Near-infrared light-mediated rare-earth nanocrystals: recent advances in improving photon conversion and alleviating the thermal effect

• Main Authors: Lyu, Linna, Cheong, Haolun, Ai, Xiangzhao, Zhang, Wenmin, Li, Juan, Yang, HuangHao, Lin, Jun, Xing, Bengang
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Digital Storage; Diagnosis; DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89235; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46671
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the rapid development of nanotechnology, the unique rare-earth lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNs), which can convert tissue-penetrable near-infrared (NIR) photonic irradiation into ultraviolet, visible, and NIR emissions, have a significant potential in bioimaging, diagnosis, and...