TY - JOUR A1 - Hoffmann, Katrin A1 - Behnke, Thomas A1 - Drescher, Daniela A1 - Kneipp, Janina A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Lifetime-based discrimination between spectrally matching vis and NIR emitting particle labels and probes N2 - Increasing the information content from bioassays which requires robust and efficient strategies for the detection of multiple analytes or targets in a single measurement is an important field of research, especially in the context of meeting current security and health concerns. An attractive alternative to spectral multiplexing, which relies on fluorescent labels excitable at the same wavelength, yet sufficiently differing in their emission spectra or color presents lifetime multiplexing. For this purpose, we recently introduced a new strategy based on 'pattern-matching' in the lifetime domain, which was exemplary exploited for the discrimination between organic dyes and quantum dot labels revealing multi-exponential decay kinetics and allowed quantification of these labels. Meanwhile, we have succeeded in extending this lifetime multiplexing approach to nanometer-sized particle labels and probes absorbing and emitting in the visible (vis) and near-infrared (NIR) spectral region. Here, we present a first proof-of-principle of this approach for a pair of NIR-fluorescent particles. Each particle is loaded with a single organic dye chosen to display very similar absorption and emission spectra, yet different fluorescence decay kinetics. Examples for the lifetime-based distinction between pairs of these fluorescent nanoparticles in solution and in cells are presented. The results underline the potential of fluorescenc lifetime multiplexing in life science and bioanalysis. KW - Fluorescence KW - Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy KW - FLIM KW - Lifetime Multiplexing KW - Particle Label KW - Near-infrared KW - NIR KW - Cell imaging KW - Nanoparticles PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.881442 SN - 1605-7422 VL - 7905 SP - 79051F-1 EP - 79051F-9 PB - SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering CY - Bellingham, Wash. AN - OPUS4-23637 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grauel, Bettina A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Homann, C. A1 - Krukewitt, Lisa A1 - Andresen, Elina A1 - Roik, Janina A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian A1 - Haase, M. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Volume and surface effects on two-photonic and three-photonic processes in dry co-doped upconversion nanocrystals N2 - Despite considerable advances in synthesizing high-quality core/shell upconversion (UC) nanocrystals (NC; UCNC) and UCNC photophysics, the application of near-infrared (NIR)-excitable lanthanide-doped UCNC in the life and material sciences is still hampered by the relatively low upconversion luminescence (UCL) of UCNC of small size or thin protecting shell. To obtain deeper insights into energy transfer and surface quenching processes involving Yb3+ and Er3+ ions, we examined energy loss processes in differently sized solid core NaYF4 nanocrystals doped with either Yb3+ (YbNC; 20% Yb3+) or Er3+ (ErNC; 2% Er3+) and co-doped with Yb3+ and Er3+ (YbErNC; 20% Yb3+ and 2% Er3+) without a surface protection shell and coated with a thin and a thick NaYF4 shell in comparison to single and co-doped bulk materials. Luminescence studies at 375 nm excitation demonstrate backenergy transfer (BET) from the 4G11/2 state of Er3+ to the 2F5/2 state of Yb3+, through which the red Er3+ 4F9/2 state is efficiently populated. Excitation power density (P)-dependent steady state and time-resolved photoluminescence measurements at different excitation and emission wavelengths enable to separate surface-related and volume-related effects for two-photonic and threephotonic processes involved in UCL and indicate a different influence of surface passivation on the green and red Er3+ emission. The intensity and lifetime of the latter respond particularly to an increase in volume of the active UCNC core. We provide a threedimensional random walk model to describe these effects that can be used in the future to predict the UCL behavior of UCNC. KW - Nano KW - Nanomaterial KW - Upconversion KW - Nanoparticle KW - Lanthanide KW - Photoluminescence KW - Quantum yield KW - Pphotophysics KW - Lifetime KW - Sensor KW - Excitation KW - Power density KW - Single particle KW - Brightness KW - NIR KW - Mechanism KW - Modeling KW - Simulation KW - Energy transfer PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-535317 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3727-y SN - 1998-0124 VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 2362 EP - 2373 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-53531 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Geißler, Daniel A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Wolter, C. A1 - Weller, H. