Luminescent Materials based on Trivalent Lanthanide Ions

Luminescent Materials as nanoscale thermal probes

Luminescence thermometry as a nanotool for materials' characterization

Molecular Logical Gates

University of Aveiro

Universidade de Aveiro

Photonic Hybrids and Nanomaterials Group

(http://hybrids.web.ua.pt)

University of Aveiro

Luís D. Carlos

Rute André

Helena Oliveira

University of Zaragoza (Spain)

Angel Millan
Rafael Piñol

Centro de Energia Atómica (Argentina)

Eduardo D. Martínez

• FCT Ref. PTDC/FIS-OUT/31469/2017 (Principal Investigator, 40%). Funding: 221,702.30 €. Period: July 2018 - June 2021.

• FCT Ref. PTDC/BTM-MAT/31794/2017 (Team Member, 10%). Funding: 235,080.68 €. Period: August 2018 - August 2021.

• FCT Ref. PTDC/CTM-NAN/4647/2014 (Team Member, 70%). Funding 183,945.00 €. Period: July 2016 - June 2019.

Artigo em conferência

1            Ghasempour, A; Alexandre, D; Brites, CDS; Moreira, PJ; Reynaud, F; Marques, PVS; Leite, AMP; Garcia, PJV. 2008. "Rapid prototyping of integrated sol-gel devices for astronomical interferometry". Marseille, França. SPIE. DOI:10.1117/12.788845

Artigo em revista

2              Gonell, F; Botas, AMP; Brites, CDS; Amoros, P; Carlos, LD; Julián-López, B; Ferreira, RAS. 2019 “Aggregation-induced Heterogeneities in the Emission of Upconverting Nanoparticles at the Submicron Scale Unfolded by Hyperspectral Microscopy” Nanoscale Advances, DOI: 10.1039/c8na00412a

3              Brites, Carlos DS; Martinez, Eduardo D.; Urbano, Ricardo R; Rettori Carlos; Carlos, Luís D. 2019. "Self-calibrated double luminescent thermometers through upconverting nanoparticles". Frontiers in Organic Chemistry. DOI:10.3389/fchem.2019.00083

4              Martínez, ED; Brites, CDS; Carlos, LD; Urbano RR; Rettori, C. 2019. "Upconversion Nanocomposite Materials with Designed Thermal Response for Optoelectronic Devices". Frontiers in Chemistry. DOI:10.3389/fchem.2019.00083

5              Martínez, ED; Brites, CDS; Carlos, LD; García-Flores, AF, Urbano, RR; Rettori, C. 2019. "Electrochromic Switch Devices Mixing Small- and Large-Sized Upconverting Nanocrystals". Advanced Functional Materials. DOI:10.1002/adfm.201807758.

6              Brites, CDS; Balabhadra, S; Carlos, LD 2018. "Lanthanide-Based Thermometers: At the Cutting-Edge of Luminescence Thermometry". Advanced Optical Materials DOI:10.1002/adom.201801239

7              Balabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS.; Ferreira, RAS; Carlos, LD. 2018. "Radiation-to-heat conversion efficiency in SrF₂:Yb³⁺/Er³⁺ upconverting nanoparticles". Optical Materials 83: 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2018.05.069.

8              Brites, CDS; Fiaczyk, K.; Ramalho, JFCB; Sójka, M.; Carlos, LD; Zych, E. 2018. "Widening the Temperature Range of Luminescent Thermometers through the Intra- and Interconfigurational Transitions of Pr³⁺". Advanced Optical Materials 6 (10): 1701318.DOI:10.1002/adom.201701318.

9              Savchuk, OA; Carvajal, JJ; Brites CDS; Carlos, LD; Aguilo, M; Diaz, F. 2018. "Upconversion thermometry: a new tool to measure the thermal resistance of nanoparticles". Nanoscale. DOI:1039/C7NR08758F

10          Ramalho, JFCB; António, LCF; Correia, SFH; Fu, LS; Pinho, AS; Brites, CDS; Carlos, LD; André, PS; Ferreira, RAS. 2018. "Luminescent QR codes for smart labelling and sensing". Optics and Laser Technology 101: 304-311. DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2017.11.023

11          Balabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Ferreira, RAS; Carlos, LD. 2017. "A cost-effective quantum yield measurement setup for upconverting nanoparticles". Journal of Luminescence 189: 64-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.03.054

