Abstract
Nanoscale temperature sensing is increasingly being explored to study physical-chemical processes at the nanoscale. Since direct contact thermometers, like thermistors, are usually not suitable for high spatial resolution applications, luminescence thermometry raises as an alternative. In this case, a nanoparticle can be used as a probe and the temperature measurement is done by analyzing the luminescence emission. One of the most exploited candidates as luminescence nanothermometer probes are dielectric nanoparticles doped with lanthanide ions (Ln3+). They offer a high photostability and the possibility of using non-cytotoxic host matrices, targeting biological applications. In a typical approach, one can measure the temperature from Ln3+-based systems by recording their emission luminescence spectrum and computing the Luminescence Intensity Ratio between two so-called thermally coupled levels [1], which should follow the Boltzmann distribution. Another great advantage of using Ln3+-doped systems is to exploit the upconversion (UC) process, being possible to excite the thermally coupled levels with light of lower energy. In this sense, codoped Yb3+/Er3+ systems are among the most efficient ones. In such cases, the electrons in the ground state of the Yb3+ ions can be excited with a laser near 980 nm. Depending on the Yb3+ and Er3+ ions’ proximity, the energy can be efficiently transferred from Yb3+ to Er3+ ions.
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