Upconversion luminescent materials: advances and applications

J Zhou, Q Liu, W Feng, Y Sun, F Li - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Upconversion nanoparticles: design, nanochemistry, and applications in theranostics

G Chen, H Qiu, PN Prasad, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Upconversion nanophosphors for small-animal imaging

J Zhou, Z Liu, F Li - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Rare-earth upconversion nanophosphors (UCNPs), when excited by continuous-wave near-
infrared light, exhibit a unique narrow photoluminescence with higher energy. Such special …

Upconverting nanoparticles

M Haase, H Schäfer - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Upconversion (UC) refers to nonlinear optical processes in which the sequential absorption
of two or more photons leads to the emission of light at shorter wavelength than the …

[HTML][HTML] Upconversion nanoparticles in biological labeling, imaging, and therapy

F Wang, D Banerjee, Y Liu, X Chen, X Liu - Analyst, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Using 915 nm Laser Excited Tm3+/Er3+/Ho3+-Doped NaYbF4 Upconversion Nanoparticles for in Vitro and Deeper in Vivo Bioimaging without Overheating …

Q Zhan, J Qian, H Liang, G Somesfalean, D Wang… - ACS …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Successful further development of superhigh-constrast upconversion (UC) bioimaging
requires addressing the existing paradox: 980 nm laser light is used to excite upconversion …

Subtissue Thermal Sensing Based on Neodymium-Doped LaF3 Nanoparticles

U Rocha, C Jacinto da Silva, W Ferreira Silva… - Acs Nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report the multifunctional character of neodymium-doped LaF3 core/shell
nanoparticles. Because of the spectral overlap of the neodymium emission bands with the …

Upconverting nanoparticles for pre‐clinical diffuse optical imaging, microscopy and sensing: Current trends and future challenges

CT Xu, Q Zhan, H Liu, G Somesfalean… - Laser & Photonics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are a class of recently developed luminescent
biomarkers that–in several aspects–are superior to organic dyes and quantum dots. UCNPs …

High-resolution fluorescence diffuse optical tomography developed with nonlinear upconverting nanoparticles

CT Xu, P Svenmarker, H Liu, X Wu, ME Messing… - ACS …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence diffuse optical tomography (FDOT) is an emerging biomedical imaging
technique that can be used to localize and quantify deeply situated fluorescent molecules …

[PDF][PDF] CdTe quantum dots as nanothermometers: towards highly sensitive thermal imaging

LM Maestro, C Jacinto, UR Silva, F Vetrone… - small, 2011 - academia.edu
Laura M. Maestro, Carlos Jacinto, Ueslen R. Silva, Fiorenzo Vetrone, John A. Capobianco,
Daniel Jaque,* and José García Solé nanoparticles whose luminescence properties are …