Rare-earth doping in nanostructured inorganic materials

B Zheng, J Fan, B Chen, X Qin, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
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 …

Photoluminescent nanoparticles for chemical and biological analysis and imaging

WR Algar, M Massey, K Rees, R Higgins… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

Recent progress in the development of upconversion nanomaterials in bioimaging and disease treatment

G Liang, H Wang, H Shi, H Wang, M Zhu, A Jing… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Multifunctional lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), which feature
efficiently convert low-energy photons into high-energy photons, have attracted …

Recent progress of rare‐earth doped upconversion nanoparticles: synthesis, optimization, and applications

X Zhu, J Zhang, J Liu, Y Zhang - Advanced Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Upconversion is a nonlinear optical phenomenon that involves the emission of high‐energy
photons by sequential absorption of two or more low‐energy excitation photons. Due to their …

Recent advances on functionalized upconversion nanoparticles for detection of small molecules and ions in biosystems

B Gu, Q Zhang - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Significant progress on upconversion‐nanoparticle (UCNP)‐based probes is witnessed in
recent years. Compared with traditional fluorescent probes (eg, organic dyes, metal …

Nile red and nile blue: applications and syntheses of structural analogues

V Martinez, M Henary - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nile red and Nile blue are highly fluorescent and photostable organic dyes from the benzo
[a] phenoxazine family. They have been used as histological stains for imaging lysosomes …

Bioimaging with upconversion nanoparticles

EM Mettenbrink, W Yang… - Advanced photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bioimaging enables the spatiotemporal visualization of biological processes at various
scales empowered by a range of different imaging modalities and contrast agents …

Tailored lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles and their promising bioapplication prospects

L Sun, R Wei, J Feng, H Zhang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) which could show unique
upconversion photoluminescence (UCPL) have attracted considerable attention due to their …

Lanthanide doped near infrared active upconversion nanophosphors: fundamental concepts, synthesis strategies, and technological applications

K Lingeshwar Reddy, R Balaji, A Kumar, V Krishnan - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Near infrared (NIR) light utilization in a range of current technologies has gained huge
significance due to its abundance in nature and nondestructive properties. NIR active …

Recent trends in the developments of analytical probes based on lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles

B Kumar, K Malhotra, R Fuku, J Van Houten… - TrAC Trends in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) offer a myriad of opportunities for bioanalytical
applications, well beyond those of their down-converting counterparts (QDs, organic dyes …