Exploring the influence of polymeric and non-polymeric materials in synthesis and functionalization of luminescent lanthanide nanomaterials

摘要: The efficient utilization of the photosensitive rare-earth (RE3+/Ln3+) NPs in several fields, such as biosensing, biomarkers, bioimaging, theragnostic, thermometry, anticounterfeiting, fingermark detection, environmental monitoring, photocatalysis, security ink, emitting diodes, and dye-sensitized solar energy, is depending upon their design. In order to get more efficient luminescent Ln3+-NPs controlled morphology and size are the most significant factors. In this review, we summarized a wide-ranging exploration of the polymeric materials, surfactants, capping agents, ligands/chelating/complexing agents employed as a surfactant to control the growth of nucleus, surface functionality, colloidal dispersibility in polar and nonpolar media. The functionality and colloidal persistence of the nanostructures are highly dependent on the surfactant selection, whereas the morphology and dimension of the core Ln3+ NPs …