RE-Based Inorganic-Crystal Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning for Photonic Applications
Electrospinning is an effective and inexpensive technique to grow polymer materials in nanofiber shape with exceptionally high surface-area-to-volume ratio. Although it has been known for about a century, it has gained much interest in the new millennium thanks to its low cost and versatility, which...
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| description | Electrospinning is an effective and inexpensive technique to grow polymer materials in nanofiber shape with exceptionally high surface-area-to-volume ratio. Although it has been known for about a century, it has gained much interest in the new millennium thanks to its low cost and versatility, which has permitted to obtain a large variety of multifunctional compositions with a rich collection of new possible applications. Rare-earth doped materials possess many remarkable features that have been exploited, for example, for diode pumped bulk solid-state lasers in the visible and near infrared regions, or for biomedical applications when grown in nanometric form. In the last few decades, electrospinning preparation of rare-earth-doped crystal nanofibers has been developed and many different materials have been successfully grown. Crystal host, crystal quality and nanosized shape can deeply influence the optical properties of embedded rare earth ions; therefore, a large number of papers has recently been devoted to the growth and characterization of rare earth doped nanofibers with the electrospinning technique and an up-to-date review of this rapidly developing topic is missing; This review paper is devoted to the presentation of the main results obtained in this field up to now with particular insight into the optical characterization of the various materials grown with this technique. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e60458876bf2468db3b475885b579d792023-11-21T20:33:38ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442021-05-011410267910.3390/ma14102679RE-Based Inorganic-Crystal Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning for Photonic ApplicationsAlessandra Toncelli0Dipartimento di Fisica “E. Fermi”, Università di Pisa, Largo B, Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, ItalyElectrospinning is an effective and inexpensive technique to grow polymer materials in nanofiber shape with exceptionally high surface-area-to-volume ratio. Although it has been known for about a century, it has gained much interest in the new millennium thanks to its low cost and versatility, which has permitted to obtain a large variety of multifunctional compositions with a rich collection of new possible applications. Rare-earth doped materials possess many remarkable features that have been exploited, for example, for diode pumped bulk solid-state lasers in the visible and near infrared regions, or for biomedical applications when grown in nanometric form. In the last few decades, electrospinning preparation of rare-earth-doped crystal nanofibers has been developed and many different materials have been successfully grown. Crystal host, crystal quality and nanosized shape can deeply influence the optical properties of embedded rare earth ions; therefore, a large number of papers has recently been devoted to the growth and characterization of rare earth doped nanofibers with the electrospinning technique and an up-to-date review of this rapidly developing topic is missing; This review paper is devoted to the presentation of the main results obtained in this field up to now with particular insight into the optical characterization of the various materials grown with this technique.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/10/2679electrospinningrare earthnanofibersupconversionfluoride crystalsoxide crystals |
| spellingShingle | Alessandra Toncelli RE-Based Inorganic-Crystal Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning for Photonic Applications Materials electrospinning rare earth nanofibers upconversion fluoride crystals oxide crystals |
| title | RE-Based Inorganic-Crystal Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning for Photonic Applications |
| title_full | RE-Based Inorganic-Crystal Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning for Photonic Applications |
| title_fullStr | RE-Based Inorganic-Crystal Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning for Photonic Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | RE-Based Inorganic-Crystal Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning for Photonic Applications |
| title_short | RE-Based Inorganic-Crystal Nanofibers Produced by Electrospinning for Photonic Applications |
| title_sort | re based inorganic crystal nanofibers produced by electrospinning for photonic applications |
| topic | electrospinning rare earth nanofibers upconversion fluoride crystals oxide crystals |
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