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Excitation wavelength dependence of the photoluminescence quantum yield and decay behavior of CdSe/CdS quantum dot/quantum rods with different aspect ratios N2 - The excitation wavelength (lexc) dependence of the photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (FPL) and decay behavior (tPL) of a series of CdSe/CdS quantum dot/Quantum rods (QDQRs), consisting of the same spherical CdSe core and rod-shaped CdS shells, with aspect ratios ranging from 2 to 20 was characterized. lexc between 400–565 nm were chosen to cover the first excitonic absorption band of the CdSe core material, the onset of absorption of the CDs shell, and the region of predominant shell absorption. A strong lexc dependence of relative and absolutely measured FPL and tPL was found particularly for the longer QDQRs with higher aspect ratios. This is attributed to combined contributions from a length-dependent shell-to-core exciton localization efficiency, an increasing number of defect states within the shell for the longest QDQRs, and probably also the presence of absorbing, yet non-emitting shell material. Although the FPL values of the QDQRs decrease at shorter wavelength, the extremely high extinction coefficients introduced by the shell outweigh this effect, leading to significantly higher brightness values at wavelengths below the absorption onset of the CdS Shell compared with direct excitation of the CdSe cores. Moreover, our results present also an interesting example for the comparability of absolutely measured FPL using an integrating sphere setup and FPL values measured relative to common FPL standards, and underline the Need for a correction for particle scattering for QDQRs with high aspect ratios. KW - Quantum dot KW - Quantum rod KW - Quantum yield KW - Integrating sphere KW - Decay time PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP02142A SN - 1463-9076 SN - 1463-9084 VL - 19 IS - 19 SP - 12509 EP - 12516 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) AN - OPUS4-40814 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meng, M. A1 - Zhang, R. A1 - Fa, X. A1 - Yang, J. A1 - Cheng, Z. A1 - Ansari, A. A. A1 - Ou, Jun A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Preparation of core–shell structured NaYF4:Yb3+/ Tm3+@NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanoparticles with high sensitivity, low resolution and good reliability and application of their fluorescence temperature properties N2 - A series of NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+@NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanoparticles doped with Tm3+ and Er3+ were successfully prepared by the solvothermal method. Under 980 nm laser excitation, intense upconversion emission peaks of Tm3+ and Er3+ were observed for all samples. By doping Tm3+ and Er3+ with core–shell partitioning, not only a significant increase in fluorescence intensity could be achieved, but also simultaneous temperature measurements on multiple thermocouple energy levels could be realised. In addition, the temperature sensing performance of different thermocouple energy levels was also investigated, and it was found that the 3 F3 → 3 H6 and 1 G4 → 3 F4 thermocouple energy level pairs of Tm3+ were the best, with maximum absolute sensitivity and maximum relative sensitivity of up to 0.0250 K−1 and 2.155% K−1 respectively, higher than the sensitivity of other thermocouple energy levels. It has a temperature resolution of less than 0.0139 K, which is lower than that of most materials available today. By using this material as a probe to build a fiber optic temperature sensor platform, it was found to have reliable temperature measurement performance. KW - Flourescence KW - Optical probe KW - Sensor KW - Dye KW - Temperature KW - Nano KW - Particle KW - Upconversion KW - Lanthanide KW - Qantum yield KW - Quality assurance KW - Monitoring KW - Infrastructure PY - 2022 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ce01729b VL - 24 IS - 9 SP - 1752 EP - 1763 PB - RSC Publishing AN - OPUS4-54416 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ahiboz, D. A1 - Andresen, Elina A1 - Manley, P. