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 …

Upconverting nanoparticles: a versatile platform for wide-field two-photon microscopy and multi-modal in vivo imaging

YI Park, KT Lee, YD Suh, T Hyeon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) have recently attracted enormous
attention in the field of biological imaging owing to their unique optical properties:(1) efficient …

In Vivo Multimodality Imaging and Cancer Therapy by Near-Infrared Light-Triggered trans-Platinum Pro-Drug-Conjugated Upconverison Nanoparticles

Y Dai, H **ao, J Liu, Q Yuan, P Ma… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Controlling anticancer drug activity and release on demand is very significant in cancer
therapy. The photoactivated platinum (IV) pro-drug is stable in the dark and can be activated …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nano-bioprobes: electronic structures, optical properties, and biodetection

W Zheng, P Huang, D Tu, E Ma, H Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have attracted considerable
interest due to their superior physicochemical features, such as large anti-Stokes shifts, low …

Current advances in lanthanide ion (Ln 3+)-based upconversion nanomaterials for drug delivery

D Yang, Z Hou, Z Cheng, C Li, J Lin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Lanthanide ion (Ln3+)-based upconversion nano/micromaterials that emit higher-energy
visible light when excited by low-energy NIR light have aroused considerable attention in …

Lanthanide‐Doped upconversion nanoparticles: emerging intelligent light‐activated drug delivery systems

A Bagheri, H Arandiyan, C Boyer, M Lim - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The development of drug delivery systems (DDSs) using near infrared (NIR) light and
upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) has generated intensive interest over the past five …

Upconverting near-infrared light through energy management in core-shell-shell nanoparticles.

H Wen, H Zhu, X Chen, TF Hung, B Wang… - Angewandte …, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
Lanthanide-doped upconversion materials, capable of converting low-density (< 1000 W
cmÀ2) near-infrared (NIR) excitation to ultraviolet (UV) and visible emissions, have …

Upconversion and downconversion nanoparticles for biophotonics and nanomedicine

JFC Loo, YH Chien, F Yin, SK Kong, HP Ho… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last decade, upconversion and downconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs and DCNPs)
have exhibited attractive unique optical properties and are used in various fields, including …

A mini-review on recent progress of new sensitizers for luminescence of lanthanide doped nanomaterials

H Zhang, ZH Chen, X Liu, F Zhang - Nano Research, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Trivalent lanthanide (Ln 3+) doped luminescent nanocrystals are promising for
applications ranging from biosensor, lasing, super-resolution nanoscopy, information …