A highly sensitive ratiometric near-infrared nanosensor based on erbium-hyperdoped silicon quantum dots for iron(Ⅲ) detection

Kun Wang; Wenxuan Lai; Zhenyi Ni; Deren Yang; Xiaodong Pi

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/24020018

Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 45, Issue 8, 082401(2024)

A highly sensitive ratiometric near-infrared nanosensor based on erbium-hyperdoped silicon quantum dots for iron(Ⅲ) detection

Kun Wang¹, Wenxuan Lai¹, Zhenyi Ni^1、*, Deren Yang^1,2, and Xiaodong Pi^1,2、**

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials & School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

²Institute of Advanced Semiconductors & Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Power Semiconductor Materials and Devices, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 311215, China

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Received: Feb. 18, 2024

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Published Online: Aug. 27, 2024

The Author Email: Zhenyi Ni (zyni@zju.edu.cn), Xiaodong Pi (xdpi@zju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/24020018

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