Surface modification of rare earth nanoparticles for the attachment of drugs.

• Main Author: Stanislaws, Anna Marina.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Surface chemistry; DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45629
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Rare earth upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are proving indispensable in various fields of research today ranging from electronic sectors to the biomedical field. In the biomedical field, rare earth UCNPs are explored for their use as fluorescent biomarkers for their use in bioimaging. Traditional...