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Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 General Introduction to Upconversion Luminescence Materials; Abstract; 1.1 Energy Transfer Mechanism of the Upconversion Materials; 1.2 The Category of the Upconversion Materials; 1.2.1 Lanthanide-based Upconverters; 1.2.1.1 Activators; 1.2.1.2 Sensitizer; 1.2.1.3 Host Materials; 1.2.1.4 The Nonlinear Nature and Efficiency of Upconversion Luminescence; 1.2.2 Transition Metal Upconverters; 1.2.3 Mixed Rare Earth/Transition Metal Upconverters; 1.2.4 Organic Upconverters; 1.2.5 Lanthanide-doped Upconversion Nanomaterials; 1.3 Summary; References
2 ``Wet'' Chemical Synthesis and Manipulation of Upconversion NanoparticlesAbstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Mechanism for the Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanocrystals; 2.2.1 Nucleation; 2.2.2 Synthetic Techniques for the Separation of Nucleation and Growth; 2.2.3 Growth; 2.3 Synthesis Routes for the Upconversion Nanoparticles; 2.3.1 Thermolysis Strategy; 2.3.2 Hydro(Solvo)Thermal Strategy; 2.3.3 Other Methods for the Synthesis of the Lanthanide-Doped Luminescent Nanoparticles; 2.3.4 Ultrasmall Upconversion Nanoparticles with Bright Upconversion Luminescence
2.4 Synthesis Routes for the Fabrication of the Core@Shell Structured Upconversion Nanoparticles2.4.1 One-Pot Heating-Up Method; 2.4.2 Successive Layer-by-Layer Strategy for the Fabrication of Multi-shell-Structured Upconversion Nanoparticles; 2.4.3 Ostwald Ripening Strategy for the Fabrication of Core@Shell Upconversion Nanoparticles; 2.4.4 Cation Exchange Strategy for the Fabrication of Core@Shell Upconversion Nanoparticles; 2.5 Characterizations; 2.5.1 Optical Characterization; 2.5.2 Chemical and Structural Characterization; 2.5.2.1 Transmission Electron Microscopy
2.5.2.2 X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy2.5.2.3 X-ray Diffraction; 2.6 Summary and Perspectives; References; 3 Upconversion Luminescence of Lanthanide Ion-Doped Nanocrystals; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Upconversion Emission Color Tunability; 3.2.1 Multi-color Emission Using Different Host
Dopant Combinations; 3.2.2 Doping Concentration-Induced Multi-color Emission; 3.2.3 Tuning Upconversion Emission Using FRET or LRET; 3.2.4 Single-Band Upconversion Luminescence; 3.2.5 Other Ways to Tune Upconversion Emission; 3.3 Strategies for Enhancement of Upconversion Efficiency
3.3.1 Selection of Novel Host Matrix3.3.2 Plasmonic-Enhanced Upconversion Luminescence; 3.3.3 Fabrication of Highly Efficient Lanthanide Upconversion Nanoparticles by Homogeneous Doping; 3.3.4 Tuning the Excitation Wavelength; 3.4 Core@Shell Structure-Based Luminescence Engineering of the Upconversion Nanocrystals; 3.4.1 Enhancing Upconversion Luminescence with Core@Shell Structure; 3.4.2 Tuning Upconversion Emission Using Core@Shell Structures; 3.4.3 Tuning of the Excitation Wavelength; 3.5 Upconversion Nanocrystals Versus Quantum Dots and Dyes; 3.6 Summary and Perspectives; References
2 ``Wet'' Chemical Synthesis and Manipulation of Upconversion NanoparticlesAbstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Mechanism for the Synthesis of Monodisperse Nanocrystals; 2.2.1 Nucleation; 2.2.2 Synthetic Techniques for the Separation of Nucleation and Growth; 2.2.3 Growth; 2.3 Synthesis Routes for the Upconversion Nanoparticles; 2.3.1 Thermolysis Strategy; 2.3.2 Hydro(Solvo)Thermal Strategy; 2.3.3 Other Methods for the Synthesis of the Lanthanide-Doped Luminescent Nanoparticles; 2.3.4 Ultrasmall Upconversion Nanoparticles with Bright Upconversion Luminescence
2.4 Synthesis Routes for the Fabrication of the Core@Shell Structured Upconversion Nanoparticles2.4.1 One-Pot Heating-Up Method; 2.4.2 Successive Layer-by-Layer Strategy for the Fabrication of Multi-shell-Structured Upconversion Nanoparticles; 2.4.3 Ostwald Ripening Strategy for the Fabrication of Core@Shell Upconversion Nanoparticles; 2.4.4 Cation Exchange Strategy for the Fabrication of Core@Shell Upconversion Nanoparticles; 2.5 Characterizations; 2.5.1 Optical Characterization; 2.5.2 Chemical and Structural Characterization; 2.5.2.1 Transmission Electron Microscopy
2.5.2.2 X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy2.5.2.3 X-ray Diffraction; 2.6 Summary and Perspectives; References; 3 Upconversion Luminescence of Lanthanide Ion-Doped Nanocrystals; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Upconversion Emission Color Tunability; 3.2.1 Multi-color Emission Using Different Host
Dopant Combinations; 3.2.2 Doping Concentration-Induced Multi-color Emission; 3.2.3 Tuning Upconversion Emission Using FRET or LRET; 3.2.4 Single-Band Upconversion Luminescence; 3.2.5 Other Ways to Tune Upconversion Emission; 3.3 Strategies for Enhancement of Upconversion Efficiency
3.3.1 Selection of Novel Host Matrix3.3.2 Plasmonic-Enhanced Upconversion Luminescence; 3.3.3 Fabrication of Highly Efficient Lanthanide Upconversion Nanoparticles by Homogeneous Doping; 3.3.4 Tuning the Excitation Wavelength; 3.4 Core@Shell Structure-Based Luminescence Engineering of the Upconversion Nanocrystals; 3.4.1 Enhancing Upconversion Luminescence with Core@Shell Structure; 3.4.2 Tuning Upconversion Emission Using Core@Shell Structures; 3.4.3 Tuning of the Excitation Wavelength; 3.5 Upconversion Nanocrystals Versus Quantum Dots and Dyes; 3.6 Summary and Perspectives; References