Publications by authors named "Shuoran Chen"

A ratiometric nanosensor was developed for detecting methyl orange (MO) based on down/up-conversion luminescence achieved by a triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion luminescence (TTA-UCL) system. The probe, utilizing sensitizer and annihilator fluorophores encapsulated in nanomicelles, demonstrated high sensitivity and selectivity for MO detection. The energy transfer from UCL to MO endowed the sensor with responsive capabilities.

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The commonly used artificial light sources, such as fluorescent lamps and white light-emitting diodes, often have a high ratio of blue light emission, which poses potential blue light hazards, especially one of the main culprits leading to eye diseases. Therefore, developing novel white lighting sources with low blue-hazard is highly appreciated. In this work, an air-stable and color-tunable triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) mechanism was proposed to realize the low blue-hazard white-light emission.

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Optical information encryption with high encoding capacities can significantly boost the security level of anti-counterfeiting in the scenario of guaranteeing the authenticity of a wide scope of common and luxury goods. In this work, a novel counterfeiting material with high-degree complexity is fabricated by microencapsulating cholesteric liquid crystals and triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion fluorophores to integrate structural coloration with fluorescence and upconversion photoluminescence. Moreover, the multimode security ink presents tailorable optical behaviors and programmable abilities on flexible substrates by various printing techniques, which offers distinct information encryption under different optical modes.

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  • Pluronic F127, P123, and a special type of F127 micelles are tiny capsules that can remove oxygen when they are exposed to light.
  • This process happens through a chemical reaction with a surfactant.
  • They can also convert light energy efficiently in the air, just as well as when there is no oxygen around.
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Multi-wavelength hot-band excitation, forbidden in the conventional Stokes fluorescence mechanism, is found to be available with cascading triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC). Selective excitation of Pt(II)octaethylporphyrin (PtOEP) by diode lasers with wavelengths of 532 nm, 589 nm, 635 nm, 655 nm, and 671 nm respectively can all induce 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA) to emit blue upconversion, with the maximum anti-Stokes shift of 0.95 eV in the microcrystals exposed to air.

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Precise diagnosis of the boundary and grade of tumors is especially important for surgical dissection. Recently, visible and near-infrared (Vis-NIR) absorption differences of tumors are demonstrated for a precise tumor diagnosis. Here, a template-assisted sequential printing strategy is investigated to construct lateral heterostructured Vis-NIR photodetectors, relying on the up-conversion nanoparticles (UCNPs)/perovskite arrays.

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This work presents a highly secure anticounterfeiting strategy based on upconversion/afterglow hybrids with tricolor emissions tuned by a single 975 nm laser. The hybrids are composed of NaYF:Yb/Tm and NaYF:Yb/Er microrods and CaS:Eu afterglow phosphors. Under 975 nm excitation, the hybrids exhibit multicolor emissions from green to white by adjusting laser power and then emit red afterglow light when the 975 nm laser is off.

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The measurement of pH is greatly significant in monitoring physiological and biochemical states. In this work, a novel micellar ratiometric fluorescent probe featuring sophisticated energy-transfer (ET) behaviors with -nitrophenol (PNP) as the energy acceptor and a triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) system as the energy donor was designed. The pH-induced molecular configuration of PNP determined the process for the transfer of energy from TTA-UC to PNP.

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Soluble 3,7,11,15-tetra(-butyl)phthalocyanine palladium (TBPcPd) and 3,7,11,15-tetra(pentyloxy)phthalocyanine palladium (POPcPd) were synthesized and employed as sensitizers in expectation of achieving red-to-yellow/green upconversion (UC), doped with rubrene (Rub) and 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene (BPEA), respectively. Under excitation of a 655 nm diode laser (∼1.5 W cm), a maximum red-to-green UC efficiency of 0.

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Detection of magnesium ion has been of great significance considering its critical physiological activities. Herein, we report ratiometric fluorescence detection of Mg with high sensitivity and selectivity based on triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) upconversion for the first time. Crown-ether functionalized anthracene derivatives were synthesized, which bifunctionally acted as not only annihilators to construct TTA upconversion systems but also the recognition probes for Mg based on the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) mechanism.

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Triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) upconversion is a special non-linear photophysical process that converts low-energy photons into high-energy photons based on sensitizer/annihilator pairs. Here, we constructed a novel luminescence ratiometric nanothermometer based on TTA upconversion nanomicelles by encapsulating sensitizer/annihilator molecules into a temperature-sensitive amphiphilic triblock polymer and obtained good linear relationships between the luminescence ratio (integrated intensity ratio of upconverted luminescence peak to the downshifted phosphorescence peak) and the temperature. We also found chemical modification of annihilators would rule out the interference of the polymer concentration and stereochemical engineering of annihilators would readily regulate the thermal sensitivity.

