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 …

Recent advances in design and fabrication of upconversion nanoparticles and their safe theranostic applications

Z Gu, L Yan, G Tian, S Li, Z Chai, Y Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Lanthanide (Ln) doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have attracted enormous
attention in the recent years due to their unique upconversion luminescent properties that …

Upconverting nanoparticles working as primary thermometers in different media

S Balabhadra, ML Debasu, CDS Brites… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, noninvasive luminescent thermometry has become popular due to the
limitations of traditional contact thermometers to operate at scales below 100 μm, as …

Upconverting SrF2:Er3+ Nanoparticles for Optical Temperature Sensors

S Ryszczynska, K Trejgis, Ł Marciniak… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The upconversion (UC) phenomenon is one of the most frequently investigated in
lanthanide ions (Ln3+)-doped phosphors. Usually, to obtain UC luminescence, two types of …

Nanofluorides

PP Fedorov, AA Luginina, SV Kuznetsov… - Journal of Fluorine …, 2011 - Elsevier
The present review article covers major aspects of inorganic chemistry of nanofluorides,
including methods of their synthesis (thermolysis of the precursors, co-precipitation from …

Modifying the size and shape of monodisperse bifunctional alkaline-earth fluoride nanocrystals through lanthanide do**

D Chen, Y Yu, F Huang, P Huang… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
In this communication, a simple route for modifying the uneven size and shape of alkaline-
earth fluoride nanophases to monodisperse ultrasmall nanospheres through lanthanide …

Hierarchical Ag 3 PO 4 porous microcubes with enhanced photocatalytic properties synthesized with the assistance of trisodium citrate

Q Liang, W Ma, Y Shi, Z Li, X Yang - CrystEngComm, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Uniform hierarchical Ag3PO4 porous microcubes were for the first time synthesized by a one-
step reaction at room temperature with the help of the trisodium citrate (Na3Cit). The phase …

Achieving Effective Multimodal Imaging with Rare-Earth Ion-Doped CaF2 Nanoparticles

Z Yu, Y He, T Schomann, K Wu, Y Hao, E Suidgeest… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, cancer poses a significant hazard to humans. Limitations in early diagnosis
techniques not only result in a waste of healthcare resources but can even lead to delays in …

Controllable and white upconversion luminescence in BaYF 5: Ln 3+(Ln= Yb, Er, Tm) nanocrystals

C Zhang, C Li, G Li, S Huang, D Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
BaYF5: Yb3+, Er3+, Tm3+ nanocrystals have been successfully synthesized via a
hydrothermal process. SEM and TEM images indicate that the size of the nanocrystals is …

Full Color Emission in ZnGa2O4: Simultaneous Control of the Spherical Morphology, Luminescent, and Electric Properties via Hydrothermal Approach

Y Zhang, Z Wu, D Geng, X Kang… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ZnGa2O4 and ZnGa2O4: Mn2+/Eu3+ with uniform nanosphere (diameter about 400 nm)
morphology have been synthesized via a facile hydrothermal approach. XRD, Raman …