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 …

Fe/Mn bimetal-doped ZIF-8-coated luminescent nanoparticles with up/downconversion dual-mode emission for tumor self-enhanced NIR-II imaging and catalytic …

C Li, J Ye, X Yang, S Liu, Z Zhang, J Wang, K Zhang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
ZIF-8, as an important photoresponsive metal–organic framework (MOF), holds great
promise in the field of cancer theranostics owing to its versatile physiochemical properties …

The coming of age of neodymium: redefining its role in rare earth doped nanoparticles

M Matulionyte, A Skripka, A Ramos-Guerra… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Among luminescent nanostructures actively investigated in the last couple of decades, rare
earth (RE3+) doped nanoparticles (RENPs) are some of the most reported family of …

Local structure engineering in lanthanide-doped nanocrystals for tunable upconversion emissions

H Dong, LD Sun, CH Yan - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Upconversion emissions from lanthanide-doped nanocrystals have sparked extensive
research interests in nanophotonics, biomedicine, photovoltaics, photocatalysis, etc …

Upconversion nanoparticles for super-resolution quantification of single small extracellular vesicles

G Huang, Y Liu, D Wang, Y Zhu, S Wen, J Ruan, D Jin - ELight, 2022 - Springer
Although small EVs (sEVs) have been used widely as biomarkers in disease diagnosis, their
heterogeneity at single EV level has rarely been revealed. This is because high-resolution …

Engineering orthogonal upconversion through selective excitation in a single nanoparticle

J Huang, Z An, L Yan, B Zhou - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Orthogonal upconversion with color‐switchable emissions under different excitation
conditions provides new chances to diverse frontier applications of luminescent materials …

Ultra-wideband-responsive photon conversion through co-sensitization in lanthanide nanocrystals

Z Jiang, L He, Z Yang, H Qiu, X Chen, X Yu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Distinctive upconversion or downshifting of lanthanide nanocrystals holds promise for
biomedical and photonic applications. However, either process requires high-energy lasers …

Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity evaluation of chemically synthesized and functionalized upconversion nanoparticles

AA Ansari, AK Parchur, Y Li, T Jia, R Lv, Y Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) show attractive anti-Stokes characteristics converting
lower-energy photons into higher-energy emissions. The excellent biocompatibility and …

Lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles for low-energy super-resolution applications

S Lamon, H Yu, Q Zhang, M Gu - Light: Science & Applications, 2024 - nature.com
Energy-intensive technologies and high-precision research require energy-efficient
techniques and materials. Lens-based optical microscopy technology is useful for low …