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Becker, C. T1 - Enhanced photon upconversion using erbium-doped nanoparticles interacting with silicon metasurfaces N2 - Photon upconversion (UC) using trivalent erbium (Er+3) doped crystals is a promising concept to harness near infrared photons of the solar spectrum which cannot be directly absorbed by silicon solar cells. However, their UC efficiency at low-intensity 1 sun illumination is not relevant on device level so far. Exploiting giant near-field enhancement effects on metasurfaces is an appealing approach to enable efficient UC at low irradiance conditions. Here, we report on more than 1000-fold enhanced photon UC of NaYF4:Er+3 nanoparticles interacting with the near-fields supported by a silicon metasurface under 1550 nm excitation. T2 - 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) CY - Online meeting DA - 20.06.2021 KW - Nano KW - Nanomaterial KW - Upconversion nanoparticle KW - Lanthanide KW - Photoluminescence KW - Quantum yield KW - Photophysics KW - Lifetime KW - Sensor KW - Excitation power density KW - Brightness KW - NIR KW - Mechanism KW - Modeling KW - Simulation KW - Energy transfer KW - Photonic crystal KW - Enhancement strategy PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc43889.2021.9518495 SP - 1 EP - 3 PB - IEEE CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-53786 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Quantitation of luminescent properties of Yb and Ho co-doped NaYF4 colloidal nanoparticles - novel active-core-active-shell materials and novel characterization methods N2 - At the core of luminescence color and lifetime tuning of rare earth doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) is the understanding of the impact of the particle architecture for commonly used sensitizer (S) and activator (A) ions. In this respect, we present here a series of core@shell NaYF4 UCNPs doped with Yb3+ and Ho3+ ions, where the same dopant concentrations were distributed in different particle architectures following the scheme: YbHo core and YbHo@..., …@YbHo, Yb@Ho, Ho@Yb, YbHo@Yb, and Yb@YbHo core-shell NPs. As revealed by quantitative steady state and time-resolved luminescence studies, the relative spatial distribution of the A and S ions in the UCNPs and their protection from surface quenching has critical impact on their luminescent characteristics. Interestingly, although the increased amount of Yb3+ ions boosts UCNP performance by increasing the absorption, the Yb3+ ions can also dissipate the energy stored in the material through energy migration to surface, thereby reducing the overall energy transfer efficiency to the activator ions. T2 - COST Workshop CY - Aveiro, Portugal DA - 30.06.2017 KW - Upconversion KW - Nanoparticle KW - Flourescence KW - Core-shell architecture KW - NIR KW - Absolute flourometry KW - Integrating sphere spectroscopy KW - Ho(III) KW - Yb(III) PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-41161 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bandi, V.G. A1 - Luciano, M.P. A1 - Saccomano, M. A1 - Patel, N.L. A1 - Bischof, Th. S. A1 - Lingg, J.G.P. A1 - Tsrunchev, P.T. A1 - Nix, M.N. A1 - Ruehle, Bastian A1 - Sanders, C. A1 - Riffle, L. A1 - Robinson, C.M. A1 - Difilippantonio, S. A1 - Kalen, J.D. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Ivanic, J. A1 - Bruns, O.T. A1 - Schnermann, M. T1 - Targeted multicolor in vivo imaging over 1,000 nm enabled by nonamethine cyanines N2 - Recent progress has shown that using wavelengths between 1,000 and 2,000 nm, referred to as the shortwave-infrared or near-infrared (NIR)-II range, can enable high-resolution in vivo imaging at depths not possible with conventional optical wavelengths. However, few bioconjugatable probes of the type that have proven invaluable for multiplexed imaging in the visible and NIR range are available for imaging these wavelengths. Using rational design, we have generated persulfonated indocyanine dyes with absorbance maxima at 872 and 1,072 nm through catechol-ring and aryl-ring fusion, respectively, onto the nonamethine scaffold. Multiplexed two-color and three-color in vivo imaging using monoclonal antibody and dextran conjugates in several tumor models illustrate the benefits of concurrent labeling of the tumor and healthy surrounding tissue and lymphatics. These efforts are enabled by complementary advances in a custom-built NIR/shortwave-infrared imaging setup and software package for multicolor real-time imaging. KW - Photoluminescence KW - Fluorescence KW - Dye KW - Cyanine KW - Antibody KW - Bioconjugate KW - Conjugate KW - Quantum yield KW - Photophysics KW - Lifetime KW - Sensor KW - NIR KW - SWIR KW - Mechanism KW - Imaging KW - Application KW - Contrast agent KW - Bioimaging PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-022-01394-6 VL - 19 IS - 3 SP - 353 EP - 358 PB - Nature Research AN - OPUS4-54465 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brömme, T. A1 - Schmitz, C. A1 - Oprych, D. A1 - Wenda, A. A1 - Strehmel, V. A1 - Grabolle, Markus A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Ernst, S. A1 - Reiner, K. A1 - Keil, D. A1 - Lüs, P. A1 - Baumann, H. A1 - Strehmel, B. T1 - Digital imaging of lithographic materials by radical photopolymerization and photonic baking with NIR diode lasers N2 - Photo-initiated cross-linking of multifunctional acrylic esters in polymeric binders was investigated based on digital imaging using the Computer-to-Plate (CtP) technology applying laser exposure in the near-infrared (NIR). Generation of initiating radicals occurs by electron transfer from the excited state of the NIR-sensitizer to the radical generator, an onium salt. Iodonium salts derived from several borates and those with the bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide anion resulted in lithographic materials with high sensitivity. Photo-induced electron transfer plays a major function to generate initiating radicals by a sensitized mechanism but thermal events also influence sensitivity of the coating. Internal conversion was the major deactivation pathway while a certain fraction of NIR-dye fluorescence was also available. A line shape focused laser system with emission in the NIR was successfully used to bake the materials. KW - Iodonium KW - Near-infrared laser KW - Photonic baking KW - Photophysics KW - Photopolymer PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201500453 SN - 0930-7516 SN - 1521-4125 VL - 39 IS - 1 SP - 13 EP - 25 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-35303 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Koch, Matthias A1 - Rosner, M. T1 - Trends in selected fields of reference material production N2 - For more than 110 years, BAM has been producing reference materials for a wide range of application fields. With the development of new analytical methods and new applications as well as continuously emerging more stringent requirements of laboratory accreditation with regard to quality control and metrological traceability, the demand and requirements for reference materials are increasing. This trend article gives an overview of general developments in the field of reference materials as well as developments in selected fields of application in which BAM is active. This includes inorganic and metal analysis, gas analysis, food and consumer products, and geological samples. In addition to these more traditional fields of application, developments in the areas of optical spectroscopy, particulary fluorescence methods, and nanomaterials are considered. T2 - 150 years BAM: Science with impact CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 01.01.2021 KW - Reference material KW - ISO REMCO KW - Gas analysis KW - Food KW - Nanomaterials KW - Fluorescence PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-548407 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-03996-7 SN - 1618-2642 SN - 1618-2650 VL - 414 IS - Topical collection: Analytical methods and applications in the materials and life sciences SP - 4281 EP - 4289 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-54840 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Fischer, S. A1 - Grauel, Bettina A1 - Alivisatos, A. P. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Quantum Yields, Surface Quenching, and Passivation Efficiency for Ultrasmall Core/Shell Upconverting Nanoparticles N2 - We synthesized and characterized a set of ultrasmall hexagonal-phase NaGdF4: 20% Yb3+, 2% Er3+ upconversion nanoparticles with core diameters of 3.7 ± 0.5 nm. In order to assess passivation effects and the influence of possible core−shell intermixing and to identify optimum particle structures for combined imaging in the visible and near-infrared (vis−NIR: 410−850 nm) and short-wave infrared (SWIR: 1520 nm), NaYF4 shells of varying thicknesses (monolayer to 10 nm) were introduced and the influence of this parameter on the upconversion and downshifting photoluminescence of these particles was studied at different excitation power densities. This included excitation power-dependent emission spectra, slope factors, quantum yields, and excited state decay kinetics. These measurements revealed enhancement factors of the upconversion quantum yield of >10 000 in the low power region and an excitation power density-independent quantum yield of the downshifted emission at 1520 nm between 0.1 and 14%. The optimized shell thickness for combined vis and SWIR imaging was identified as 5 nm. Moreover, lifetimes and quantum yields can be continuously tuned by shell thickness which can be exploited for lifetime multiplexing and encoding. The fact that we did not observe a saturation of the upconversion quantum yield or the excited state decay kinetics with increasing shell thickness is ascribed to a strong intermixing of the active core with the inert shell during the shelling procedure. This indicates the potential of spectroscopic tools to detect cation intermixing. KW - Nanoparticle KW - Upconversion KW - Quenching PY - 2018 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b01458 IS - 140 SP - 4922 EP - 4928 PB - American Chemical Society AN - OPUS4-45378 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hennig, Andreas A1 - Hoffmann, Angelika A1 - Borcherding, H. A1 - Thiele, T. A1 - Schedler, U. