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    Confined-Melting-Assisted Synthesis of Bismuth Silicate Glass-Ceramic Nanoparticles: Formation and Optical Thermometry Investigation
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    • Michele Back*
      Michele Back
      Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
      Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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      Orcidhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1121-9414
    • Elisa Casagrande
      Elisa Casagrande
      Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
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    • Enrico Trave
      Enrico Trave
      Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
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    • Davide Cristofori
      Davide Cristofori
      Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
      “Giovanni Stevanato” Centre for Electron Microscopy, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
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    • Emmanuele Ambrosi
      Emmanuele Ambrosi
      Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
      “Giovanni Stevanato” Centre for Electron Microscopy, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
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      Federico Dallo
      CNR-Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP), Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice-Mestre, Italy
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      Marco Roman
      Department of Environmental Science Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30172 Venice-Mestre, Italy
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    • Jumpei Ueda
      Jumpei Ueda
      Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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      Jian Xu
      Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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    • Setsuhisa Tanabe
      Setsuhisa Tanabe
      Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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    • Alvise Benedetti
      Alvise Benedetti
      Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
      “Giovanni Stevanato” Centre for Electron Microscopy, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
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      Pietro Riello
      Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, Venice-Mestre 30172, Italy
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    Bismuth-based (nano)materials have been attracting increasing interest due to appealing properties such as high refractive indexes, intrinsic opacity, and structural distortions due to the stereochemistry of 6s2 lone pair electrons of Bi3+. However, the control over specific phases and strategies able to stabilize uniform bismuth-based (nano)materials is still a challenge. In this study, we employed the ability of bismuth to lower the melting point of silica to introduce a new synthetic approach able to confine the growth of bismuth-oxide-based materials into nanostructures. Combining in situ temperature-dependent synchrotron radiation X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) with high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) analyses, we demonstrate the evolution of a confined Bi2O3–SiO2 nanosystem from Bi2SiO5 to Bi4Si3O12 through a melting process. The silica shell acts as both a nanoreactor and a silicon source for the stabilization of bismuth silicate glass-ceramic nanocrystals keeping the original spherical shape. The exciton peak of Bi2SiO5 is measured for the first time allowing the estimation of its real energy gap. Moreover, based on a detailed spectroscopic investigation, we discuss the potential and the limitations of Nd3+-activated bismuth silicate systems as ratiometric thermometers. The synthetic strategy introduced here could be further explored to stabilize other bismuth-oxide-based materials, opening the way toward the growth of well-defined glass-ceramic nanoparticles.

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    • SEM images of Bi2O3:Nd3+ and Bi2O3:Nd3+@SiO2 NPs; band gap estimation from the Tauc plot of the Kubelka–Munk function; ICP-OES and EDS estimations of the Nd:Bi ratio; energy of the main transitions of Nd3+ in Bi2SiO5; and absolute and relative sensitivities for Boltzmann Nd3+-doped thermometers at 300 K (PDF)

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