Unexpected luminescence enhancement of upconverting nanocrystals by cation exchange with well retained small particle size

Prevalence of Anisotropic Shell Growth in Rare Earth Core–Shell Upconversion Nanocrystals

(2013) Chao Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanoparticle-based upconversion luminescence resonance energy transfer sensor for mercury(ii) quantification

(2013) Hui Li et al.   ANALYST

Magnetic Tuning of Upconversion Luminescence in Lanthanide-Doped Bifunctional Nanocrystals

(2013) Yunxin Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Surface plasmon resonance enhanced upconversion luminescence in aqueous media for TNT selective detection

(2013) Nina Tu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Controllable Multicolor Upconversion Luminescence by Tuning the NaF Dosage

(2013) Hao Li et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Preparation and upconversion luminescence cell imaging of O-carboxymethyl chitosan-functionalized NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+/Er3+ nanoparticles

(2013) Hao Li et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Down-/up-conversion luminescence nanocomposites for dual-modal cell imaging

(2013) Mingyue An et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

In Vitro and In Vivo Uncaging and Bioluminescence Imaging by Using Photocaged Upconversion Nanoparticles

(2012) Yanmei Yang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Doxorubicin conjugated NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+ nanoparticles for therapy and sensing of drug delivery by luminescence resonance energy transfer

(2012) Yunlu Dai et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Defect-related luminescent materials: synthesis, emission properties and applications

(2012) Cuimiao Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Surface Functionalization of Hydrophobic Nanocrystals with One Particle per Micelle for Bioapplications

(2012) Mingliang Deng et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Cation Exchange: A Facile Method To Make NaYF4:Yb,Tm-NaGdF4 Core–Shell Nanoparticles with a Thin, Tunable, and Uniform Shell

(2012) Cunhai Dong et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

The Effect of Surface Coating on Energy Migration-Mediated Upconversion

(2012) Qianqian Su et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Room temperature synthesis of hydrophilic Ln3+-doped KGdF4 (Ln = Ce, Eu, Tb, Dy) nanoparticles with controllable size: energy transfer, size-dependent and color-tunable luminescence properties

(2012) Dongmei Yang et al.   Nanoscale

Giant enhancement of upconversion in ultra-small Er3+/Yb3+:NaYF4nanoparticles via laser annealing

(2012) A Bednarkiewicz et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

High-Efficiency Upconversion Luminescent Sensing and Bioimaging of Hg(II) by Chromophoric Ruthenium Complex-Assembled Nanophosphors

(2011) Qian Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Core–shell NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+@FexOy nanocrystals for dual-modality T2-enhanced magnetic resonance and NIR-to-NIR upconversion luminescent imaging of small-animal lymphatic node

(2011) Ao Xia et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

(2011) Chao Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Core/Shell Nanoparticles: Classes, Properties, Synthesis Mechanisms, Characterization, and Applications

(2011) Rajib Ghosh Chaudhuri et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Upconversion nanophosphors for small-animal imaging

(2011) Jing Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Controlled synthesis of NaYF4: Yb, Er nanocrystals with upconversion fluorescence via a facile hydrothermal procedure in aqueous solution

(2011) Yuhui Wang et al.   CRYSTENGCOMM

Analysis of the Shell Thickness Distribution on NaYF4/NaGdF4 Core/Shell Nanocrystals by EELS and EDS

(2011) Keith A. Abel et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

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

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

Monodisperse upconversion NaYF4 nanocrystals: Syntheses and bioapplications

(2011) Mingliang Deng et al.   Nano Research

Applications of upconversion nanoparticles in imaging, detection and therapy

(2011) Lei Yin Ang et al.   Nanomedicine

Composition tuning the upconversion emission in NaYF4:Yb/Tm hexaplate nanocrystals

(2011) Hua Zhang et al.   Nanoscale

Ultrasmall Monodisperse NaYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+ Nanocrystals with Enhanced Near-Infrared to Near-Infrared Upconversion Photoluminescence