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Simple colorimetric method for quantification of surface carboxy groups on polymer particles N2 - We present a novel, simple, and fast colorimetric method to quantify the total number of carboxy groups on polymer microparticle and nanoparticle surfaces. This method exploits that small divalent transition metal cations (M2+ = Ni2+, Co2+, Cd2+) are efficiently bound to these surface functional groups, which allows their extraction by a single centrifugation step. Remaining M2+ in the supernatant is subsequently quantified spectrophotometrically after addition of the metal ion indicator pyrocatechol violet, for which Ni2+ was identified to be the most suitable transition metal cation. We demonstrate that the difference between added and detected M2+ is nicely correlated to the number of surface carboxy groups as determined by conductometry, thereby affording a validated measure for the trueness of this procedure. The variation coefficient of ~5% found in reproducibility studies underlines the potential of this novel method that can find conceivable applications for the characterization of different types of poly(carboxylic acid)-functionalized materials, e.g., for quality control by manufacturers of such materials. KW - Polymer surface KW - Complexometry KW - Quantification KW - Pyrocatechol violet PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/ac2007619 SN - 0003-2700 SN - 1520-6882 VL - 83 IS - 12 SP - 4970 EP - 4974 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-23892 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Boehm, U. A1 - Nelson, G. A1 - Brown, C. M. A1 - Bagley, S. A1 - Bajcsy, P. A1 - Bischof, J. A1 - Dauphin, A. A1 - Dobbie, I. M. A1 - Eriksson, J. E. A1 - Faklaris, O. A1 - Fernandez-Rodriguez, J. A1 - Ferrand, A. A1 - Gelman, L. A1 - Gheisari, A. A1 - Hartmann, H. A1 - Kukat, C. A1 - Laude, A. A1 - Mitkovski, M. A1 - Munck, S. A1 - North, A. J. A1 - Rasse, T. M. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Schuetz, L. C. A1 - Seitz, A. A1 - Strambio-De-Castillia, C. A1 - Swedlow, J. R. A1 - Nitschke, R. T1 - QUAREP-LiMi: A community endeavor to advance quality assessment and reproducibility in light microscopy N2 - The community-driven initiative Quality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments & Images in Light Microscopy (QUAREP-LiMi) wants to improve reproducibility for light microscopy image data through Quality control (QC) management of instruments and images. It aims for a common set of QC guidelines for Hardware calibration and image acquisition, management and analysis. KW - Fluorescence KW - Microscopy KW - Quality assurance KW - Comparability KW - Imaging KW - Standards KW - Reference materials KW - Reliability KW - Data KW - Reference data KW - Biology KW - Medicine KW - Life science PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01162-y SN - 1548-7105 VL - 18 SP - 1424 EP - 1427 PB - Nature Publishing Group CY - London AN - OPUS4-52722 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Meng, M. A1 - Zhang, R. A1 - Cheng, Z. A1 - Fa, X. A1 - Yang, J. A1 - Ansari, A. A. A1 - Ou, Jun A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Retraction: Effect of Ca2+ doping on the upconversion luminescence properties of NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+ nanoparticles and study of its temperature measurement performance N2 - Retraction of "Effect of Ca2+ doping on the upconversion luminescence properties of NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+ nanoparticles and study of its temperature measurement performance" by Mingzhou Meng et al., CrystEngComm, 2022, 24, 4887–4898, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE00562J. The Royal Society of Chemistry, with the agreement of the authors, hereby wholly retracts this CrystEngComm article due to concerns with the reliability of the data. PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ce90111d SN - 1466-8033 VL - 25 IS - 33 SP - 4768 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-58494 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maisuls, I. A1 - Wang, Cui A1 - Gutierrez Suburu, M. E. A1 - Wilde, S. A1 - Daniliuc, C.-G. A1 - Brunink, D. A1 - Doltsinis, N. L. A1 - Ostendorp, S. A1 - Kösters, J. