Study of different production processes of doped rare earth fluorides nanoparticles: co-precipitation and microfluidics
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NANOPHOTONICS, 10th
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Recently, rare earth doped nanocrystals received great attention due to their application in high-resolution
panels, integrated optical systems and biological labeling. For efficient application of such materials, it is
important that they can be produced in a reproducible way. The controlled synthesis of nanoparticles with
uniform size, shape, structure and rare earth doping became of fundamental importance once the final
properties are directly related to these parameters [1].
The NaYF4 is a very efficient host matrix for trivalent rare earth ions such as Yb/Er and Yb/Tm for upconversion
systems. This fluoride crystallize in different dimensions and shapes in both its cubic and
hexagonal phases. There are several synthetic processes already reported in the literature for production of this
material, involving different chemical routes and processing from organic and inorganic compounds, however,
the reproducibility of these processes are not always achieved.
The objective of this work is to study different process for preparation of NaYF4:Yb:Er up conversion
fluorides nanoparticles aiming a reproducible form to obtain these nanocrystals with well-defined size, shape
and structure targeting biological and medical applications.
Two production process are under study: (1) NaYF4 co-doped with Yb3+/Er3+ obtained by co-precipitation
with different fluorinating compounds and, (2) NaYF4 co-doped with Yb3+/Er3+ obtained by micro-flow
reaction using a microchannel and a micro capillary system. The microfluidic circuit was designed and
fabricated at the Center for Lasers and Applications at IPEN. The micro capillary system was a commercial
Asia flow chemistry modules from Syrris Co.
Rietveld analysis of X-ray data showed that NaYF4:10%Yb3+/0,5%Er3+ were obtained by the coprecipitation
method with cubic phase, presenting crystallite size in the range of 70 nm (Fig 1a). Routes using
different fluorine sources were tested, and the best results were obtained from the addition of a NaF excess in
the starting compounds.
Before the study of the synthesis process, the ideal microchannel architecture for the flow chemical
reactions has to be defined. The microfluidic system designed at IPEN (Fig1b.) is a two-stage microfluidic
reactor: in the first stage, the product stream (NaF solution) is combined with the second precursor stream
(RECl3 solution, were RE = rare earth). In the second stage the compounds flow through a heated zone
(temperature range of 70 - 100ºC). The main compounds are guided through the system with two syringes,
with flow controlled by the applied pressure (electronic controlled). Preliminary experiments are under way to
analyze injection flow rates of the components, aiming to define the residence rate and temperature for desired
nanoparticles production.
With the Asia flow chemistry modules different experiments were performed with flows in the range of
100 – 600 μL/min, for NaF and RECl3 solutions, at temperature of 125°C. No chemical reaction were observed
between fluorides and the microcircuit materials. The obtained material are under characterization to determine
the efficiency of the experimental conditions adopted, in the size and phase of obtained NCs. Other
experiments are in progress.
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SILVA, T.F.A. da; COSTA, C.H.; VIANNA JUNIOR, A.S.; ROSSI, W. de; MAZZOCCHI, V.L.; BALDOCHI, S.L. Study of different production processes of doped rare earth fluorides nanoparticles: co-precipitation and microfluidics. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NANOPHOTONICS, 10th, July 02-05, 2017, Recife, PE. Abstract... p. 51-51. Disponível em: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/27940. Acesso em: 30 Dec 2025.
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