Opportunities for enhancing solar energy harvesting using photon upconversion are
reviewed. The increasing prominence of bifacial solar cells is an enabling factor for the …

Rare earth doped upconversion nanocrystals (RE-UCNCs) have attracted extensive
interests owing to their unique physical properties and great potential applications in bio …

Nondestructive neurotransmitter detection and real‐time monitoring of stem cell
differentiation are both of great significance in the field of neurodegenerative disease and …

Lanthanide-doped nanoparticles have great potential for energy conversion applications, as
their optical properties can be precisely controlled by varying the doping composition …

The composite film of mesoporous silica coated NaYF 4: Er 3+/Yb 3+ upconversion
nanoparticles and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in Poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) medium were …

Lanthanide-based upconversion materials convert low energy infrared photons into high
energy visible photons. These materials are of interest in a myriad of applications such as …

Plasmonic nanostructures can concentrate light and enhance light-matter interactions in the
subwavelength domain, which is useful for photodetection, light emission, optical …

Abstract Ca 14 Zn 6 Ga 10-x O 35: xMn (CZG: xMn) phosphors were synthesized by high
temperature solid state reaction. High doping concentration as 30 mol% for Mn ions can be …

The geometry and dimension of a gold nanorod (GNR) are optimally designed to enhance
the fluorescence intensity of a lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystal placed in close …

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) encompass a wide range of clinically and
pathologically diverse diseases characterized by progressive long-term cognitive decline …