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 …

Cancer has been one of the most common life‐threatening diseases for a long time.
Traditional cancer therapies such as surgery, chemotherapy (CT), and radiotherapy (RT) …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are capable of converting near-
infra-red excitation into visible and ultraviolet emission. Their unique optical properties have …

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have been extensively explored as magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) contrast agents. With the increasing complexity in the structure of modern …

Computed tomography (CT), a diagnostic tool with clinical application, comprehensive
coverage, and low cost, is used in hospitals worldwide. However, CT imaging fails to …

Lanthanide ions doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are capable of stepwisely
converting lower energy near-infrared (NIR) excitation light into higher energy visible or …

In vivo quantitative assessment of oxyhaemoglobin saturation (sO2) status in tumour-
associated vessels could provide insights into cancer metabolism and behaviour. Here we …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are guest-host systems with
lanthanide ions as guest dispersed in a dielectric material as the inorganic host. Over the …

Rare-earth (RE) based luminescent probes exhibit rich optical properties including
upconversion and down-conversion luminescence spanning a broad spectral range from …

The idea of multifunctional nanomedicine that enters the human body to diagnose and treat
disease without major surgery is a long-standing dream of nanomaterials scientists …