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Strassert, C. A. T1 - Ligand-controlled and nanoconfinement-boosted luminescence employing Pt(II) and Pd(II) complexes: from color-tunable aggregation-enhanced dual emitters towards self-referenced oxygen reporters N2 - In this work, we describe the synthesis, structural and photophysical characterization of four novel Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes bearing tetradentate luminophoric ligands with high photoluminescence quantum yields (FL) and long excited state lifetimes (s) at room temperature, where the results were interpreted by means of DFT calculations. Incorporation of fluorine atoms into the tetradentate ligand favors aggregation and thereby, a shortened average distance between the metal centers, which provides accessibility to metal–metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (3MMLCT) excimers acting as red-shifted Energy traps if compared with the monomeric entities. This supramolecular approach provides an elegant way to enable room-temperature phosphorescence from Pd(II) complexes, which are otherwise quenched by a thermal population of dissociative states due to a lower ligand field splitting. Encapsulation of These complexes in 100 nm-sized aminated polystyrene nanoparticles enables concentration-controlled aggregation-enhanced dual emission. This phenomenon facilitates the tunability of the absorption and emission colors while providing a rigidified environment supporting an enhanced FL up to about 80% and extended s exceeding 100 ms. Additionally, these nanoarrays constitute rare examples for selfreferenced oxygen reporters, since the phosphorescence of the aggregates is insensitive to external influences, whereas the monomeric species drop in luminescence lifetime and intensity with increasing triplet molecular dioxygen concentrations (diffusion-controlled quenching). KW - Fluorescence KW - Multiplexing KW - Lifetime KW - Bead KW - Particle KW - Dye KW - Barcoding KW - Encoding KW - Quantum yield KW - Label KW - Reporter KW - Pd(II) KW - Pt(II) KW - Complex KW - NMR KW - X-ray KW - Sythesis KW - Aggregation KW - Monomer KW - Color PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-525288 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc06126c VL - 12 IS - 9 SP - 3270 EP - 3281 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry AN - OPUS4-52528 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hodenius, M. A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Jayapaul, J. A1 - Wong, J. E. A1 - Lammers, T. A1 - Gätjens, J. A1 - Arns, S. A1 - Mertens, N. A1 - Slabu, I. A1 - Ivanova, G. A1 - Bornemann, J. A1 - De Cuyper, M. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Kiessling, F. T1 - Fluorescent magnetoliposomes as a platform technology for functional and molecular MR and optical imaging N2 - Here, we present a detailed characterisation of rhodamine B-containing magnetoliposomes (FLU-ML), emphasising the dependence of their fluorescence properties on the presence of iron oxide cores, and the molar fraction of the fluorophore. The magnetoliposome types used exist as colloidally stable, negatively charged clusters with an average hydrodynamic diameter of 95 nm. The molar rhodamine B fractions were 0.67 % and 1.97 %. Rhodamine B normalised fluorescence, quantum yields and fluorescence lifetimes were substantially reduced by inner filter effects as the magnetoliposome concentration is increased, by increasing molar rhodamine B fraction, and by quenching originating from the iron oxide cores. MR relaxometry at 3 T revealed extremely high r2 relaxivities (440 to 554 s-1mM-1) and moderately high r1 values (2.06 to 3.59 s-1mM-1). Upon incubating human prostate carcinoma (PC-3) cells with FLU-ML, a dose-dependent particle internalisation was found by MR relaxometry. In addition, the internalised FLU-ML were clearly visible by fluorescence microscopy. At the FLU-ML concentrations used (up to 3 × 103 M Fe) cell viability was not substantially impaired. These results provide valuable insights on the fluorescence properties of bimodal magnetoliposomes and open promising perspectives for the use of these materials as a platform technology for advanced functional and molecular MR and optical imaging applications. KW - Fluorescent magnetoliposomes KW - Steady state and time resolved fluorometry KW - Quantum yield KW - Fluorescence lifetimes KW - MR relaxivities KW - PC-3 cells KW - Cell viability PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/cmmi.467 SN - 1555-4309 SN - 1555-4317 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 59 EP - 67 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester AN - OPUS4-25577 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhang, X.