Multi-modal imaging probes through synergistically combining two or more imaging
modalities into single nanoparticle, offer possibilities to address multiple issues such as …

Abstract Lanthanide ions (Ln 3+) doped disordered crystals, which exhibit excellent
downshifting/upconversion luminescent properties, are widely used in a variety of optical …

In this study, an efficient and mild approach is reported for the facile synthesis of a carbon
quantum dot (CQD)-based dual-modal fluorescence (FL)/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging …

Plasmonic enhancement induced by metallic nanostructures is an effective strategy to
improve the upconversion efficiency of lanthanide‐doped nanocrystals. It is demonstrated …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are a class of optical nanocrystals doped with
lanthanide ions that offer great promise for applications in controllable tumor therapy. In …

We developed a facile strategy to obtain a new kind of mesoporous core-shell structured up-
conversion nanoparticles (mUCNPs), composed of a NaYbF 4: 2% Er core and a …

Stimuli triggered drug delivery systems enable controlled release of drugs at the optimal
space and time, thus achieving optimal therapeutic effects. As one of the most important …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) represent a new class of fluorophores. Both the
excitation and (anti-Stokes) emission wavelengths are in the long wave part of the spectrum …

Gating of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with the stimuli-responsive poly (β-amino
ester) has been achieved. This hybrid nanocarrier releases doxorubicin (DOX) under acidic …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles have emerged as a superior and promising
nanomaterial due to their unique luminescent properties, nil-background noise, and low …