Current progress in the controlled synthesis and biomedical applications of ultrasmall (

Stable gadolinium based nanoscale lyophilized injection for enhanced MR angiography with efficient renal clearance

(2018) Kun Liu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Influence of Lu3+ Doping on the Crystal Structure of Uniform Small (5 and 13 nm) NaLnF4 Upconverting Nanocrystals

(2017) Elsa Lu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Controlled Isotropic and Anisotropic Shell Growth in β-NaLnF4 Nanocrystals Induced by Precursor Injection Rate

(2017) Stefan Fischer et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Heterodimers Made of Upconversion Nanoparticles and Metal–Organic Frameworks

(2017) Yifan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selective Cation Exchange Enabled Growth of Lanthanide Core/Shell Nanoparticles with Dissimilar Structure

(2017) Hao Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct Evidence for Coupled Surface and Concentration Quenching Dynamics in Lanthanide-Doped Nanocrystals

(2017) Noah J. J. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Controlled Synthesis of Monodisperse Hexagonal NaYF4:Yb/Er Nanocrystals with Ultrasmall Size and Enhanced Upconversion Luminescence

(2017) Hui Li et al.   MOLECULES

Tuning hexagonal NaYbF4 nanocrystals down to sub-10 nm for enhanced photon upconversion

(2017) Ruikai Shi et al.   Nanoscale

Employing shells to eliminate concentration quenching in photonic upconversion nanostructure

(2017) Jing Zuo et al.   Nanoscale

Revisiting the optimized doping ratio in core/shell nanostructured upconversion particles

(2017) Bin Shen et al.   Nanoscale

808 nm near-infrared light controlled dual-drug release and cancer therapy in vivo by upconversion mesoporous silica nanostructures

(2017) Yunlu Dai et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Integrating Anatomic and Functional Dual-Mode Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Design and Applicability of a Bifunctional Contrast Agent

(2016) Dalong Ni et al.   ACS Nano

Rapid Degradation and High Renal Clearance of Cu3BiS3 Nanodots for Efficient Cancer Diagnosis and Photothermal Therapy in Vivo

(2016) Jing Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Thermal Scanning at the Cellular Level by an Optically Trapped Upconverting Fluorescent Particle

(2016) Paloma Rodríguez-Sevilla et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Filtration Shell Mediated Power Density Independent Orthogonal Excitations-Emissions Upconversion Luminescence

(2016) Xiaomin Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lanthanide (Gd3+ and Yb3+) functionalized gold nanoparticles for in vivo imaging and therapy

(2016) Xiaoqian Ge et al.   BIOMATERIALS

PEGylated NaHoF 4 nanoparticles as contrast agents for both X-ray computed tomography and ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging

(2016) Dalong Ni et al.   BIOMATERIALS

808 nm Light-triggered and hyaluronic acid-targeted dual-photosensitizers nanoplatform by fully utilizing Nd 3+ -sensitized upconversion emission with enhanced anti-tumor efficacy

(2016) Zhiyao Hou et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Nanochemistry and Nanomedicine for Nanoparticle-based Diagnostics and Therapy

(2016) Guanying Chen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Probing the Interior Crystal Quality in the Development of More Efficient and Smaller Upconversion Nanoparticles

(2016) Chenshuo Ma et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Theranostic Upconversion Nanobeacons for Tumor mRNA Ratiometric Fluorescence Detection and Imaging-Monitored Drug Delivery

(2016) Qianwen Ding et al.   Small

Emerging ≈800 nm Excited Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles

(2016) Xiaoji Xie et al.   Small

Sub-5 nm lanthanide-doped lutetium oxyfluoride nanoprobes for ultrasensitive detection of prostate specific antigen

(2016) Jin Xu et al.   Chemical Science

Multicolour synthesis in lanthanide-doped nanocrystals through cation exchange in water

(2016) Sanyang Han et al.   Nature Communications

Confining energy migration in upconversion nanoparticles towards deep ultraviolet lasing

(2016) Xian Chen et al.   Nature Communications

In vivo covalent cross-linking of photon-converted rare-earth nanostructures for tumour localization and theranostics

(2016) Xiangzhao Ai et al.   Nature Communications

Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Emerging Intelligent Light-Activated Drug Delivery Systems

(2016) Ali Bagheri et al.   Advanced Science

Clearance Pathways and Tumor Targeting of Imaging Nanoparticles

(2015) Mengxiao Yu et al.   ACS Nano

UV-Emitting Upconversion-Based TiO2 Photosensitizing Nanoplatform: Near-Infrared Light Mediated in Vivo Photodynamic Therapy via Mitochondria-Involved Apoptosis Pathway

(2015) Zhiyao Hou et al.   ACS Nano

Tungsten Sulfide Quantum Dots as Multifunctional Nanotheranostics for In Vivo Dual-Modal Image-Guided Photothermal/Radiotherapy Synergistic Therapy

(2015) Yuan Yong et al.   ACS Nano

A New Single 808 nm NIR Light-Induced Imaging-Guided Multifunctional Cancer Therapy Platform

(2015) Fei He et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Synthesis of 10 nm β-NaYF4 :Yb,Er/NaYF4 Core/Shell Upconversion Nanocrystals with 5 nm Particle Cores

