison to the lower yield of the full-length NS3 protein.Furthermore,in enzyme kinetic studies,NS4A fused with NS3 protease proved to be functionally active compared to full-length NS3.So it was concluded that co-factor NS4A fusion is essential for the purification of functionally active protease.FRET assay was developed and validated by the half maximal inhibitory concentration(IC50)values of commercially available inhibitors.Screening of citrus fruit extracts against the native purified fused NS4A-NS3 protease domain showed that the grapefruit mesocarp extract exhibits the highest percentage inhibition 91%of protease activity.Among the compounds identified by LCMS analysis,hesperidin showed strong binding affinity with the protease catalytic triad having S-score value of-10.98.CONCLUSION Fused NS4A-NS3 protease is functionally more active,which is effectively inhibited by hesperidin from the grapefruit mesocarp extract with an IC50 value of 23.32μmol/L.展开更多
Crystals of LiKGdF 5∶Er 3+, Tb 3+ grown by the hydrothermal synthesis technique with concentrations of 2% and 0.4% were analysed. By using site selective excitation measured at low temperature, luminescence and ex...Crystals of LiKGdF 5∶Er 3+, Tb 3+ grown by the hydrothermal synthesis technique with concentrations of 2% and 0.4% were analysed. By using site selective excitation measured at low temperature, luminescence and excitation spectra from Er 3+ and Tb 3+ ions embedded in LiKGdF 5 were clearly separated. The lifetimes of the emitting levels 4S 3/2 of Er 3+ and 5D 4 of Tb 3+ were also determined. Following the site selective spectroscopy study, the dominant energy transfer process from Tb 3+ to Er 3+ in the crystal was then investigated via transient experiments.展开更多
This paper studies photo-,cathodo-and X-ray luminescence of Ce^(3+) and Dy^(3+)mono-doped LABO_3 samples or Ce^(3+),Dy^(3+) codoped LaBO_3 samples and the dependence of Ce^(3+) and Dy^(3+) luminescent intensi- ties on...This paper studies photo-,cathodo-and X-ray luminescence of Ce^(3+) and Dy^(3+)mono-doped LABO_3 samples or Ce^(3+),Dy^(3+) codoped LaBO_3 samples and the dependence of Ce^(3+) and Dy^(3+) luminescent intensi- ties on compositions.The results obtained indicate that Ce^(3+) can sensitize well the luminescence of Dy^(3+) un- der UV excitation and quench markedly it under CR and XR excitation.This paper also studies the concen- tration dependence of emission intensity of Dy^(3+) under the excitation of peak wavelength of 352 nm,con- firming that the mechanism of concentration self-quenching of Dy^(3+) is a dipole-dipole interaction and the mechanism of the energy transfer from Ce^(3+) to Dy^(3+) is a resonant transfer in which electric multipole interaction plays a leading role.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51472125 and 51272109)the K.C.Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University,China(Grant No.NBUWC001)
文摘Ho3+/yb3+ co-doped LiYF4 single crystals with various Yb3+ concentrations and ,-~ 0.98 mol% Ho3+ concentration are grown by the Bridgman method under the conditions of taking LiF and YF3 as raw materials and a temperature gradient (40 ~C/cm-50 ~C/cm) for the solid-liquid interface. The luminescent performances of the crystals are investigated through emission spectra, infrared transmittance spectrum, emission cross section, and decay curves under excitation by 980 nm. Compared with the Ho3+ single-doped LiYF4 crystal, the Ho3+/yb3+ co-doped tiYf4 single crystal has an obviously enhanced emission band from 1850 nm to 2150 nm observed when excited by a 980-nm diode laser. The energy transfer from Yb3+ to Ho3+ and the optimum fluorescence emission around 2.0 p-m of Ho3+ ions are investigated. The maximum emission cross section of the above sample at 2.0 p.m is calculated to be 1.08 × 10-20 cm2 for the LiYF4 single crystal of 1-mol% Ho3+ and 6-mo1% Yb3+ according to the measured absorption spectrum. The high energy transfer efficiency of 88.9% from Yb3+ to Ho3+ ion in the sample co-doped by Ho3+ (1 mol%) and Yb3+ (8 tool%) demonstrates that the Yb3+ ions can efficiently sensitize the Ho3+ ions.
