Giant Quantum Yield Enhancement in CdS/MgF2/Ag Hybrid Nanobelt under Two-Photon Excitation

ACS Photonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 2987-2994
Author(s):  
Xiangyuan Xing ◽  
Kai Wang ◽  
Xiaobo Han ◽  
Shuhang Qian ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
...  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEN-SHUO KUO ◽  
Chia-Yuan Chang ◽  
Ping-Ching Wu ◽  
Jiu-Yao Wang

Abstract BackgroundNitrogen doping and amino-group functionalization, which result in strong electron donation, can be achieved through chemical modification. Large π-conjugated systems of graphene quantum dot (GQD)-based materials acting as electron donors can be chemically manipulated with low two-photon excitation energy in a short photoexcitation time for improving the charge transfer efficiency of sorted nitrogen-doped amino acid–functionalized GQDs (sorted amino-N-GQDs). ResultsIn this study, a self-developed femtosecond Ti-sapphire laser optical system (222.7 nJ pixel−1 with 100-170 scans, approximately 0.65-1.11 s of total effective exposure times; excitation wavelength: 960 nm in the near-infrared II region) was used for chemical modification. The sorted amino-N-GQDs exhibited enhanced two-photon absorption, post-two-photon excitation stability, two-photon excitation cross-section, and two-photon luminescence through the radiative pathway. The lifetime and quantum yield of the sorted amino-N-GQDs decreased and increased, respectively. Furthermore, the sorted amino-N-GQDs exhibited excitation-wavelength-independent photoluminescence in the near-infrared region and generated reactive oxygen species after two-photon excitation. An increase in the size of the sorted amino-N-GQDs boosted photochemical and electrochemical efficacy and resulted in high photoluminescence quantum yield and highly efficient two-photon photodynamic therapy. ConclusionThe sorted dots can be used in two-photon contrast probes for tracking and localizing analytes during two-photon imaging in a biological environment and for conducting two-photon photodynamic therapy for eliminating infectious microbes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 4550-4559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixiong Dai ◽  
Wai-Sum Lo ◽  
Yanjuan Gu ◽  
Qingwu Xiong ◽  
Ka-Leung Wong ◽  
...  

Breaking the barrier of 1,2 HOPO complexes with extremely emissive Eu-Cy-HOPO (overall quantum yield −30.2%) that displays two photon properties.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (20) ◽  
pp. 3651-3657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaojing Zhao ◽  
Guangle Niu ◽  
Feng Wu ◽  
Li Yan ◽  
Hongyan Zhang ◽  
...  

Polythiophene nanoparticles with large TPA cross section and high1O2generation quantum yield have been developed for simultaneous lysosome-targetable fluorescence imaging and photodynamic therapy.


Author(s):  
David W. Piston ◽  
Brian D. Bennett ◽  
Robert G. Summers

Two-photon excitation microscopy (TPEM) provides attractive advantages over confocal microscopy for three-dimensionally resolved fluorescence imaging and photochemistry. Two-photon excitation arises from the simultaneous absorption of two photons in a single quantitized event whose probability is proportional to the square of the instantaneous intensity. For example, two red photons can cause the transition to an excited electronic state normally reached by absorption in the ultraviolet. In practice, two-photon excitation is made possible by the very high local instantaneous intensity provided by a combination of diffraction-limited focusing of a single laser beam in the microscope and the temporal concentration of 100 femtosecond pulses generated by a mode-locked laser. Resultant peak excitation intensities are 106 times greater than the CW intensities used in confocal microscopy, but the pulse duty cycle of 10-5 maintains the average input power on the order of 10 mW, only slightly greater than the power normally used in confocal microscopy.


Author(s):  
David W. Piston

Two-photon excitation fluorescence microscopy provides attractive advantages over confocal microscopy for three-dimensionally resolved fluorescence imaging. Two-photon excitation arises from the simultaneous absorption of two photons in a single quantitized event whose probability is proportional to the square of the instantaneous intensity. For example, two red photons can cause the transition to an excited electronic state normally reached by absorption in the ultraviolet. In our fluorescence experiments, the final excited state is the same singlet state that is populated during a conventional fluorescence experiment. Thus, the fluorophore exhibits the same emission properties (e.g. wavelength shifts, environmental sensitivity) used in typical biological microscopy studies. In practice, two-photon excitation is made possible by the very high local instantaneous intensity provided by a combination of diffraction-limited focusing of a single laser beam in the microscope and the temporal concentration of 100 femtosecond pulses generated by a mode-locked laser. Resultant peak excitation intensities are 106 times greater than the CW intensities used in confocal microscopy, but the pulse duty cycle of 10−5 maintains the average input power on the order of 10 mW, only slightly greater than the power normally used in confocal microscopy.


Bioimaging ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pekka E Hänninen ◽  
Martin Schrader ◽  
Erkki Soini ◽  
Stefan W Hell

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. 305-306
Author(s):  
David W. Piston

Two-photon excitation microscopy (TPEM) provides attractive advantages over confocal microscopy for three-dimensionally resolved fluorescence imaging and photochemistry. It provides three-dimensional resolution and eliminates background equivalent to an ideal confocal microscope without requiring a confocal spatial filter, whose absence enhances fluorescence collection efficiency. This results in inherent submicron optical sectioning by excitation alone. In practice, TPEM is made possible by the very high local instantaneous intensity provided by a combination of diffraction-limited focusing of a single laser beam in the microscope and the temporal concentration of 100 femtosecond pulses generated by a mode-locked laser. Resultant peak excitation intensities are 106 times greater than the CW intensities used in confocal microscopy, but the pulse duty cycle of 10−5 limits the average input power to less than 10 mW, only slightly greater than the power normally used in confocal microscopy. Because of the intensity-squared dependence of the two-photon absorption, the excitation is limited to the focal volume.


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