-X. A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Zhao, L. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Ernsting, N.P. T1 - Femtosecond broadband fluorescence upconversion spectroscopy: improved setup and photometric correction N2 - A setup for fluorescence upconversion spectroscopy (FLUPS) is described which has 80 fs temporal response (fwhm) for emission in the spectral range 425–750 nm. Broadband phase matching is achieved with tilted gate pulses at 1340 nm. Background from harmonics of the gate pulse is removed and sensitivity increased compared to previous designs. Photometric calibration of the upconversion process is performed with a set of fluorescent dyes. For Coumarin 153 in methanol the peak position, bandwidth, and asymmetry depending on delay time are reported. KW - Calibration KW - Fluorescence spectroscopy KW - Fluorescence KW - Upconversion KW - Standard KW - Spectral responsivity KW - Time-resolved fluorescence KW - Quality assurance KW - Coumarin 153 KW - Solvation dynamics PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3597674 SN - 0034-6748 SN - 1089-7623 VL - 82 SP - 063108-1 EP - 063108-8 PB - American Institute of Physics CY - Melville, NY AN - OPUS4-23886 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rietsch, P. A1 - Sobottka, S. A1 - Hoffmann, Katrin A1 - Hildebrandt, P. A1 - Sarkar, B. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Eigler, S. T1 - Identification of the Irreversible Redox Behavior of Highly Fluorescent Benzothiadiazoles N2 - Redox switches are applied in various fields of research, including molecular lifts, electronic devices and sensors. Switching the absorbance between UV and Vis/NIR by redox processes is of interest for applications in light harvesting or biomedicine. Here, we present a series of push-pull benzothiadiazole derivatives with high fluorescence quantum yields in solution and in the crystalline solid state. Spectroelectrochemical analysis reveals the switching of UV-absorption in the neutral state to Vis/NIR absorption in the reduced state. We identify the partial irreversibility of the switching process, which appears to be reversible on the cyclic voltammetry timescale. KW - Redox switch KW - Electrochemistry KW - Dye KW - Fluorescence KW - Absorption KW - Sensor KW - Benzothiadiazole PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-520865 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202000050 SN - 2367-0932 VL - 4 IS - 9 SP - 668 EP - 673 PB - Wiley Online Library AN - OPUS4-52086 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Pauli, Jutta A1 - Weigert, Florian T1 - Quantitative optical-spectroscopic characterization of luminescent nanomaterials - Photoluminescence Quantum Yields N2 - Accurate and quantitative photoluminescence measurements are mandatory for the comparison of different emitter classes and the rational design of the next generation of molecular and nanoscale reporters as well as for most applications relying on their luminescence features in the life and material sciences and nanobiophotonics. In the following, procedures for the determination of the spectroscopic key parameter photoluminescence quantum yield, i.e., the number of emitted per absorbed photons, in the UV/vis/NIR/SWIR are presented including pitfalls and achievable uncertainties and material-specific effects related to certain emitter classes are addressed. Special emphasis is dedicated to luminescent nanocrystals. T2 - International Workshop on "Emerging Nanomaterials for Displays and SSL" CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 11.11.2021 KW - Nano KW - Nanomaterial KW - Nanocrystal KW - Semiconductor quantum dot KW - Lanthanide KW - Photoluminescence KW - Quantum yield KW - Photophysics KW - Lifetime KW - Surface chemistry KW - Brightness KW - NIR KW - SWIR KW - Method KW - Uncertainty KW - Rreference material PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53783 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Design, characterization, and application of fluorescent sensor particles N2 - pH and oxygen are amongst the most important and frequently measured analytes in the life and material sciences, indicating, e.g., diseases and corrosion processes. This includes the optical monitoring of pH in living cells for studying cellular internalization pathways, such as phagocytosis, endocytosis, and receptor ligand internalization with the aid of molecular and nanoscale fluorescent sensors. Nanoparticle (NP)-based sensors, that are labeled or stained with a multitude of sensor dyes, have several advantages as compare to conventional molecular probes like enhanced brightness, i.e., amplified signals, ease of designing ratiometric systems by combining analyte sensitive and inert reference