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 …

Surface modified lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles for drug delivery, cellular uptake mechanism, and current challenges in NIR-driven therapies

AA Ansari, AK Parchur, G Chen - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Lanthanides (Ln 3+) are a particular class of optical materials and are regularly
utilized as a structure block for architectures of optoelectronic frameworks because of their …

Functionalized upconversion nanoparticles: New strategy towards FRET-based luminescence bio-sensing

AA Ansari, VK Thakur, G Chen - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Functionalized upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have perceived massive success in
the area of bio-photonic applications. UCNPs are extensively used as a successful emitter in …

Design of lanthanide-doped colloidal nanocrystals: applications as phosphors, sensors, and photocatalysts

D Sarkar, S Ganguli, T Samanta, V Mahalingam - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
The unique optical characteristics of lanthanides (Ln3+) such as high color purity, long
excited-state lifetimes, less perturbation of excited states by the crystal field environment …

Surface modifications for photon-upconversion-based energy-transfer nanoprobes

E Andresen, U Resch-Genger, M Schäferling - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
An emerging class of inorganic optical reporters are near-infrared (NIR) excitable lanthanide-
based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) with multicolor emission and long …

Near-infrared photoswitching of cyclodextrin–guest complexes using lanthanide-doped LiYF 4 upconversion nanoparticles

N Möller, T Hellwig, L Stricker, S Engel… - Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This communication reports a new type of supramolecular cyclodextrin–guest complexes
using cyclodextrin coated upconversion nanoparticles as hosts and monovalent and …

[HTML][HTML] Biocompatible NaYF4: Yb, Er upconversion nanoparticles: Colloidal stability and optical properties

AA Ansari, JP Labis, A Khan - Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, highly luminescent colloidal upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have
expanded an increasing interest of researchers because of their facilitating lability in the …

Methylene blue-loaded upconverting hydrogel nanocomposite: potential material for near-infrared light-triggered photodynamic therapy application

B Meesaragandla, D Sarkar, V Mahalingam - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
The property of upconverting nanoparticles to convert the low-energy near-infrared (NIR)
light into high-energy visible light has made them a potential candidate for various …

Targeted Stealth Polymer Capsules Encapsulating Ln3+-Doped LaVO4 Nanoparticles for Bioimaging Applications

J Jeyaraman, A Shukla… - ACS Biomaterials Science …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We report synthesis of targeted PEGylated polymer capsules encapsulating Stoke's shift and
upconverting LaVO4 nanoparticles by following a unique approach for bioimaging …

Preparation of K+-Doped Core-Shell NaYF4:Yb, Er Upconversion Nanoparticles and its Application for Fluorescence Immunochromatographic Assay of Human …

J Tang, L Lei, H Feng, H Zhang, Y Han - Journal of fluorescence, 2016 - Springer
In the present study, we reported a convenient route to prepare well dispersed and
functionalized K+-doped core-shell upconversion nanoparticles (UCP) by layer-by-layer …