Advanced fluorescence imaging technology in the near-infrared-II window for biomedical applications

C Li, G Chen, Y Zhang, F Wu… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence imaging has become a fundamental tool for biomedical applications;
nevertheless, its intravital imaging capacity in the conventional wavelength range (400–950 …

Chemical design and synthesis of functionalized probes for imaging and treating tumor hypoxia

J Liu, W Bu, J Shi - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hypoxia development in tumor is closely associated with its increased aggressiveness and
strong resistance to therapy, leading to the poor prognosis in several cancer types …

Boosting the down-shifting luminescence of rare-earth nanocrystals for biological imaging beyond 1500 nm

Y Zhong, Z Ma, S Zhu, J Yue, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
In vivo fluorescence imaging in the near-infrared region between 1500–1700 nm (NIR-IIb
window) affords high spatial resolution, deep-tissue penetration, and diminished auto …

Controlling upconversion nanocrystals for emerging applications

B Zhou, B Shi, D **, X Liu - Nature nanotechnology, 2015 - nature.com
Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals enable anti-Stokes emission with pump
intensities several orders of magnitude lower than required by conventional nonlinear …

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 …

Lanthanide nanoparticles: from design toward bioimaging and therapy

H Dong, SR Du, XY Zheng, GM Lyu, LD Sun… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Lanthanides refer to the 15 elements located at the sixth period and IIIB group in the periodic
table, ranging from lanthanum to lutetium, with the electronic configuration of [Xe] 4f n–1 5d …

Exploring the influence of polymeric and non-polymeric materials in synthesis and functionalization of luminescent lanthanide nanomaterials

B Li, AA Ansari, AK Parchur, R Lv - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The efficient utilization of the photosensitive rare-earth (RE 3+/Ln 3+) NPs in several fields,
such as biosensing, biomarkers, bioimaging, theragnostic, thermometry, anticounterfeiting …

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

G Chen, H Qiu, PN Prasad, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Upconversion Nanoparticles: Design, Nanochemistry, and Applications in Theranostics |
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Nanoparticles in photodynamic therapy

SS Lucky, KC Soo, Y Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cancer accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) worldwide in 2008.(1)
Almost 13 million cancer cases are newly diagnosed every year, and deaths are projected to …

Rationally engineered nucleic acid architectures for biosensing applications

M **ao, W Lai, T Man, B Chang, L Li… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Development of biosensing platforms plays a key role in research settings for identification
of biomarkers and in clinical applications for diagnostics. Biosensors based on nucleic acids …