Jan Bergstrand, Qingyun Liu, Bingru Huang, Xingyun Peng, Christian Würth, Ute Resch-Genger, Qiuqiang Zhan, Jerker Widengren, Hans Ågren and Haichun Liu

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 4959
DOI: 10.1039/C8NR10332A

An efficient energy transfer process in Nd3+:Yb3+ co-doped SrF2 powders containing Al3+ and prepared by the combustion synthesis technique

Nikifor Rakov and Glauco S. Maciel

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 5442
DOI: 10.1039/C6TC01105E

Future prospects of luminescent nanomaterial based security inks: from synthesis to anti-counterfeiting applications

Pawan Kumar, Satbir Singh and Bipin Kumar Gupta

Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 14297
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR06965C

Fabrication of core@spacer@shell Aunanorod@mSiO2@Y2O3:Er nanocomposites with enhanced upconversion fluorescence

Huiqin Li, Qingqing Deng, Bin Liu, Jianhui Yang and Biao Wu

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 13343
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA23884F

Impact of LaF3 and silica shell formation on the crystal, optical and photo-luminescence properties of LaF3:Ce/Tb nanoparticles

Anees A. Ansari, Monika Rai and S. B. Rai

Mater. Chem. Front., 2017, 1, 727
DOI: 10.1039/C6QM00205F

Two-photon excitation nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy

Yizhong Shen, Adam J. Shuhendler, Deju Ye, Jing-Juan Xu and Hong-Yuan Chen

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 6725
DOI: 10.1039/C6CS00442C

A novel anion doping strategy to enhance upconversion luminescence in NaGd(MoO4)2:Yb3+/Er3+ nanophosphors

Anming Li, Dekang Xu, Hao Lin, Lu Yao, Shenghong Yang, Yuanzhi Shao, Yueli Zhang and Zhenqiang Chen

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 15693
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00855D

A dual-functional upconversion core@shell nanostructure for white-light-emission and temperature sensing

Min Xu, Daqin Chen, Ping Huang, Zhongyi Wan, Yang Zhou and Zhenguo Ji

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 6516
DOI: 10.1039/C6TC02218A

Facile synthesis of monodispersed yolk-shelled molybdenum disulfide microspheres with enhanced photocatalytic properties

Yongxing Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Jia Li, Li Li, Yi Liu, Dong Ma, Dechuan Li and Xuanhua Li

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018, 5, 3082
DOI: 10.1039/C8QI00878G

Comprehensive studies of the Li+ effect on NaYF4:Yb/Er nanocrystals: morphology, structure, and upconversion luminescence

Xiuwen Wang, Xi Zhang, Yangbo Wang, Hongyu Li, Juan Xie, Tian Wei, Qianwen Huang, Xiaoji Xie, Ling Huang and Wei Huang

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 8968
DOI: 10.1039/C7DT01820G

Spectroscopic studies of lanthanide complexes of varying nuclearity based on a compartmentalised ligand

Daniela Olea-Román, Nicolas Bélanger-Desmarais, Marcos Flores-Álamo, Claudia Bazán, Félix Thouin, Christian Reber and Silvia E. Castillo-Blum

Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 17175
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02563J

Site occupation and upconversion process enabled multicolor emission in a Gd3GaO6:Bi3+,Er3+ phosphor for quad-mode anti-counterfeiting

Zhijun Li, Zeyu Lyu, Pengcheng Luo, Shuai Wei, Chengyu Zhuo, Dashuai Sun, Sida Shen and Hongpeng You

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 6746
DOI: 10.1039/D3QI01525D

Characterization of multifunctional β-NaEuF4/NaGdF4 core–shell nanoparticles with narrow size distribution

Lilli Schneider, Thorben Rinkel, Benjamin Voß, Artur Chrobak, Johann P. Klare, Jan Neethling, Jaco Olivier, Dominik Schaniel, El-Eulmi Bendeif, Federica Bondino, Elena Magnano, Igor Píš, Kamil Balinski, Joachim Wollschläger, Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff, Markus Haase and Karsten Kuepper

Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 2832
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR06915G

Measuring the internal quantum yield of upconversion luminescence for ytterbium-sensitized upconversion phosphors using the ytterbium(iii) emission as an internal standard

P. Stanley May, Aravind Baride, Md Yeathad Hossan and Mary Berry

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 17212
DOI: 10.1039/C8NR03538E

Tumor self-responsive upconversion nanomedicines for theranostic applications

Jiating Xu, Arif Gulzar, Dan Yang, Shili Gai, Fei He and Piaoping Yang

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 17535
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR06450H

