Advances and challenges for fluorescence nanothermometry

J Zhou, B Del Rosal, D Jaque, S Uchiyama, D ** - Nature methods, 2020 - nature.com
Fluorescent nanothermometers can probe changes in local temperature in living cells and in
vivo and reveal fundamental insights into biological properties. This field has attracted …

Rational design of ratiometric luminescence thermometry based on thermally coupled levels for bioapplications

H Suo, X Zhao, Z Zhang, Y Wang, J Sun… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Noninvasive lanthanide‐doped optical thermometers based on fluorescent intensity ratio
(FIR) technique have emerged as promising noncontact tools for detecting the inaccessible …

Standardizing luminescence nanothermometry for biomedical applications

A Bednarkiewicz, L Marciniak, LD Carlos, D Jaque - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescence nanothermometry enables accurate, remote, and all-optically-based thermal
sensing. Notwithstanding its fast development, there are serious obstacles hindering …

Advances in highly doped upconversion nanoparticles

S Wen, J Zhou, K Zheng, A Bednarkiewicz, X Liu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are capable of converting near-
infra-red excitation into visible and ultraviolet emission. Their unique optical properties have …

A theoretical framework for ratiometric single ion luminescent thermometers—thermodynamic and kinetic guidelines for optimized performance

M Suta, A Meijerink - Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Luminescence (nano) thermometry is an increasingly important field for remote temperature
sensing with high spatial resolution. Most typically, ratiometric sensing of the luminescence …

Lanthanide doped luminescence nanothermometers in the biological windows: strategies and applications

A Nexha, JJ Carvajal, MC Pujol, F Díaz, M Aguiló - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of lanthanide-doped non-contact luminescent nanothermometers with
accuracy, efficiency and fast diagnostic tools attributed to their versatility, stability and narrow …

The coming of age of neodymium: redefining its role in rare earth doped nanoparticles

M Matulionyte, A Skripka, A Ramos-Guerra… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
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 …

Guiding rules for selecting a nanothermometer

M Quintanilla, LM Liz-Marzan - Nano Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Temperature is a basic parameter influencing the behavior of systems in physics, chemistry
and biology. From living cells to microcircuits, a wide range of cases require thermometry …

Quantitative comparison of the light-to-heat conversion efficiency in nanomaterials suitable for photothermal therapy

A Pasciak, R Marin, L Abiven… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Functional colloidal nanoparticles capable of converting between various energy types are
finding an increasing number of applications. One of the relevant examples concerns light-to …

Lanthanide-based nanothermometers for bioapplications: excitation and temperature sensing in optical transparency windows

N Jurga, M Runowski, T Grzyb - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles containing lanthanide (Ln3+) ions in their structure have become one of the
most important tools in nanomedicine, mainly due to their appealing spectroscopic …