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  • A novel 2D metal-organic framework called USTS-7 was created using Zr(IV) and a specific organic acid.
  • USTS-7 is stable in various environments, including water and extreme pH conditions.
  • This framework shows high luminescence and can selectively detect chromium oxide (CrO) in aqueous solutions at very low concentrations.
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The typical dimensions of bacterial and microorganism cells match well with the scales at which nanomaterial-based architectures can influence the environment. However, it is one of the most formidable challenges to achieve designed patterns at the microscale for studying microorganisms. Here, we present a method to recognize and locate motile microorganisms at the microscale.

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The metal pattern plays a crucial role in various optoelectronic devices. However, fabrication of high-resolution metal patterns has serious problems including complicated techniques and high cost. Herein, an inkjet printed water-soluble sacrificial layer was proposed to fabricate a high-resolution metal pattern.

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Olfactory is an extremely fine way of perception. However, the process of smelling is prone to various interference factors. Further development to enhance the communication desires an odor-releasing strategy, which could quantitatively offer a variety of fragrances.

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A ratiometric fluorescent sensor for the detection of Fe ions is achieved based on triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) luminescence. A new anthracene derivative (named as DHTPA) is designed and synthesized and reveals similar optical properties to 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA) and is used as a stimuli responsive annihilator in a TTA-UC system due to its complexation ability. As a result, the UC emission can be significantly quenched by Fe ions, while the phosphorescence (PL) emission of sensitizer palladium(ii) octaetylporphyrin (PdOEP) remains nearly constant, which makes the PL signal an appropriate internal reference for the UC signal.

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By loading a microemulsion containing both sensitizer and emitter into porous sodium polyacrylate (PAAS), a water-absorbent resin (WAR) upconversion (UC) material was fabricated for photocatalysis applications. This WAR UC material showed a highly efficient UC process in the ambient environment owing to its liquid/solid encapsulation structure. In the application measurement, the UC emission from WAR UC materials can excite the catalyst Pt/WO to produce hydroxyl radicals, yielding 7-hydroxycoumarin by reacting with coumarin.

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d-Limonene, obtained from the rind of citrus fruits, was demonstrated as a green solvent to realize air-stable and highly efficient triplet-triplet annihilation photon upconversion (TTA-UC). This natural low-toxic compound also contributed to noncoherent UC excited by a solar simulator in air, making TTA-UC materials promising candidates in solar energy and other practical applications. The rapid deoxygenating ability of d-limonene was thoroughly investigated.

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Precise control of particles co-assembly has attracted great attention for fabricating intricate structures and functional materials. However, achieving precise co-assembly of one-dimensional (1D) binary superstructures remains challenging due to the constrained thermodynamic stability and lack of general strategies to control the 1D ordered arrangement of mixed particles. Here, we propose a facile strategy to achieve programmed co-assembly of 1D binary superstructures by liquid soft confinement without particle modification or external field.

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Elimination of satellite droplets in inkjet printing has long been desired for high-resolution and precision printing of functional materials and tissues. Generally, the strategy to suppress satellite droplets is to control ink properties, such as viscosity or surface tension, to assist ink filaments in retracting into one drop. However, this strategy brings new restrictions to the ink, such as ink viscosity, surface tension, and concentration.

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The evolution of gas-liquid foams has been an attractive topic for more than half a century. However, it remains a challenge to manipulate the evolution of foams, which restricts the development of porous materials with excellent mechanical, thermal, catalytic, electrical or acoustic properties. Here we report a strategy to manipulate the evolution of two-dimensional (2D) liquid foams with a micropatterned surface.

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A spontaneous process is demonstrated to assemble nanoparticles into an optimal interconnect, as natural systems spontaneously figure out the shortest path. The optimal interconnect leads to a 65.9% decrease in electromagnetic interference, a 17.

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Assembly of nanoparticles into controllable micro or nanocurve circuits by a feasible strategy is demonstrated. The curves, with various tortuosity morphologies, have tunable resistive strain sensitivity, which can be integrated into a multi-analysis flexible sensor. The curve-based sensor can run complicated facial expression recognition, and may contribute practical applications on auxiliary apparatus for skin micromotion manipulation for paraplegics.

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Nanoscale circuits are fabricated by assembling different conducting materials (e.g., metal nanoparticles, metal nano-wires, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and conducting polymers) on inkjet-printing patterned substrates.

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Alignment of 1D assemblies of a wide variety of nanoparticles (e.g., metal, metal oxide, semiconductor quantum dots, or organic microspheres) in one direction upon diverse substrates (including industrial silicon wafers and transparent glass plates) by a general strategy is demonstrated.

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