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Luminescent nanoparticle-arrays synthesized via polymer pen lithography

Ping Wang1,§, Shuyi Bao1,§, Shuqian Qiao2, Ce Li1, Zhang Jiang1, Hao Song1, Yilin Wang1, Qiuqiang Zhan2( ), Ling Huang1,3( )
Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, National Centre for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of the Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energies, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China

§ Ping Wang and Shuyi Bao contributed equally to this work.

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Large area (1 cm2) and 100% repeatable in-situ synthesis of luminescent upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) arrays is achieved through poly-pen lithography based on a facile and efficient ink preparation method.

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We report a high-throughput approach to generating lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) arrays through polymer pen lithography (PPL), where instead of the expensive block co-polymer, two types of polymers are employed with one working as ink carrier, e.g., polyethylene glycol-400 (PEG-400) to facilitate smooth transfer from the tip to the substrate and the other, e.g., polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), as chelator to ensure successful patterning of metal ions. The strong coordination of PVP with rare earth ions (RE3+) is the key for weakening the interaction between RE3+ ions and the carrier PEG-400 so that the good mobility of ink can be retained. Further experimental results have shown that besides PVP, small molecules with functional groups that can coordinate with RE3+ ions, such as oleic acid, can also serve the same role as PVP, which greatly enriches the ink library for PPL. Over 1 cm2 area arrays comprising individual UCNP can be reliably generated with characteristic upconversion luminescence. This strategy not only allows reliable production of individual UCNP arrays, it also paves new avenue to the precise synthesis of multifunctional NPs for lasing, imaging, encryption, and anticounterfeiting.

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polymer pen lithographyupconversion luminescencenanoparticlearrayligand

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 2,
February 2023
Pages 3125-3129
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4968-0
Cite this article:
Wang P, Bao S, Qiao S, et al. Luminescent nanoparticle-arrays synthesized via polymer pen lithography. Nano Research, 2023, 16(2): 3125-3129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4968-0
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Received: 03 August 2022
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Published: 11 October 2022
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