abstract
Luminescence thermometry allows the remote monitoring of the temperature and holds the promise to drive the next generation of future nano or micrometric devices. Materials able to sense the temperature are usually based on one or several lanthanide ions allowing a ratiometric measurement. Optimizing the thermometric features is usually achieved through a serendipity approach, but it still appears difficult to accurately predict the sensing performance. Through a combination of experiment and theoretical calculations, the first example of an energy-driven luminescent molecular thermometer [Tb0.94Eu0.06(bpy)(2)(NO3)(3)] (bpy = 2,2 '-bipydine) displaying an exceptional thermal cyclability around room temperature is reported, for which the thermal properties could be theoretically forecasted. This work provides comprehensive guidelines that can be easily extended for any dual-center thermometer in which energy transfer drives the thermometric performance opening the avenue for the smart engineering of sensing devices.
keywords
ENERGY-TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE THERMOMETRY; LANTHANIDE COMPLEXES; CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE; UP-CONVERSION; TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE; LIGHT; STATE; TB3+
subject category
Materials Science; Optics
authors
Neto, ANC; Mamontova, E; Botas, AMP; Brites, CDS; Ferreira, RAS; Rouquette, J; Guari, Y; Larionova, J; Long, J; Carlos, LD
our authors
Albano Neto Carneiro Neto
Junior Researcher
Alexandre Manuel Pedroso Botas
Post-Doc Fellowship
Carlos Brites
Associate Professor
Luís Carlos
Full professor
Maria Rute de Amorim e Sá Ferreira André
Full professorGroups
G2 - Photonic, Electronic and Magnetic Materials
G3 - Electrochemical Materials, Interfaces and Coatings
Projects
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Nanoparticles - based 2D thermal bioimaging technologies - NanoTBTech (NanoTBTech)
acknowledgements
This work was developed within the scope of the projects CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020 & UIDP/50011/2020) financed by Portuguese funds through the FCT/MEC and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. The support of the European Union's Horizon 2020 FET Open program under grant agreement No. 801305 (NanoTBTech) is also acknowledged. A.M.P.B. thanks the NanoHeatControl project (POCI01-0145-FEDER-031469) for the post-doctoral grant. The authors also thank the University of Montpellier, CNRS, and PAC of ICGM. J. Long acknowledges the support from the Institut Universitaire de France.