(2015) Thorben Rinkel et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Multifunctional Nano-Bioprobes Based on Rattle-Structured Upconverting Luminescent Nanoparticles

(2015) Shan Lu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Lanthanide Nanoparticles: From Design toward Bioimaging and Therapy

(2015) Hao Dong et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

The biosafety of lanthanide upconversion nanomaterials

(2015) Yun Sun et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Upconversion nanoparticles as versatile light nanotransducers for photoactivation applications

(2015) Niagara Muhammad Idris et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

An overview of nanoparticles commonly used in fluorescent bioimaging

(2015) Otto S. Wolfbeis   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Size Control of Nearly Monodisperse β-NaGdF4 Particles Prepared from Small α-NaGdF4 Nanocrystals

(2015) Simon Dühnen et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Regiospecific Hetero-Assembly of DNA-Functionalized Plasmonic Upconversion Superstructures

(2015) Le-Le Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multimodal cancer imaging using lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles

(2015) Dongmei Yang et al.   Nanomedicine

Polarization modulated upconversion luminescence: single particle vs. few-particle aggregates

(2015) Ping Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Controlling upconversion nanocrystals for emerging applications

(2015) Bo Zhou et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Modular Integration of Upconverting Nanocrystal-Dendrimer Composites for Folate Receptor-Specific NIR Imaging and Light-Triggered Drug Release

(2015) Pamela T. Wong et al.   Small

Size-Tunable and Monodisperse Tm3+/Gd3+-Doped Hexagonal NaYbF4 Nanoparticles with Engineered Efficient Near Infrared-to-Near Infrared Upconversion for In Vivo Imaging

(2014) Jossana A. Damasco et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrasmall NaGdF4Nanodots for Efficient MR Angiography and Atherosclerotic Plaque Imaging

(2014) Huaiyong Xing et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Upconversion Nanoparticles: Design, Nanochemistry, and Applications in Theranostics

(2014) Guanying Chen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Engineering bright sub-10-nm upconverting nanocrystals for single-molecule imaging

(2014) Daniel J. Gargas et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Nanomedical engineering: shaping future nanomedicines

(2014) Dandan Luo et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Ultra-small fluorescent inorganic nanoparticles for bioimaging

(2014) Zhen Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Magnetic/Upconversion Fluorescent NaGdF4:Yb,Er Nanoparticle-Based Dual-Modal Molecular Probes for Imaging Tiny Tumors in Vivo

(2013) Chunyan Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Intrinsic Focusing of the Particle Size Distribution in Colloids Containing Nanocrystals of Two Different Crystal Phases

(2013) Benjamin Voss et al.   ACS Nano

Biodistribution of sub-10 nm PEG-modified radioactive/upconversion nanoparticles

(2013) Tianye Cao et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

(2013) Dongmei Yang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Lanthanide-doped luminescent nanoprobes: controlled synthesis, optical spectroscopy, and bioapplications

(2013) Yongsheng Liu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

In Vivo Multimodality Imaging and Cancer Therapy by Near-Infrared Light-Triggered trans-Platinum Pro-Drug-Conjugated Upconverison Nanoparticles

(2013) Yunlu Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enhancing multiphoton upconversion through energy clustering at sublattice level

(2013) Juan Wang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Shining a light on upconversion

(2013) Yuhai Zhang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Single-nanocrystal sensitivity achieved by enhanced upconversion luminescence

(2013) Jiangbo Zhao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Ultrasmall particles and nanocomposites: state of the art

(2013) Oxana V. Kharissova et al.   RSC Advances

Controlled synthesis of ultrasmall hexagonal NaTm0.02Lu0.98−xYbxF4 nanocrystals with enhanced upconversion luminescence

(2013) Xuesong Zhai et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Controlled Synthesis and Single-Particle Imaging of Bright, Sub-10 nm Lanthanide-Doped Upconverting Nanocrystals

(2012) Alexis D. Ostrowski et al.   ACS Nano

Concentrating and Recycling Energy in Lanthanide Codopants for Efficient and Spectrally Pure Emission: The Case of NaYF4:Er3+/Tm3+ Upconverting Nanocrystals

(2012) Emory M. Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Self-Focusing by Ostwald Ripening: A Strategy for Layer-by-Layer Epitaxial Growth on Upconverting Nanocrystals

(2012) Noah J. J. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Combinatorial Discovery of Lanthanide-Doped Nanocrystals with Spectrally Pure Upconverted Emission

(2012) Emory M. Chan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Effect of the crystal structure of small precursor particles on the growth of β-NaREF4(RE = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb) nanocrystals

(2012) Benjamin Voß et al.   Nanoscale

Biological Applications of Rare-Earth Based Nanoparticles

(2011) Cedric Bouzigues et al.   ACS Nano

Cancer Nanotheranostics: Improving Imaging and Therapy by Targeted Delivery Across Biological Barriers

(2011) Forrest M. Kievit et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Upconversion nanophosphors for small-animal imaging

(2011) Jing Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Utilizing the amidation reaction to address the “cooperative effect” of carboxylic acid/amine on the size, shape, and multicolor output of fluoride upconversion nanoparticles

(2011) Wenbin Niu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

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

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

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

(2010) Guanying Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Alternatives to Gadolinium-Based Metal Chelates for Magnetic Resonance Imaging†

(2010) Subha Viswanathan et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping

(2010) Feng Wang et al.   NATURE