This biannual review covers the time period from January 2004 to December 2005 and is
written in continuation of previous reviews (A1-A3). An electronic search in SciFinder and …

Fluorescence is one of the techniques adopted for a large number of optical bioassays and
chemical sensing probes. The key driving motivation is basically governed by the ease of …

Luminescence (nano) thermometry is an increasingly important field for remote temperature
sensing with high spatial resolution. Most typically, ratiometric sensing of the luminescence …

The technological development of quantum dots has ushered in a new era in fluorescence
bioimaging, which was propelled with the advent of novel multiphoton fluorescence …

In the 1990s, nanoparticles and quantum dots began to be used in optical, electronic, and
biological applications. Now they are being studied for use in solid-state quantum …

The use of quantum dots for biological and biomedical applications is one of the fastest
moving fields of nanotechnology today. The unique optical properties of these …

In this work, nitrogen-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) based fluorescent probes were
synthesized using m-phenylenediamine and citric acid as both nitrogen and carbon source …

Recent advances in the application of semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, as
biochemical sensors are reviewed. Quantum dots have unique optical properties that make …

One of the major advantages of metal matrix composites (MMCs) is that their tailorable
properties meet the specific requirements of a particular application. This paper deals with …

Gain medium‐doped active optical fibers for optical amplification and long‐range
transmission have triggered a lot of researches. Traditional rare‐earth ion‐doped active …