Impurity doping is a promising method to impart new properties to various materials. Due to
their unique optical, magnetic, and electrical properties, rare-earth ions have been …

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

Neural circuitry is typically modulated via invasive brain implants and tethered optical fibres
in restrained animals. Here we show that wide-field illumination in the second near-infrared …

Tremendous progress in nanotechnology has enabled advances in the use of luminescent
nanomaterials in imaging, sensing and photonic devices. This translational process relies …

Synergistic phototherapy has the potential to conquer the extreme heterogeneity and
complexity of difficult tumors and result in better cancer treatment outcomes than …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have received substantial attention
in diversities of frontier applications because of their excellent and flexible photon …

In this study, a hybrid nanoassembly consisting of an upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP)
core and a zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF) shell encapsulated with chiral NiSx NPs …

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a specialized semipermeable structure that highly
regulates exchanges between the central nervous system parenchyma and blood vessels …

The clinical team attending to a patient upon a diagnosis is faced with two main questions:
what treatment, and at what dose? Clinical trials' results provide the basis for guidance and …

Brain diseases, including tumors and neurodegenerative disorders, are among the most
serious health problems. Non-invasively high-resolution imaging methods are required to …