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IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists - 2006
Honorable Mention

 

 

Fiorenzo Vetrone receives one of two Honorable Mention awards associated with the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists, for his Ph.D. thesis work entitled "Luminescence Spectroscopy of Er3+ Doped Inorganic Nanocrystals: An Investigation into their Upconversion Properties."

Current address (at the time of application)

Université du Québec
Varennes, Québec, J3X 1S2, Canada
E-mail: [email protected]

Academic degrees

  • Ph.D. Concordia University, May 2005, Chemistry
  • B.Sc., Concordia University, May 28, 1999, Chemistry

Ph.D. Thesis

Title Luminescence Spectroscopy of Er3+ Doped Inorganic Nanocrystals: An Investigation into their Upconversion Properties

Advisers Prof. John A. Capobianco

Thesis Committee Prof. Peter H. Bird, Prof. Heidi M. Muchall, Prof. Robert D. Kilgour, and Prof. Christian Reber


Essay

It is very well known that the reduction of particle size of crystalline systems leads to important modifications of some of their bulk properties. Taking advantage of these size-induced changes, the design novel materials for advanced phosphor and photonic applications becomes possible. In particular, luminescent inorganic materials doped with trivalent lanthanide (Ln) ions have significantly enhanced optical properties when prepared at the nanoscale compared to the bulk. These include differences in luminescence efficiency, excited-state dynamics, and upconversion. My doctoral thesis presented a detailed investigation into the spectroscopic properties of novel luminescent inorganic nanocrystals doped with trivalent lanthanide (Ln) ions. ...[more; pdf file - 13KB]

 


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