基金Supported by the Science & Technology Plan Project of Fujian Province (Nos 2005HZ1026 and 2007H0037)the Great Projects of FJIRSM (SZD08001-2 and SZD09001)the Open Science Foundation from Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics of CAS (No 2009KL004)
文摘Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped Gd3Ga5O12 single crystal with a dimension of Φ30mm×20mm was grown successfully by Czochralski method.The absorption spectrum was recorded at room temperature and used to calculate the absorption cross-section.Based on the Judd-Ofelt(J-O) theory,we obtained the three intensity parameters and spectral parameters of this crystal,such as the line strengths,oscillator strengths,radiative probabilities and radiative lifetimes as well as the fluorescent branching ratios.Room temperature fluorescence spectra and luminescence decay curves were recorded.The energy transfer between Yb3+-Tm3+ was observed and the mechanism was discussed.The stimulated emission cross-section of the 3F4→3H6 transition was calculated by the Füchtbauer-Ladenburg(F-L) equation.The potential laser gains for this transition were also investigated.This crystal is promising as a tunable infrared laser crystal at 2.0 μm.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10704090, 10874253)Foundation of the Education Committee of Chongqing (10874173)
文摘Ce3+,Eu3+ and Tb3+ singly doped and Ce3+/Eu3+ and Ce3+/Tb3+ co-doped zinc phosphate glasses were prepared by sintering P2O5,ZnO,Ce2(C2O4)3·10H2O and Eu2O3/Tb4O7 mixtures at 1200 °C in the air for 2 h and then annealing at 450 °C for 10 h.The obtained glasses were homogeneous and transparent.The glasses without Ce3+ were colorless and those with Ce3+ showed slightly yellow.The singly doped glasses showed strong emissions and excitations from doped trivalent rare earth ions.Strong energy transfer from Ce3+ to...
文摘Ca_2Gd_8(SiO_4)_6O_2∶ A(A=Pb^(2+), Tm^(3+))phosphors were prepared through the sol-gel process. X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and photoluminescence spectra were used to characterize the resulting phosphors. The results of XRD indicate that the phosphors crystallized completely at 1000 ℃. SEM study reveals that the average grain size is 300~1000 nm. In Ca_2Gd_8(SiO_4)_6O_2∶Tm^(3+) phosphors, the Tm^(3+) shows its characteristic blue emission at 456 nm(~1D_2—~3F_4)upon excitation into its ~3H_6—^(1)D_2(361 nm), with an optimum doping concentration of 1mol% of Gd^(3+) in the host lattices. In Ca_2Gd_8(SiO_4)_6O_2∶Pb^(2+), Tm^(3+) phosphors, excitation into the Pb^(2+) at 266 nm(~1S_0—~3P_1)yields the emissions of Gd^(3+) at 311 nm(~6P—~8S)and Tm^(3+) at 367 nm(~1D_2 —~3H_6)and 456 nm(~1D_2—~3F_4), indicating that energy transfer processes of Pb^(2+)—Gd^(3+) and Pb^(2+)—Tm^(3+) have occurred in the host lattices.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11304111 and 51172087)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20110061110011)the Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China(Grant No.2013M541284)
文摘The photoluminescence (PL) properties of Y203 :Eu^3+ nanophosphors were systematically investigated with the goal of improving the color quality and quantum efficiency of Y2O3 :Eu^3+ nanophosphors for potential applications in nano-scale devices. The emission spectra, excitation spectra and fluorescence decay curves were employed to trace the energy transfer process from Eu^3+ at C3i site to Eu^3+ at C2 site. The experimental results show that the energy transfer process becomes more and more efficient with the increase in the Eu^3+ concentration. The emission of Eu^3+ at C2 site is favorable because it has high radiative efficiency and better color quality. The successful suppress of the emission Eu^3+ at C3i is especially important for its applications in general illumination or display technology. The quantum efficiency and color quality of Y203 :Eu^3+ can be improved by controlling the energy transfer between the Eu^3+ at S6 site and Eu^3+ at C2 site.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Provience, China (2006C21082)National Natural Science Foundation of China (60677015)+1 种基金Foundation of Ningbo University (XR0710018)sponsored by KC Wong Magna Fund in NingBo University
文摘A kind of novel experiment was disclosed as it possessed two bands of fluorescence emission at 1.4 and 1.6 μm, which were perfectly complimentary to the current C band of optic communication. The fluorescence was based on energy transfer and up-conversion processes between Tm^3+ and Yb^3+ under direct pumping of 975 nm LD. The spectra and lifetimes of Tm^3+ fluorescence in the tellurite glass were described. The corresponding fluorescence characteristics and energy migration process were analyzed by the method of lifetime and intensity comparison. The mechanism of the up-conversion based IR fluorescence was presented upon analyzing the multi-photon pumping process. The potential advantages of Tm^3+/Yb^3+ co-doped tellurite glass as amplifier material were concluded.