Understanding the effect of Mn2+ on Yb3+/Er3+ upconversion and obtaining a maximum upconversion fluorescence enhancement in inert-core/active-shell/inert-shell structures

Zhangyu Huang, Huiping Gao and Yanli Mao

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 83321
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA10969A

Surface lanthanide activator doping for constructing highly efficient energy transfer-based nanoprobes for the on-site monitoring of atmospheric sulfur dioxide

Cuilan Zhang, Xiao Ling, Qingsong Mei, Hongbo He, Shengsong Deng and Yong Zhang

Analyst, 2020, 145, 537
DOI: 10.1039/C9AN01725A

Sensitizer-rich core–shell–shell upconversion nanoparticles for enhancing luminescence by spatial separation

Yujiao Zhang, Pengli Wang, Jiaxin Li, Jia Geng and Cuisong Zhou

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 16415
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02830A

One-pot synthesis of folic acid encapsulated upconversion nanoscale metal organic frameworks for targeting, imaging and pH responsive drug release

Angshuman Ray Chowdhuri, Dipranjan Laha, Srimanta Pal, Parimal Karmakar and Sumanta Kumar Sahu

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 18120
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03237K

Optical–magnetic bifunctional properties and mechanistic insights on upconversion of NaYF4:Yb,Ho,Tm@NaGdF4 with a tunable nanodumbbell morphology

Zhichao Yu, Haifeng Zhou, Guangjun Zhou, Juan Zhou, Yaqiang Wu, Xingshuang Zhang, Tao Wang, Dapeng Huang, Xinqiang Wang and Jifan Hu

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 31675
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP05011A

Biosensing based on upconversion nanoparticles for food quality and safety applications

Riikka Peltomaa, Elena Benito-Peña, Hans H. Gorris and María C. Moreno-Bondi

Analyst, 2021, 146, 13
DOI: 10.1039/D0AN01883J

Recent advances and developments in solar-driven photothermal catalytic CO2 reduction into multicarbon (C2+) products

Xiuting Wu, Senlin Zhang, Shangbo Ning, Chuanyun Yang, Ling Li, Linjun Tang, Jing Wang, Ruixiang Liu, Xingyu Yin, Ying Zhu, Shaohua Chen and Jinhua Ye

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 4568
DOI: 10.1039/D5SC00330J

NIR upconversion characteristics of carbon dots for selective detection of glutathione

Satyabrat Gogoi and Raju Khan

New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 6399
DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ00567B

Microfluidic array surface ion-imprinted monolithic capillary microextraction chip on-line hyphenated with ICP-MS for the high throughput analysis of gadolinium in human body fluids

Xiaoxiao Ou, Man He, Beibei Chen, Han Wang and Bin Hu

Analyst, 2019, 144, 2736
DOI: 10.1039/C8AN02057D

Synthesis and phase transformation of NaGdF4:Yb–Er thin films using electro-deposition method at moderate temperatures

Hong Jia, Yiping Zhou, Xue Li, Yan Li, Weiying Zhang, Hongzhi Fu, Jianguo Zhao, Liuzhan Pan, Xiaofeng Liu and Jianrong Qiu

CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 6919
DOI: 10.1039/C8CE01340C

Preparation of YbF3-Ho@TiO2 core–shell sub-microcrystal spheres and their application to the electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells

Jia Yu, Yulin Yang, Chuanxiang Zhang, Ruiqing Fan and Ting Su

New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 10545
DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ02069A

Mn-complex modified NaDyF4:Yb@NaLuF4:Yb,Er@polydopamine core–shell nanocomposites for multifunctional imaging-guided photothermal therapy

Tianyun Liu, Senzhi Li, Yuxin Liu, Quanwei Guo, Lu Wang, Dongdong Liu and Jing Zhou

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016, 4, 2697
DOI: 10.1039/C5TB02785C

New advances on the marrying of UCNPs and photothermal agents for imaging-guided diagnosis and the therapy of tumors

Dongmei Wang, Bei Liu, Zewei Quan, Chunxia Li, Zhiyao Hou, Bengang Xing and Jun Lin

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017, 5, 2209
DOI: 10.1039/C6TB03117J

Mechanisms of the blue emission of NaYF4:Tm3+ nanoparticles excited by an 800 nm continuous wave laser

Hongxin Zhang, Tianqing Jia, Xiaoying Shang, Shian Zhang, Zhenrong Sun and Jianrong Qiu

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 25905
DOI: 10.1039/C6CP04413A

