Bright photon upconversion in LiYbF4:Tm3+@LiYF4 nanoparticles and their application for singlet oxygen generation and in immunoassay for SARS-CoV-2 nucleoprotein

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Authors

DROZDOWSKI Adrian JURGA Natalia PRZYBYLSKA Dominika BRANDMEIER Julian FARKA Zdeněk GORRIS Hans-Heiner GRZYB Tomasz

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979723010573
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.034
Keywords NIR to UV upconverting nanoparticles; Singlet oxygen; Reactive oxygen species; Covid-19 diagnosis
Description Photon upconversion is an intensively investigated phenomenon in the materials sciences due to its unique applications, mainly in biomedicine for disease prevention and treatment. This study reports the synthesis and properties of tetragonal LiYbF4:Tm3+@LiYF4 core@shell nanoparticles (NPs) and their applications. The NPs had sizes ranging from 18.5 to 23.7 nm. As a result of the energy transfer between Yb3+ and Tm3+ ions, the synthesized NPs show intense emission in the ultraviolet (UV) range up to 347 nm under 975 nm excitation. The bright emission in the UV range allows for singlet oxygen generation in the presence of hematoporphyrin on the surface of NPs. Our studies show that irradiation with a 975 nm laser of the functionalized NPs allows for the production of amounts of singlet oxygen easily detectable by Singlet Oxygen Sensor Green. The high emission intensity of NPs at 800 nm allowed the application of the synthesized NPs in an upconversion-linked immunosorbent assay (ULISA) for highly sensitive detection of the nucleoprotein from SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of Covid-19. This article proves that LiYbF4:Tm3+@LiYF4 core@shell nanoparticles can be perfect alternatives for the most commonly studied upconverting NPs based on the NaYF4 host compound and are good candidates for biomedical applications.
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