Cytotoxicity and non-specific cellular uptake of bare and surface-modified upconversion nanoparticles in human skin cells

Upconversion Nanoparticles: Design, Nanochemistry, and Applications in Theranostics

(2014) Guanying Chen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Potential Toxicity of Up-Converting Nanoparticles Encapsulated with a Bilayer Formed by Ligand Attraction

(2014) Gautom K. Das et al.   LANGMUIR

Tailor-Made Charge-Conversional Nanocomposite for pH-Responsive Drug Delivery and Cell Imaging

(2013) Yan Chen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Near-Infrared Light-Mediated Photoactivation of a Platinum Antitumor Prodrug and Simultaneous Cellular Apoptosis Imaging by Upconversion-Luminescent Nanoparticles

(2013) Yuanzeng Min et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ultra-small BaGdF5-based upconversion nanoparticles as drug carriers and multimodal imaging probes

(2013) Dongmei Yang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

One-Step Synthesis of Small-Sized and Water-Soluble NaREF4Upconversion Nanoparticles for In Vitro Cell Imaging and Drug Delivery

(2013) Dongmei Yang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Feasibility study of the optical imaging of a breast cancer lesion labeled with upconversion nanoparticle biocomplexes

(2013) Ekaterina A. Grebenik et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

Tunable lifetime multiplexing using luminescent nanocrystals

(2013) Yiqing Lu et al.   Nature Photonics

Nano-Ruby: A Promising Fluorescent Probe for Background-Free Cellular Imaging

(2013) Andrew M. Edmonds et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

Quantitative Imaging of Single Upconversion Nanoparticles in Biological Tissue

(2013) Annemarie Nadort et al.   PLoS One

A modular design of low-background bioassays based on a high-affinity molecular pair barstar:barnase

(2013) Varun K. A. Sreenivasan et al.   PROTEOMICS

Multifunctional Upconversion Mesoporous Silica Nanostructures for Dual Modal Imaging and In Vivo Drug Delivery

(2013) Chunxia Li et al.   Small

Stem Cell Labeling using Polyethylenimine Conjugated (α-NaYbF4:Tm3+)/CaF2 Upconversion Nanoparticles

(2013) Liang Zhao et al.   Theranostics

Shape-controllable synthesis of hydrophilic NaLuF4:Yb,Er nanocrystals by a surfactant-assistant two-phase system

(2013) Na Zhou et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Upconversion nanoparticles modified with aminosilanes as carriers of DNA vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease

(2012) Huichen Guo et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Gd3+ complex-modified NaLuF4-based upconversion nanophosphors for trimodality imaging of NIR-to-NIR upconversion luminescence, X-Ray computed tomography and magnetic resonance

(2012) Ao Xia et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Towards whole-body imaging at the single cell level using ultra-sensitive stem cell labeling with oligo-arginine modified upconversion nanoparticles

(2012) Chao Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Folic Acid-Conjugated LaF3:Yb,Tm@SiO2 Nanoprobes for Targeting Dual-Modality Imaging of Upconversion Luminescence and X-ray Computed Tomography

(2012) Jiebing Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of lanthanide ions doped one-dimensional upconversion submicrocrystals and their potential application in vivo CT imaging

(2012) Guo Gao et al.   Nanoscale

Highly Luminescent-Paramagnetic Nanophosphor Probes for In Vitro High-Contrast Imaging of Human Breast Cancer Cells

(2012) Bipin Kumar Gupta et al.   Small

Polymer-Coated NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ Upconversion Nanoparticles for Charge-Dependent Cellular Imaging

(2011) Jiefu Jin et al.   ACS Nano

Upconverting Nanoparticles

(2011) Markus Haase et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

High-quality water-soluble and surface-functionalized upconversion nanocrystals as luminescent probes for bioimaging

(2011) Tianye Cao et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Near-infrared light induced in vivo photodynamic therapy of cancer based on upconversion nanoparticles

(2011) Chao Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Upconversion nanophosphors for small-animal imaging

(2011) Jing Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Optical sensing quantum dot-labeled polyacrolein particles prepared by layer-by-layer deposition technique

(2011) Alla N. Generalova et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Sub-10 nm Hexagonal Lanthanide-Doped NaLuF4Upconversion Nanocrystals for Sensitive Bioimaging in Vivo

(2011) Qian Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Ligand-Free Colloidally Stable Water Dispersible Brightly Luminescent Lanthanide-Doped Upconverting Nanoparticles

(2011) Nicoleta Bogdan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Luminescent Sensing of Oxygen Using a Quenchable Probe and Upconverting Nanoparticles

(2010) Daniela E. Achatz et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tumor-Selective Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs via the EPR Effect: Background and Future Prospects

(2010) Hiroshi Maeda   BIOCONJUGATE CHEMISTRY

Drug delivery with upconversion nanoparticles for multi-functional targeted cancer cell imaging and therapy

(2010) Chao Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Layer-by-layer assembly of freestanding thin films with homogeneously distributed upconversion nanocrystals

(2010) Ying Bao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Non-specific cellular uptake of surface-functionalized quantum dots

(2010) T A Kelf et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Small Upconverting Fluorescent Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

(2010) Dev K. Chatterjee et al.   Small

Recent advances in the chemistry of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals

(2009) Feng Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Near-infrared fluorescence: application to in vivo molecular imaging

(2009) Scott A Hilderbrand et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Biocompatibility of silica coated NaYF4 upconversion fluorescent nanocrystals

(2008) Rufaihah Abdul Jalil et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Microencapsulation by solvent evaporation: State of the art for process engineering approaches

(2008) Ming Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Versatile Synthesis Strategy for Carboxylic Acid−functionalized Upconverting Nanophosphors as Biological Labels

(2008) Zhigang Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High Contrast in Vitro and in Vivo Photoluminescence Bioimaging Using Near Infrared to Near Infrared Up-Conversion in Tm3+and Yb3+Doped Fluoride Nanophosphors

(2008) Marcin Nyk et al.   NANO LETTERS

Quantum dots versus organic dyes as fluorescent labels

(2008) Ute Resch-Genger et al.   NATURE METHODS

Upconversion fluorescence imaging of cells and small animals using lanthanide doped nanocrystals

(2007) D CHATTERJEE et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Present status of, and future prospects for, upconverting phosphors in proximity-based bioassay

(2007) C.G. Morgan et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS