Ce(3+)-Nd(3+) co-doped Y3Al5O12 (YAG) nanoparticles, an average size of 20-30 nm clusters aggregated by 8-10 nm YAG nanoparticles, were synthesized by a solvothermal method. When excited by blue irradiation source, strong and broad yellow luminescence (centered at 526 nm) from Ce(3+) as well as near-infrared (NIR) luminescence (890, 1066 and 1335 nm) of Nd(3+) was observed simultaneously. It occurred by the effective dipole-dipole energy transfer from Ce(3+) to Nd(3+). Energy transfer efficiency from Ce(3+) to Nd(3+) was also calculated to be 50%. The optical property suggests that Ce(3+)-Nd(3+) co-doped YAG nanoparticles can be used as an efficient fluorescence imaging agent for not only visual but also near-infrared imaging.
The purpose of this study is to introduce a new method for quantifying the uniformity of temperature fields. A top‐blown gas‐stirring gas‐liquid two‐phase mixing test bench was set up, combined with an infrared imager, to obtain the temperature distribution of the gas‐liquid two‐phase mixing process. Gas‐liquid two‐phase energy conversion occurs during the physical reaction. The top‐blown gas is in direct contact with liquids of different temperatures to take away some of the heat, causing a difference in the internal temperature distribution of the liquid. The gas is air and the liquid is synthetic heat transfer oil. Using image segmentation and mathematical analogy of local discrepancy functions, the temperature distribution difference and temperature field non‐uniformity coefficient (NUC) of the rectangular region in the actual temperature field are obtained. By calculating the standard deviation of the non‐uniformity coefficient of the temperature field in each working condition, the fluctuation of the uniformity of the temperature field with time is obtained.
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