dyes, and increased photostability. Moreover, this can enable the use of hydrophobic dyes in aqueous environments. Versatile templates and carriers for the fabrication of nanosensors by the staining and/or labelling with different fluorophores and sensor molecules or surface functionalized NP like silica (SiO2-NP) and polystyrene (PS-NP) particles provide. Here we present the design of a versatile platform of color emissive nanosensors and stimuli-responsive microparticles for the measurement of pH, oxygen, and other targets utilizing both types of matrices and sets of spectrally distinguishable sensor and reference dyes and their characterization and demonstrate the applicability of representative sensor particle for cellular studies. T2 - Vortrag bei dem Projekttreffen MicraGen CY - Copenhagen, Denmark DA - 18.08.2022 KW - Dye KW - Luminescence KW - Quantitative spectroscopy KW - Photophysics KW - Quality assurance KW - Nano KW - Particle KW - Quantum yield KW - Lifetime KW - Standard KW - Integrating sphere spectroscopy KW - Sensor KW - pH KW - Oxygen KW - Microfluidics KW - Cancer KW - Cell KW - Life sciences PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-57049 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Potopnyk, M. A1 - Mech-Piskorz, J. A1 - Angulo, G. A1 - Ceborska, M. A1 - Luboradzki, R. A1 - Andresen, Elina A1 - Gajek, A. A1 - Wisniewska, A. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Aggregation/Crystallization-Induced Emission in Naphthyridine-Based Carbazolyl-Modified Donor-Acceptor Boron Dyes Tunable by Fluorine Atoms N2 - Four donor-acceptor boron difluoride complexes based on the carbazole electron donor and the [1,3,5,2]oxadiazaborinino[3,4-a][1,8]naphthyridine acceptor were designed, synthesized, and systematically spectroscopically investigated in solutions, in the solid states, and dye-doped polymer films. The dyes exhibit an intense blue to red solid-state emission with photoluminescence quantum yields of up to 56% in pure dye samples and 86% in poly(methyl methacrylate) films. All boron complexes show aggregation-induced emission and reversible mechanofluorochromism. The optical properties of these dyes and their solid state luminescence can be tuned by substitution pattern, i.e., the substituents at the naphthyridine unit. Exchange of CH3- for CF3-groups does not only increase the intramolecular charge transfer character, but also provides a crystallization-induced emission enhancement. KW - Spectroscopy KW - Dye KW - Luminescence KW - Sensor KW - Fluorescence KW - Quantum yield KW - Lifetime KW - Quality assurance KW - Synthesis PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-597426 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202400004 SN - 0947-6539 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Wiley VHC-Verlag AN - OPUS4-59742 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wang, P. A1 - Morales-Marquez, R. A1 - Cervas, G. A1 - Hernandez Medel, A. A1 - Ogayar, M. P. A1 - Jimenez de Aberasturi, D. A1 - de Isidro-Gomez, A. I. A1 - Torres-Padro, A. A1 - Palomares, F. J. A1 - Garcia-Orrit, S. A1 - Sousa, C. T. A1 - Espinosa, A. A1 - Telle, H. H. A1 - Ortgies, D. H. A1 - Vega-Mayoral, V. A1 - Cabanillas-Gonzalez, J. A1 - Rodriguez, E. M. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Wegner, Karl David A1 - Juarez, B. H. T1 - The role of temperature in the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of Ag2S-based nanocrystals N2 - Highly emissive Ag2S nanocrystals (NCs) passivated with a gradated shell incorporating Se and Zn were synthesized in air, and the temperature dependence of their photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) was quantified in both organic and aqueous media at B1200 nm. The relevance of this parameter, measured at physiological temperatures, is highlighted for applications that rely on the near infrared (NIR) photoluminescence of NCs, such as deep NIR imaging or luminescence nanothermometry. Hyperspectral NIR imaging shows that Ag2S-based NCs with a PLQY in organic media of about 10% are inefficient for imaging at 40 8C through 20 mm thick tissue with low laser irradiation power densities. In contrast, water-transferred Ag2S-based NCs with an initial PLQY of 2% in water exhibit improved robustness against temperature changes, enabling improved imaging performance. KW - Quantum dots KW - Ag2S KW - Fluorescence KW - Nanomaterial design KW - Advanced nanomaterials KW - Shortwave infrared (SWIR) KW - Temperature sensing PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-613877 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MH01016G SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) AN - OPUS4-61387 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -