Luminescence-based techniques continue to attract considerable attention due not only to
their current range of applications but also to their wide potential in the fields of optical …

Theranostics is a concept of integrating imaging and therapy into a single platform for use in
the next generation of personalized medicine to meet the challenges in modern health …

To investigate the potential of tumor-targeting photoactivated chemotherapy, a chiral
ruthenium-based anticancer warhead, Λ/Δ-[Ru (Ph2phen) 2 (OH2) 2] 2+, was conjugated to …

Luminescent materials, also called phosphors, are defined as solids that can absorb and
convert certain types of energy into radiation of light.(1) Among all kinds of phosphors, rare …

Rare-earth upconversion nanophosphors (UCNPs), when excited by continuous-wave near-
infrared light, exhibit a unique narrow photoluminescence with higher energy. Such special …

In this study, an on-off-on fluorescent nanosensor based on carbon quantum dots (or carbon
dots, CDs) was successfully fabricated for Fe 3+ detection and selective imaging of …

Upconversion refers to non-linear optical processes that convert two or more low-energy
pump photons to a higher-energy output photon. After being recognized in the mid-1960s …

The advent of nanotechnology has opened new possibilities for bioimaging. Metal
nanoparticles (such as gold, silver, iron, copper, etc.) hold tremendous potential and offer …

The application of nanomaterials (NMs) in biomedicine is increasing rapidly and offers
excellent prospects for the development of new non‐invasive strategies for the diagnosis …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) that emit high-energy photons upon excitation by the
low-energy near-infrared (NIR) light are emerging as new optical nano-probes useful in …