Issue 97, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Manipulating pH using near-infrared light assisted by upconverting nanoparticles†

Zhijun Chen,a   Yubing Xiong,a   Roberto Etcheniqueb  and  Si Wu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
E-mail: wusi@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

b Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, INQUIMAE, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria Pabellón 2, AR1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

Near-infrared light can be used to manipulate the pH of aqueous solutions by using upconverting nanoparticle-assisted photocleavage of a ruthenium complex photobase. Upconverting nanoparticles and the photobase were also introduced into a pH-responsive hydrogel, in which near-infrared irradiation induced swelling of the hydrogel.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC05287H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Jun 2016
Accepted
10 Oct 2016
First published
10 Oct 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 13959-13962

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Manipulating pH using near-infrared light assisted by upconverting nanoparticles

Z. Chen, Y. Xiong, R. Etchenique and S. Wu, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 13959 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC05287H

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