Recent progress in the development of upconversion nanomaterials in bioimaging and disease treatment

G Liang, H Wang, H Shi, H Wang, M Zhu, A **g… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - Springer
Multifunctional lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), which feature
efficiently convert low-energy photons into high-energy photons, have attracted …

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 …

Local structure engineering in lanthanide-doped nanocrystals for tunable upconversion emissions

H Dong, LD Sun, CH Yan - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Upconversion emissions from lanthanide-doped nanocrystals have sparked extensive
research interests in nanophotonics, biomedicine, photovoltaics, photocatalysis, etc …

Energy transfer in lanthanide upconversion studies for extended optical applications

H Dong, LD Sun, CH Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Lanthanide pairs, which can upconvert low energy photons into higher energy photons, are
promising for efficient upconversion emission. A typical system with Yb3+ as a sensitizer can …

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 …

Enhancing luminescence in lanthanide‐doped upconversion nanoparticles

S Han, R Deng, X **e, X Liu - … Chemie International Edition, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The enthusiasm for research on lanthanide‐doped upconversion nanoparticles is driven by
both a fundamental interest in the optical properties of lanthanides embedded in different …

Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity evaluation of chemically synthesized and functionalized upconversion nanoparticles

AA Ansari, AK Parchur, Y Li, T Jia, R Lv, Y Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) show attractive anti-Stokes characteristics converting
lower-energy photons into higher-energy emissions. The excellent biocompatibility and …

Coordination chemistry of the host matrices with dopant luminescent Ln3+ ion and their impact on luminescent properties

AA Ansari, MR Muthumareeswaran, R Lv - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Lanthanides (Ln 3+) are a unique class of optical materials and are extensively
used as building blocks for optoelectronic device architectures due to their outstanding …

A mini-review on rare-earth down-conversion nanoparticles for NIR-II imaging of biological systems

Y Zhong, H Dai - Nano research, 2020‏ - Springer
Rare-earth (RE) based luminescent probes exhibit rich optical properties including
upconversion and down-conversion luminescence spanning a broad spectral range from …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nano-bioprobes: electronic structures, optical properties, and biodetection

W Zheng, P Huang, D Tu, E Ma, H Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have attracted considerable
interest due to their superior physicochemical features, such as large anti-Stokes shifts, low …