(2010) Guanying Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Core−Shell Nanoarchitectures: A Strategy To Improve the Efficiency of Luminescence Resonance Energy Transfer

(2010) Cuihong Song et al.   ACS Nano

Anomalous Raman Scattering of Colloidal Yb3+,Er3+ Codoped NaYF4 Nanophosphors and Dynamic Probing of the Upconversion Luminescence

(2010) Jingning Shan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Upconversion nanoparticles in biological labeling, imaging, and therapy

(2010) Feng Wang et al.   ANALYST

Direct Evidence of a Surface Quenching Effect on Size-Dependent Luminescence of Upconversion Nanoparticles

(2010) Feng Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Plasmonic Modulation of the Upconversion Fluorescence in NaYF4:Yb/Tm Hexaplate Nanocrystals Using Gold Nanoparticles or Nanoshells

(2010) Hua Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fluorine-18-labeled Gd3+/Yb3+/Er3+ co-doped NaYF4 nanophosphors for multimodality PET/MR/UCL imaging

(2010) Jing Zhou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Highly spectral dependent enhancement of upconversion emission with sputtered gold island films

(2010) Hua Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Four-Fold Enhancement of the Activation Energy for Nonradiative Decay of Excitons in PbSe/CdSe Core/Shell versus PbSe Colloidal Quantum Dots

(2010) Keith A. Abel et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Upconversion Nanoparticle-Based FRET System for Study of siRNA in Live Cells

(2010) Shan Jiang et al.   LANGMUIR

Highly-sensitive multiplexed in vivo imaging using pegylated upconversion nanoparticles

(2010) Liang Cheng et al.   Nano Research

Colloidal synthesis and blue based multicolor upconversion emissions of size and composition controlled monodisperse hexagonal NaYF4 : Yb,Tm nanocrystals

(2010) Anxiang Yin et al.   Nanoscale

Seed-mediated synthesis of NaY F4:Y b, Er/NaGdF4nanocrystals with improved upconversion fluorescence and MR relaxivity

(2010) Hai Guo et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping

(2010) Feng Wang et al.   NATURE

Monodisperse Upconverting Nanocrystals by Microwave-Assisted Synthesis

(2009) Hai-Qiao Wang et al.   ACS Nano

The Active-Core/Active-Shell Approach: A Strategy to Enhance the Upconversion Luminescence in Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles

(2009) Fiorenzo Vetrone et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

High Contrast Upconversion Luminescence Targeted Imaging in Vivo Using Peptide-Labeled Nanophosphors

(2009) Liqin Xiong et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Upconversion Luminescence of β-NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+@β-NaYF4 Core/Shell Nanoparticles: Excitation Power Density and Surface Dependence

(2009) Yu Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Surface Modification of Upconverting NaYF4Nanoparticles with PEG−Phosphate Ligands for NIR (800 nm) Biolabeling within the Biological Window

(2009) John-Christopher Boyer et al.   LANGMUIR

Solid-to-Hollow Single-Particle Manipulation of a Self-Assembled Luminescent NaYF4:Yb,Er Nanocrystal Monolayer by Electron-Beam Lithography

(2009) Wei Feng et al.   Small

Synthesis and Optical Properties of KYF4/Yb, Er Nanocrystals, and their Surface Modification with Undoped KYF4

(2008) Helmut Schäfer et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Upconversion Multicolor Fine-Tuning: Visible to Near-Infrared Emission from Lanthanide-Doped NaYF4Nanoparticles

(2008) Feng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of Hexagonal-Phase Core−Shell NaYF4Nanocrystals with Tunable Upconversion Fluorescence

(2008) Hai-Sheng Qian et al.   LANGMUIR

An efficient and user-friendly method for the synthesis of hexagonal-phase NaYF4:Yb, Er/Tm nanocrystals with controllable shape and upconversion fluorescence

(2008) Zhengquan Li et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY