Hybrid nanostructures are a class of materials that are typically composed of two or more
different components, in which each component has at least one dimension on the …

Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is a widely used multifunctional ceramic material due to its excellent
stability and physical-chemical properties as well as its great accessibility and moderate …

Upconversion core/shell nanocrystals with different mean sizes ranging from 15 to 45 nm
were prepared via a modified synthesis procedure based on anhydrous rare‐earth acetates …

Nanocrystals (NCs) discussed in this Review are tiny crystals of metals, semiconductors,
and magnetic material consisting of hundreds to a few thousand atoms each. Their size …

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for nanomaterial-en hanced platelet binding and
hemostatic medical devices are provided. Hemostatic materials and structures are provided …

Quantum dots (QDs) have shown great potential for nextgeneration displays owing to their
color tunability, narrow emission, and high luminescence efficiency. However, it is difficult to …

The wavelength down conversion approach to solid‐state lighting (SSL) uses down
conversion materials to produce visible light when excited by near‐UV or blue emission from …

Colloidal core/shell nanocrystals contain at least two semiconductor materials in an
onionlike structure. The possibility to tune the basic optical properties of the core …

We describe the development of multifunctional nanoparticle probes based on
semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) for cancer targeting and imaging in living animals. The …

The use of near-infrared or infrared photons is a promising approach for biomedical imaging
in living tissue. This technology often requires exogenous contrast agents with combinations …