Impurity do** 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 …

The efficient utilization of the photosensitive rare-earth (RE 3+/Ln 3+) NPs in several fields,
such as biosensing, biomarkers, bioimaging, theragnostic, thermometry, anticounterfeiting …

Among luminescent nanostructures actively investigated in the last couple of decades, rare
earth (RE3+) doped nanoparticles (RENPs) are some of the most reported family of …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) show attractive anti-Stokes characteristics converting
lower-energy photons into higher-energy emissions. The excellent biocompatibility and …

Nowadays, photodynamic therapy (PDT) is under the research spotlight as an appealing
modality for various malignant tumors. Compared with conventional PDT treatment activated …

Abstract Lanthanides (Ln 3+) are a unique class of optical materials and are extensively
used as building blocks for optoelectronic device architectures due to their outstanding …

808 nm‐light‐excited lanthanide (Ln3+)‐doped nanoparticles (LnNPs) hold great promise
for a wide range of applications, including bioimaging diagnosis and anticancer therapy …

Fluorescence bioimaging has always been a research hotspot in the field of life sciences
and medicine. Although many studies focus on the promising second near infrared window …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been considered as a promising and noninvasive strategy
for clinical cancer treatment. Nonetheless, building a smart “off–on” theranostic PDT platform …

The core–shell engineering of lanthanide-doped nanoparticles has captured considerable
attention because it can safeguard the luminescence intensity of the core by reducing …