12          Balabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Ferreira, RAS; Carlos, LD. 2017. "Upconverting Nanoparticles Working As Primary Thermometers in Different Media". Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121 (25): 13962-13968. DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04827

13          Brites, CDS; Fuertes, MC; Angelomé, PC; Martínez, ED; Lima, PP; Soler-Illia, GJAA; Carlos, LD. 2017. "Tethering Luminescent Thermometry and Plasmonics: Light Manipulation to Assess Real-Time Thermal Flow in Nanoarchitectures". Nano Letters 17 (8): 4746-4752. DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01433

14          Li, L; Zhu, Y; Zhou, X; Brites, CDS; Ananias, D; Lin, Z; Paz, FA Filipe A; Rocha, J; Huang, W; Carlos, LD. 2016. "Visible-Light Excited Luminescent Thermometer Based on Single Lanthanide Organic Frameworks". Advanced Functional Materials 26 (47): 8677-8684. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201603179

15          Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Balabhadra, S; Oliveira, H; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD. 2016. "Nanoplatforms for Plasmon-Induced Heating and Thermometry". ChemNanoMat 2 (6): 520-527. DOI:10.1002/cnma.201600061

16          Brites, CDS; Millán, A; Carlos, LD. 2016. "Termómetros moleculares". Revista Espanhola de Física 30 (3).

http://www.revistadefisica.es/index.php/ref/article/view/2199.

17          Brites, Carlos. 2016. "Implementing luminescence thermometry at 1.3 µm using (GdNd)₂O₃ nanoparticles". Journal of Luminescence 180: 25-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.07.034

18          Rocha, J; Brites, CDS; Carlos, LD. 2016. "Lanthanide Organic Framework Luminescent Thermometers". Chemistry - A European Journal 22 (42): 14782-14795. DOI:10.1002/chem.201600860

19          Botas, AMP; Brites, CDS; Wu, J; Kortshagen, U; Pereira, RN; Carlos, LD; Ferreira, RAS. 2016. "A New Generation of Primary Luminescent Thermometers Based on Silicon Nanoparticles and Operating in Different Media". Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 33 (10): 740-748. DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201600198

20          Brites, CDS; Lima, PP; Carlos, LD. 2016. "Tuning the sensitivity of Ln3+-based luminescent molecular thermometers through ligand design". Journal of Luminescence 169: 497-502. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.01.025

21          Ximendes, EC; Santos, WQ; Rocha, U; Kagola, UK; Sanz-Rodríguez, F; Fernández, N; Gouveia-Neto, ADS; Bravo, D; Domingo, AM; del Rosal, B Brites, CDS; Carlos, LD; Jaque, D; Jacinto, C. "Unveiling in Vivo Subcutaneous Thermal Dynamics by Infrared Luminescent Nanothermometers". Nano Letters 16 (3): 1695-1703. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04611

22          Ananias, D; Brites, CDS; Carlos, LD; Rocha, J. 2016. "Cryogenic Nanothermometer Based on the MIL-103(Tb,Eu) Metal-Organic Framework". European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201501195

23          Rodrigues, M; Piñol, R; Antorrena, G; Brites, CDS; Silva, NJO; Murillo, JL; Cases, R;.Díez, I; Palacio, F; Torras, N; Plaza, JA, PérezGarcía, L; Carlos, LD; Millán, A. 2015. "Implementing Thermometry on Silicon Surfaces Functionalized by Lanthanide-Doped Self-Assembled Polymer Monolayers". DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201503889

24          Wang, Z; Ananias, D; Carné-Sánchez, A; Brites, CDS; Imaz, I; Maspoch, D; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD. 2015. "Lanthanide-Organic Framework Nanothermometers Prepared by Spray-Drying". Adv. Funct. Mater.: DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201500518

25          Piñol, R; Brites, CDS; Bustamante, R; Martínez, A; Silva, NJO; Murillo, JL; Cases, R; Carrey, J; Estepa, C; Sosa, C; Palacio, F; Carlos, LD; Millán, A. 2015. "Joining Time-Resolved Thermometry and Magnetic-Induced Heating in a Single Nanoparticle Unveils Intriguing Thermal Properties". ACS Nano 9 (3): 3134-3142. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00059

