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Enhancement of fluorescent properties of photonic crystals containing triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion materials via adjusting incident angles

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A triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion luminescent (TTA-UCL) material of platinum(II)-octaethylporphyrin and 9,10-diphenylanthracene (PtDPA) was dispersed in the silica photonic crystal (PC) gaps to construct a hybrid fluorescent structure. The morphology, forbidden band effects and fluorescent properties were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy, Ultraviolet–Visible spectrophotometer and photoluminescence analysis, respectively. The results indicated that the fluorescent intensity of PtDPA detected from different angles was enhanced with the aid of PC structure and the emission intensity came to the strongest when the emission and excitation peaks of PtDPA were coincident with the forbidden bands of the PC structure. Crystal diffraction theory, finite-difference-time-domain method and plane wave expansion method were used to analyze the effect of incident angle on forbidden band effects of the PC film. The results showed that the forbidden band position of the PC moved from 571 to 400 nm when the incident angle changed from 0° to 75° gradually and split into two forbidden bands when the incident angle was larger than 45°. The adjustment of incident angle, thus, provided a convenient way to control the fluorescent properties of TTA-UCL materials coupled with PCs.

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Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20141459), financial support from Priority Academic Program Development of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) and Qing Lan Project, Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province (Grant No. XCL-029) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, People’s Republic of China

    Cheng Zhu, Jiaojiao Fang, Yaru Ni, Liang Fang, Chunhua Lu & Zhongzi Xu

  2. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, People’s Republic of China

    Cheng Zhu, Jiaojiao Fang, Yaru Ni, Liang Fang, Chunhua Lu & Zhongzi Xu

  3. Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, People’s Republic of China

    Cheng Zhu, Jiaojiao Fang, Yaru Ni, Liang Fang, Chunhua Lu & Zhongzi Xu

  4. Key Laboratory of MEMS of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, People’s Republic of China

    Yaru Ni

  5. School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA

    Zhitao Kang

  6. Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA

    Zhitao Kang

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Zhu, C., Fang, J., Ni, Y. et al. Enhancement of fluorescent properties of photonic crystals containing triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion materials via adjusting incident angles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 1680–1689 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-8081-1

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