Luminescence (nano) thermometry is a remote sensing technique that relies on the
temperature dependency of the luminescence features (eg, bandshape, peak energy or …

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 …

Lanthanide-based upconversion nanomaterials have recently attracted considerable
attention in both fundamental research and various frontier applications owing to their …

The attractive features of lanthanide-doped upconversion luminescence (UCL), such as high
photostability, nonphotobleaching or photoblinking, and large anti-Stokes shift, have shown …

Fluorescent nanothermometers can probe changes in local temperature in living cells and in
vivo and reveal fundamental insights into biological properties. This field has attracted …

Noninvasive lanthanide‐doped optical thermometers based on fluorescent intensity ratio
(FIR) technique have emerged as promising noncontact tools for detecting the inaccessible …

Luminescence nanothermometry enables accurate, remote, and all-optically-based thermal
sensing. Notwithstanding its fast development, there are serious obstacles hindering …

Present technological demands in disparate areas, such as microfluidics and nanofluidics,
microelectronics and nanoelectronics, photonics and biomedicine, among others, have …

Ratiometric luminescence thermometry with trivalent lanthanide ions and their 4f n energy
levels is an emerging technique for non-invasive remote temperature sensing with high …

Thermal activation of upconversion luminescence in nanocrystals opens up new
opportunities in biotechnology and nanophotonics. However, it remains a daunting …