The strong upconversion luminescence (UCL) of upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs)
endows the nanoparticles with attractive features for combined imaging and drug delivery …

Bone grafts or prosthetic implant designing for clinical application is challenging due to the
complexity of integrated physiological processes. The revolutionary advances of …

The application of nanomaterials made of rare earth elements within biomedical sciences
continues to make significant progress. The rare earth elements, also called the lanthanides …

Lanthanide-activated fluoride-based nanostructures are extremely interesting multifunctional
tools for many modern applications in nanomedicine, eg, bioimaging, sensing, drug delivery …

Lanthanides doped luminescent materials (LLMs) have recently gained considerable
attention in the areas of bioimaging, sensing, display, and lasers, benefitting from the …

In this work, an NaYF4: Ho3+/Yb3+ upconversion phosphor in colloidal form was
synthesized and then its suitability for image contrast enhancement in optical coherence …

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most fatal brain tumor and chemo/radiotherapeutic
options and other palliative care have not fetched much success in its management due to …

Lanthanide-based nanoparticles (Ln-NPs) are highly valued for their unique optical and
magnetic properties, making them useful in various scientific fields, including materials …

Many drug delivery systems end up in the lysosome because they are built from covalent or
kinetically inert supramolecular bonds. To reach other organelles, nanoparticles hence need …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (Ln-UCNPs) have been considered
promising materials for various fields, such as biomedical and industrial applications …