Advances in highly doped upconversion nanoparticles

S Wen, J Zhou, K Zheng, A Bednarkiewicz, X Liu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are capable of converting near-
infra-red excitation into visible and ultraviolet emission. Their unique optical properties have …

Luminescence lifetime imaging based on lanthanide nanoparticles

X Zhu, X Wang, H Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescence lifetime imaging has exhibited significant advantages over traditional optical
imaging in terms of precise quantification detection because of the intrinsic stability of …

Lanthanide‐doped near‐infrared nanoparticles for biophotonics

H Li, X Wang, TY Ohulchanskyy, G Chen - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Light in the near‐infrared (NIR) spectral region is increasingly utilized in bioapplications,
providing deeper penetration in biological tissues owing to the lower absorption and …

An overview of nanoparticles commonly used in fluorescent bioimaging

OS Wolfbeis - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Enhancement of single upconversion nanoparticle imaging by topologically segregated core-shell structure with inward energy migration

Y Zhang, R Wen, J Hu, D Guan, X Qiu, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Manipulating topological arrangement is a powerful tool for tuning energy migration in
natural photosynthetic proteins and artificial polymers. Here, we report an inorganic optical …

Temporal full-colour tuning through non-steady-state upconversion

R Deng, F Qin, R Chen, W Huang, M Hong… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Developing light-harvesting materials with tunable emission colours has always been at the
forefront of colour display technologies,,. The variation in materials composition, phase and …

Near-Infrared-to-Ultraviolet Light-Mediated Photoelectrochemical Aptasensing Platform for Cancer Biomarker Based on Core–Shell NaYF4:Yb,Tm@TiO2 …

Z Qiu, J Shu, D Tang - Analytical chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (TiO2; as a potential photosensitizer) has good photocurrent performance
and chemical stability but often exhibits low utilization efficiency under ultraviolet (UV) region …

Lab on upconversion nanoparticles: optical properties and applications engineering via designed nanostructure

X Li, F Zhang, D Zhao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, high-quality lanthanide doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs)
have been successfully synthesized with the rapid development of nanotechnology. Due to …

Light upconverting core–shell nanostructures: nanophotonic control for emerging applications

G Chen, H Ågren, TY Ohulchanskyy… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Light upconverting nanostructures employing lanthanide ions constitute an emerging
research field recognized with wide ramifications and impact in many areas ranging from …

Lanthanide upconversion luminescence at the nanoscale: fundamentals and optical properties

A Nadort, J Zhao, EM Goldys - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Upconversion photoluminescence is a nonlinear effect where multiple lower energy
excitation photons produce higher energy emission photons. This fundamentally interesting …