Controlling upconversion in emerging multilayer core–shell nanostructures: from fundamentals to frontier applications

S Liu, L Yan, J Huang, Q Zhang, B Zhou - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lanthanide-based upconversion nanomaterials have recently attracted considerable
attention in both fundamental research and various frontier applications owing to their …

Recent development in sensitizers for lanthanide-doped upconversion luminescence

X Cheng, J Zhou, J Yue, Y Wei, C Gao, X Xie… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The attractive features of lanthanide-doped upconversion luminescence (UCL), such as high
photostability, nonphotobleaching or photoblinking, and large anti-Stokes shift, have shown …

Recent progress of fluorescent materials for fingermarks detection in forensic science and anti-counterfeiting

AA Ansari, KM Aldajani, AN AlHazaa… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review summarized the applied techniques and applied nanomaterials (NMs) for the
progress of latent fingerprints (LFPs) images on several surfaces. Used numerous types of …

NIR II-responsive photon upconversion through energy migration in an ytterbium sublattice

B Zhou, L Yan, J Huang, X Liu, L Tao, Q Zhang - Nature Photonics, 2020 - nature.com
Smart control of photon upconversion is a key strategy for lanthanide-based materials used
in biological and photonic applications. However, this has remained a challenge for the …

X-ray-charged bright persistent luminescence in NaYF4:Ln3+@NaYF4 nanoparticles for multidimensional optical information storage

Y Zhuang, D Chen, W Chen, W Zhang, X Su… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract NaYF4: Ln3+, due to its outstanding upconversion characteristics, has become one
of the most important luminescent nanomaterials in biological imaging, optical information …

High-security anti-counterfeiting through upconversion luminescence

H Suo, Q Zhu, X Zhang, B Chen, J Chen, F Wang - Materials Today Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Upconversion luminescence is characterized by the conversion of near-infrared excitation
into ultraviolet and visible emissions through a special class of doped optical materials …

Biodegradable upconversion nanoparticles induce pyroptosis for cancer immunotherapy

B Ding, J Sheng, P Zheng, C Li, D Li, Z Cheng, P Ma… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Pyroptosis, which is a mode of programmed cell death, has proven effective for cancer
therapy. However, efficient pyroptosis inducers for tumor treatment are limited. This study …

Optical nanomaterials and enabling technologies for high‐security‐level anticounterfeiting

W Ren, G Lin, C Clarke, J Zhou, D Jin - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Optical nanomaterials have been widely used in anticounterfeiting applications. There have
been significant developments powered by recent advances in material science, printing …

Exploration of nanozymes in viral diagnosis and therapy

J Lee, H Liao, Q Wang, J Han, JH Han, HE Shin… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanozymes are nanomaterials with similar catalytic activities to natural enzymes. Compared
with natural enzymes, they have numerous advantages, including higher physiochemical …

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 …