26          Balabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Nunes, LAO; Malta, OL; Rocha, J; Bettinelli, M; Carlos, LD. 2015. "Boosting the sensitivity of Nd³⁺-based luminescent nanothermometers". Nanoscale 7 (41): 17261-17267. DOI: 10.1039/c5nr05631d

27          Ren, M; Brites, CDS; Bao, SS; Ferreira, RAS; Zheng, LM; Carlos, LD. 2015. "A cryogenic luminescent ratiometric thermometer based on a lanthanide phosphonate dimer". Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 (33): 8480-8484. DOI: 10.1039/c5tc01468a

28          Lima, PP; Paz, FAA; Brites, CDS; Quirino, WG; Legnani, C; Silva, MCE; Ferreira, RAS; Junior, SA; Malta, OL; Cremona, M; Carlos, LD. 2014. "White OLED based on a temperature sensitive Eu³⁺/Tb³⁺ b-diketonate complex". Organic Electronics 15 (3): 798-808. DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.01.009

29          Brites, CDS; Lima, PP; Silva, NJO; Millán, A; Amaral, VS; Palacio, F; Carlos, L.D. 2013. "Ratiometric highly sensitive luminescent nanothermometers working in the room temperature range. Applications to heat propagation in nanofluids". Nanoscale 5 (16): 7572-7580.DOI: 10.1039/c3nr02335d

30          Cadiau, A; Brites, CDS; Costa, PMFJ; Ferreira, RAS; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD. 2013. "Ratiometric nanothermometer based on an emissive Ln³⁺-organic framework". ACS Nano 7 (8): 7213-7218. DOI: 10.1021/nn402608w

31          Ferreira, RAS; Brites, CDS; Vicente, CMS; Lima, PP; Bastos, ARN; Marques, PG; Hiltunen, M; Carlos, LD; André, PS. 2013. "Photonic-on-a-chip: A thermal actuated Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a molecular thermometer based on a single di-ureasil organic-inorganic hybrid". Laser and Photonics Reviews 7 (6): 1027-1035.DOI:10.1002/lpor.201300080

32          Brites, CDS; Lima, PP; Silva, NJO; Millán, A; Amaral, VS; Palacio, F; Carlos, LD. 2013. "Organic–Inorganic Eu³⁺/Tb³⁺ co-doped hybrid films for temperature mapping in integrated circuits". Frontiers in Chemistry 1. DOI:10.3389/fchem.2013.00009

33          Brites, CDS; Lima, PP; Silva, NJO; Millán, A; Amaral, VS; Palacio, F; Carlos, LD. 2013. "Thermometry at the nanoscale using lanthanide-containing organic-inorganic hybrid materials". Journal of Luminescence 133: 230-232. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2011.12.050

34          Brites, CDS; Freitas, VT; Ferreira, RAS; Millán, A; Palacio, F; Carlos, LD. 2012. "Metal-free highly luminescent silica nanoparticles". Langmuir 28 (21): 8190-8196.DOI: 10.1021/la300288j

35          Brites, CDS; Lima, PP; Silva, NJO; Millán, A; Amaral, VS; Palacio, F; Carlos, LD. 2012. "Thermometry at the nanoscale". Nanoscale 4 (16): 4799-4829. DOI: 10.1039/c2nr30663~

36          Brites, CDS; Lima, PP; Silva, NJO; Millán, A; Amaral, VS; Palacio, F; Carlos, LD. 2011. "Lanthanide-based luminescent molecular thermometers". New Journal of Chemistry 35 (6): 1177-1183. DOI:10.1039/c0nj01010c

37          Brites, CDS; Lima, PP; Silva, NJO; Millán, A; Amaral, VS; Palacio, F; Carlos, LD. 2010. "A luminescent molecular thermometer for long-term absolute temperature measurements at the nanoscale". Advanced Materials 22 (40): 4499-4504. DOI:10.1002/adma.201001780

38          Nobre, SS; Brites, CDS; Ferreira, RAS; de Zea Bermudez, V; Carcel, C; Moreau, JJE; Rocha, J; Wong Chi Man, M; Carlos, LD. 2008. "Photoluminescence of Eu(III)-doped lamellar bridged silsesquioxanes self-templated through a hydrogen bonding array". Journal of Materials Chemistry 18 (35): 4172-4182. DOI: 10.1039/b807262k