title: Efficient manganese luminescence induced by Ce3+-Mn2+ energy transfer in rare earth fluoride and phosphate nanocrystals.
abstract: Manganese materials with attractive optical properties have been proposed for applications in such areas as photonics, light-emitting diodes, and bioimaging. In this paper, we have demonstrated multicolor Mn2+ luminescence in the visible region by controlling Ce3+-Mn2+ energy transfer in rare earth nanocrystals [NCs]. CeF3 and CePO4 NCs doped with Mn2+ have been prepared and can be well dispersed in aqueous solutions. Under ultraviolet light excitation, both the CeF3:Mn and CePO4:Mn NCs exhibit Mn2+ luminescence, yet their output colors are green and orange, respectively. By optimizing Mn2+ doping concentrations, Mn2+ luminescence quantum efficiency and Ce3+-Mn2+ energy transfer efficiency can respectively reach 14% and 60% in the CeF3:Mn NCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education and School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430072, China. yxf@whu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Liang-Bo
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ding-Fei
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Pan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xue-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Yu