Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

Nanoparticles have recently emerged as an important group of materials used in numerous
disciplines within the life sciences, ranging from basic biophysical research to clinical …

This article gives an overview of the various kinds of nanoparticles (NPs) that are widely
used for purposes of fluorescent imaging, mainly of cells and tissues. Following an …

Several types of nanoparticle-based imaging probes have been developed to replace
conventional luminescent probes. For luminescence imaging, near-infrared (NIR) probes …

2. INTRODUCTION The investigation of many fundamental processes in life sciences
requires straightforward tools for fast, sensitive, reliable, and reproducible detection of …

The tremendous progress in the synthesis of different inorganic nanoparticles with
pretailored size, shape, structural, compositional, and surface properties has significantly …

Conspectus Tremendous progress in nanomaterial and nanotechnology has been made in
recent years, which greatly contributes to the development of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) …

Lanthanide-doped luminescent inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) possess superior
physicochemical features such as long-lived luminescence (from several to tens of …

Fluorescence is widely used in biological detection and imaging. The emerging luminescent
nanoparticles or quantum dots provide a new type of biological agents that can improve …

Luminescent nanomaterials such as semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) and quantum dots
(QDs) attract much attention to optical detectors, LEDs, photovoltaics, displays, biosensing …