Unravelling the energy transfer of Er3+-self-sensitized upconversion in Er3+–Yb3+–Er3+clustered core@shell nanoparticles

Bolong Huang, Mingzi Sun, Alan William Dougherty, Hao Dong, Yue-Jiao Xu, Ling-Dong Sun and Chun-Hua Yan

Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 18490
DOI: 10.1039/C7NR06729A

Recent advances in the synthesis and application of Yb-based fluoride upconversion nanoparticles

Bing Chen and Feng Wang

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 1067
DOI: 10.1039/C9QI01358J

Controllable synergistic effect of Yb3+, Er3+co-doped KLu2F7with the assistant of defect state

Wenjuan Bian, Yushuang Qi, Wei Lu, Xue Yu, Xuhui Xu and Jianbei Qiu

CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 2642
DOI: 10.1039/C6CE00098C

Glass-limited Yb/Er:NaLuF4 nanocrystals: reversible hexagonal-to-cubic phase transition and anti-counterfeiting

Shaoxiong Wang, Jidong Lin, Xiaoyan Li, Jiangkun Chen, Changbin Yang, Ping Huang, Yao Cheng and Daqin Chen

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 16151
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC03775C

Comparative investigation of the optical spectroscopic and thermal effect in Nd3+-doped nanoparticles

Shuai Wang, Bin Shen, Han-Lin Wei, Zixiao Liu, Zhigang Chen, Yong Zhang, Yan Su, Jun-Zheng Zhang, Haifang Wang and Qianqian Su

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 10220
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR02493J

Hydrothermal-assisted crystallization for the synthesis of upconversion nanoparticles/CdS/TiO2composite nanofibers by electrospinning

Fu Zhang, Li-Na Hao, Yang Wang, Sheng Cheng, Wan-Ni Wang, Chuan-Ling Zhang, Fang Xu and Hai-Sheng Qian

CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 6013
DOI: 10.1039/C6CE00987E

Efficient sub-15 nm cubic-phase core/shell upconversion nanoparticles as reporters for ensemble and single particle studies

Meiling Tan, Melissa-Jane Monks, Dingxin Huang, Yongjun Meng, Xuewen Chen, Ying Zhou, Shuang-Fang Lim, Christian Würth, Ute Resch-Genger and Guanying Chen

Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 10592
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02172E

Nonlinear photoresponse of NaYF4:Yb,Er@NaYF4 nanocrystals under green CW excitation: a comprehensive study

Nahid Ghazyani, Mohammad Hossein Majles Ara and Mohammad Raoufi

RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 25696
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01380C

Ultraviolet phototoxicity of upconversion nanoparticles illuminated with near-infrared light

K. E. Mironova, D. A. Khochenkov, A. N. Generalova, V. V. Rocheva, N. V. Sholina, A. V. Nechaev, V. A. Semchishen, S. M. Deyev, A. V. Zvyagin and E. V. Khaydukov

Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 14921
DOI: 10.1039/C7NR04092J

Optimization of upconversion luminescence of Nd3+-sensitized BaGdF5-based nanostructures and their application in dual-modality imaging and drug delivery

Fei He, Chunxia Li, Xinyang Zhang, Yinyin Chen, Xiaoran Deng, Bei Liu, Zhiyao Hou, Shanshan Huang, Dayong Jin and Jun Lin

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1708
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04191K

The role of an inert shell in improving energy utilization in lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles

Yu Wang

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 10852
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR03205C

A dye-quenched/sensitized switching upconversion nanoprobe for high-contrast mapping of the pH-related tumor microenvironment

Limei He, Ye Li, Qin Zeng, Xipeng Li, Hongze Liang and Tao Zhang

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 16727
DOI: 10.1039/D3NR04055K

Water soluble cubic K2NaScF6nanocrystals: crystal structure evolution and luminescence properties

Daguang Li, Weiping Qin, Peng Zhang, Shuifa Xiao and Lili Wang

CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 6908
DOI: 10.1039/C6CE01497F

Recent advances in thermo-sensitive hydrogels for drug delivery

Yibin Yu, Yi Cheng, Junye Tong, Lei Zhang, Yen Wei and Mei Tian

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021, 9, 2979
DOI: 10.1039/D0TB02877K

Effects of Er3+ spatial distribution on luminescence properties and temperature sensing of upconverting core–shell nanocrystals with high Er3+ content

Daqin Chen, Min Xu, Mengfan Ma and Ping Huang

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 15373
DOI: 10.1039/C7DT02915B

Energy transfer-based biodetection using optical nanomaterials

Bing Chen, Qianqian Su, Wei Kong, Yuan Wang, