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 …

Theranostics is a concept of integrating imaging and therapy into a single platform for use in
the next generation of personalized medicine to meet the challenges in modern health …

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 …

Luminescent materials, also called phosphors, are defined as solids that can absorb and
convert certain types of energy into radiation of light.(1) Among all kinds of phosphors, rare …

Lanthanide pairs, which can upconvert low energy photons into higher energy photons, are
promising for efficient upconversion emission. A typical system with Yb3+ as a sensitizer can …

With the goal of develo** more accurate, efficient, non-invasive and fast diagnostic tools,
the use of near-infrared (NIR) light in the range of the second and third biological windows …

Luminescent ratiometric thermometers combining high spatial and temporal resolution at the
micro-and nanoscale, where the conventional methods are ineffective, have emerged over …

Upconversion is a nonlinear optical phenomenon that involves the emission of high‐energy
photons by sequential absorption of two or more low‐energy excitation photons. Due to their …

Lanthanide-doped inorganic nanoparticles possess superior physicochemical features such
as long-lived luminescence, large antenna-generated Stokes or anti-Stokes shifts, narrow …

Luminescence lifetime imaging has exhibited significant advantages over traditional optical
imaging in terms of precise quantification detection because of the intrinsic stability of …