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 …

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

G Chen, H Qiu, PN Prasad, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
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 …

Simultaneous Fenton‐like Ion Delivery and Glutathione Depletion by MnO2‐Based Nanoagent to Enhance Chemodynamic Therapy

LS Lin, J Song, L Song, K Ke, Y Liu, Z Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) utilizes iron‐initiated Fenton chemistry to destroy tumor cells
by converting endogenous H2O2 into the highly toxic hydroxyl radical (. OH). There is a …

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 …

Controlled anti-cancer drug release through advanced nano-drug delivery systems: Static and dynamic targeting strategies

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Souri - Journal of controlled release, 2020 - Elsevier
Advances in nanomedicine, including early cancer detection, targeted drug delivery, and
personalized approaches to cancer treatment are on the rise. For example, targeted drug …

Long-lived emissive probes for time-resolved photoluminescence bioimaging and biosensing

KY Zhang, Q Yu, H Wei, S Liu, Q Zhao… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this Review article, we systematically summarize the design and applications of various
kinds of long-lived emissive probes for bioimaging and biosensing via time-resolved …

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 …

Enhancing solar cell efficiency: the search for luminescent materials as spectral converters

X Huang, S Han, W Huang, X Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Photovoltaic (PV) technologies for solar energy conversion represent promising routes to
green and renewable energy generation. Despite relevant PV technologies being available …

Manganese oxide nanomaterials: synthesis, properties, and theranostic applications

B Ding, P Zheng, P Ma, J Lin - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the comprehensive applications in bioimaging, biosensing, drug/gene delivery, and
tumor therapy of manganese oxide nanomaterials (MONs including MnO2, MnO, Mn2O3 …

Recent progress in rare earth micro/nanocrystals: soft chemical synthesis, luminescent properties, and biomedical applications

S Gai, C Li, P Yang, J Lin - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
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 …