Establishing the Structural Integrity of Core-Shell Nanoparticles against Elemental Migration using Luminescent Lanthanide Probes

Poly(Acrylic Acid) Modification of Nd3+-Sensitized Upconversion Nanophosphors for Highly Efficient UCL Imaging and pH-Responsive Drug Delivery

(2015) Bei Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Luminescence-Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by a Novel Near-Infrared Light Nanotransducer

(2015) Ling Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Probing the nature of upconversion nanocrystals: instrumentation matters

(2015) Xiaowang Liu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Stimuli responsive upconversion luminescence nanomaterials and films for various applications

(2015) Ming-Kiu Tsang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Lab on upconversion nanoparticles: optical properties and applications engineering via designed nanostructure

(2015) Xiaomin Li et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Photon upconversion in core–shell nanoparticles

(2015) Xian Chen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Light upconverting core–shell nanostructures: nanophotonic control for emerging applications

(2015) Guanying Chen et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Lanthanide-Doped Energy Cascade Nanoparticles: Full Spectrum Emission by Single Wavelength Excitation

(2015) Dengfeng Peng et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Temporal full-colour tuning through non-steady-state upconversion

(2015) Renren Deng et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Upconversion Nanoparticles as a Contrast Agent for Photoacoustic Imaging in Live Mice

(2014) Swarup Kumar Maji et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Lanthanide-Doped LiLuF4Upconversion Nanoprobes for the Detection of Disease Biomarkers

(2014) Ping Huang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly intense upconversion luminescence in Yb/Er:NaGdF4@NaYF4 core–shell nanocrystals with complete shell enclosure of the core

(2014) Daqin Chen et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Energy Upconversion in Lanthanide-Doped Core/Porous-Shell Nanoparticles

(2014) Yunxin Liu et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Enhanced Luminescence of NaY0.6–xCe0.1Gd0.3EuxF4 Nanorods by Energy Transfers between Ce3+, Gd3+, and Eu3+

(2014) Bing Chen et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Ultrasensitive Nanosensors Based on Upconversion Nanoparticles for Selective Hypoxia Imaging in Vivo upon Near-Infrared Excitation

(2014) Jianan Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Preparation of core-shell NaGdF4 nanoparticles doped with luminescent lanthanide ions to be used as upconversion-based probes

(2014) Feng Wang et al.   Nature Protocols

An upconverted photonic nonvolatile memory

(2014) Ye Zhou et al.   Nature Communications

Light Management in Upconverting Nanoparticles: Ultrasmall Core/Shell Architectures to Tune the Emission Color

(2014) Marta Quintanilla et al.   ACS Photonics

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

(2013) Benjamin Voss et al.   ACS Nano

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

(2013) Chao Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Core–Shell Lanthanide Upconversion Nanophosphors as Four-Modal Probes for Tumor Angiogenesis Imaging

(2013) Yun Sun et al.   ACS Nano

Amplified Spontaneous Emission and Lasing from Lanthanide-Doped Up-Conversion Nanocrystals

(2013) Hai Zhu et al.   ACS Nano

Nd3+-Sensitized Upconversion Nanophosphors: Efficient In Vivo Bioimaging Probes with Minimized Heating Effect

(2013) Ye-Fu Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Upconversion-Nanophosphor-Based Functional Nanocomposites

(2013) Wei Feng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Upconverting Near-Infrared Light through Energy Management in Core-Shell-Shell Nanoparticles

(2013) Hongli Wen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Double-shell β-NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+/SiO2/TiO2 submicroplates as a scattering and upconverting layer for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

(2013) Liangliang Liang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Lanthanide-Doped Upconverting Nanoparticles: Harvesting Light for Solar Cells

(2013) Rafik Naccache et al.   ChemSusChem

Rare earth ions doped phosphors for improving efficiencies of solar cells

(2013) Hongzhou Lian et al.   ENERGY

Sodium lanthanide fluoride core-shell nanocrystals: A general perspective on epitaxial shell growth

(2013) Noah J. J. Johnson et al.   Nano Research

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

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

Mn2+ Dopant-Controlled Synthesis of NaYF4:Yb/Er Upconversion Nanoparticles for in vivo Imaging and Drug Delivery

(2012) Gan Tian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

Hollow structured upconversion luminescent NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ nanospheres for cell imaging and targeted anti-cancer drug delivery

(2012) Dongmei Yang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

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

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

The Effect of Surface Coating on Energy Migration-Mediated Upconversion

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

Direct Imaging the Upconversion Nanocrystal Core/Shell Structure at the Subnanometer Level: Shell Thickness Dependence in Upconverting Optical Properties

(2012) Fan Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

In vivo photodynamic therapy using upconversion nanoparticles as remote-controlled nanotransducers

(2012) Niagara Muhammad Idris et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Lanthanide-Doped Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Optical-Magnetic Properties, and Applications

(2011) Guofeng Wang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Rare-Earth Ion Doped Up-Conversion Materials for Photovoltaic Applications

(2011) Hai-Qiao Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Long-Term Real-Time Tracking of Lanthanide Ion Doped Upconverting Nanoparticles in Living Cells

(2011) Sang Hwan Nam et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Multifunctional nanoprobes for upconversion fluorescence, MR and CT trimodal imaging

(2011) Huaiyong Xing et al.   BIOMATERIALS

5D3–5D4 cross-relaxation of Tb3+ in a cubic host lattice

(2011) Chang-Kui Duan et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

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

(2011) Rajib Ghosh Chaudhuri et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Near-Infrared Sunlight Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Via the Insertion of an Upconverter-TiO2 Nanocomposite Layer

(2010) Guo-Bin Shan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanism for energy transfer processes between Ce3+ and Tb3+ in LaPO4:Ce,Tb nanocrystals by time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy

(2010) V. Pankratov et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Immunolabeling and NIR-Excited Fluorescent Imaging of HeLa Cells by Using NaYF4:Yb,Er Upconversion Nanoparticles

(2009) Meng 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

Investigation of KYF4: Yb, Er // KYF4 nanocrystals — mechanism of the KYF4 formation

(2009) H. Schäfer et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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

(2008) Helmut Schäfer et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Multicolor Core/Shell-Structured Upconversion Fluorescent Nanoparticles

(2008) Zhengquan Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS