Antibiotics are widely used as bacteriostatic or bactericidal agents against various microbial
infections in humans and animals. The excessive use of antibiotics has led to an …

The conversion of low-energy light into high-energy light, also known as upconversion, can
be exploited in life science applications such as bioimaging and phototherapy. Sensitized …

Internal hydroxyl impurity is known as one of the main detrimental factors affecting the
upconversion (UC) efficiency of upconversion luminescence (UCL) nanomaterials. Different …

The potential applications in disparate fields led to a rapid evolution of luminescence
thermometry. In particular, luminescent thermometry based on trivalent lanthanide ions …

Develo** photoactive nanosystems against microbial infection and its therapeutic
application is compromised by the lack of suitable materials or molecular dyes activatable at …

Synthesis of new upconversion (UC) materials that can convert near-infrared excitation light
into visible emission light with high efficiency has crucial importance for energy and bio …

Advancing the upconversion materials field relies on accurate and contrastable
photoluminescence efficiency measurements, which are characterised by the absolute …

The color-tunable upconversion (UC) emission and optical temperature sensing based on
non-thermal coupled levels (NTCL) were observed from the Yb 3+/Ho 3+ codoped Lu 3 NbO …

Luminescence thermal stability is a major figure of merit of lanthanide-doped nanoparticles
playing an essential role in determining their potential applications in advanced optics …

The inability to harvest the broad spectrum of solar irradiation has constrained the practical
applications of photocatalysis in the environmental and energy sectors. Although the …