Lanthanides refer to the 15 elements located at the sixth period and IIIB group in the periodic
table, ranging from lanthanum to lutetium, with the electronic configuration of [Xe] 4f n–1 5d …

Conspectus Owing to their unique features, the past decade has witnessed rapid
developments of lanthanide-activated nanoparticles for biological applications. These …

Lanthanide complexes are of increasing importance in cancer diagnosis and therapy, owing
to the versatile chemical and magnetic properties of the lanthanide-ion 4f electronic …

Lanthanides and actinides are used in a wide variety of applications, from energy production
to life sciences. To address toxicity issues due to the chemical, and often radiological …

The application of nanomaterials made of rare earth elements within biomedical sciences
continues to make significant progress. The rare earth elements, also called the lanthanides …

There is no doubt that magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents (MRI CAs) can play a
vital role in diagnosing diseases. Therefore, demand for new MRI CAs with an enhanced …

The combination of lanthanides and nanoparticles to develop new hybrid nanomaterials has
become a highly topical area of research in the field of sensing, biomedical imaging, drug …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive medical imaging modality that is
routinely used in clinics, providing anatomical information with micron resolution, soft tissue …

Rare earth (RE) nanoparticles have attracted considerable attention due to their unique
optical and magnetic properties associated with f‐electrons. The recent accomplishments in …

Biomedicine and cell and molecular biology require powerful imaging techniques of the
single molecule scale to the whole organism, either for fundamental science or diagnosis …