基金Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21171152)the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province of China(No.2013CFB036)the Science and Technology Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education(No.B20083202)
文摘Zn2Si O4︰Tb^3+, Zn2 Si O4︰Ce^3+, Zn2 Si O4︰Tb^3+, Ce^3+ phosphors were prepared by solidstate reaction at 1 150 ℃ for 2h under a weak reducing atmosphere. Moreover, the XRD patterns and photoluminescence spectra were recorded and the effects of Tb3+ and Ce3+ concentration on the luminescent properties of as-synthesized phosphors were investigated. The emission spectra under ultraviolet light(333 nm) radiation showed a dominant peak at 542 nm attributed to the 5D4→7F5 transition of Tb^3+, which was enhanced significantly(about 45 times) by the co-doping of Ce^3+, indicating that there occurred an efficient energy transfer from Ce^3+ to Tb^3+. According to the Dexter's energy transfer formula of multipolar interaction, it was demonstrated that the energy transfer between Ce3+ and Tb3+ was due to the electric dipolar-dipolar interaction of the resonance transfer.
文摘BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus genotype 3a(HCV G3a)is highly prevalent in Pakistan.Due to the elevated cost of available Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs against HCV,medicinal natural products of potent antiviral activity should be screened for the cost-effective treatment of the disease.Furthermore,from natural products,active compounds against vital HCV proteins like non-structural protein 3(NS3)protease could be identified to prevent viral proliferation in the host.AIM To develop cost-effective HCV genotype 3a NS3 protease inhibitors from citrus fruit extracts.METHODS Full-length NS3 without co-factor non-structural protein 4A(NS4A)and codon optimized NS3 protease in fusion with NS4A were expressed in Escherichia coli.The expressed protein was purified by metal ion affinity chromatography and gel filtration.Citrus fruit extracts were screened using fluorescence resonance energy transfer(FRET)assay against the protease and polyphenols were identified as potential inhibitors using electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry(MS)/MS technique.Among different polyphenols,highly potent compounds were screened using molecular modeling approaches and consequently the most active compound was further evaluated against HCV NS4A-NS3 protease domain using FRET assay.RESULTS NS4A fused with NS3 protease domain gene was overexpressed and the purified protein yield was high in comparison to the lower yield of the full-length NS3 protein.Furthermore,in enzyme kinetic studies,NS4A fused with NS3 protease proved to be functionally active compared to full-length NS3.So it was concluded that co-factor NS4A fusion is essential for the purification of functionally active protease.FRET assay was developed and validated by the half maximal inhibitory concentration(IC50)values of commercially available inhibitors.Screening of citrus fruit extracts against the native purified fused NS4A-NS3 protease domain showed that the grapefruit mesocarp extract exhibits the highest percentage inhibition 91%of protease activity.Among the compounds identified by LCMS analysis,hesperidin showed strong binding affinity with the protease catalytic triad having S-score value of-10.98.CONCLUSION Fused NS4A-NS3 protease is functionally more active,which is effectively inhibited by hesperidin from the grapefruit mesocarp extract with an IC50 value of 23.32μmol/L.
文摘Crystals of LiKGdF 5∶Er 3+, Tb 3+ grown by the hydrothermal synthesis technique with concentrations of 2% and 0.4% were analysed. By using site selective excitation measured at low temperature, luminescence and excitation spectra from Er 3+ and Tb 3+ ions embedded in LiKGdF 5 were clearly separated. The lifetimes of the emitting levels 4S 3/2 of Er 3+ and 5D 4 of Tb 3+ were also determined. Following the site selective spectroscopy study, the dominant energy transfer process from Tb 3+ to Er 3+ in the crystal was then investigated via transient experiments.
文摘This paper studies photo-,cathodo-and X-ray luminescence of Ce^(3+) and Dy^(3+)mono-doped LABO_3 samples or Ce^(3+),Dy^(3+) codoped LaBO_3 samples and the dependence of Ce^(3+) and Dy^(3+) luminescent intensi- ties on compositions.The results obtained indicate that Ce^(3+) can sensitize well the luminescence of Dy^(3+) un- der UV excitation and quench markedly it under CR and XR excitation.This paper also studies the concen- tration dependence of emission intensity of Dy^(3+) under the excitation of peak wavelength of 352 nm,con- firming that the mechanism of concentration self-quenching of Dy^(3+) is a dipole-dipole interaction and the mechanism of the energy transfer from Ce^(3+) to Dy^(3+) is a resonant transfer in which electric multipole interaction plays a leading role.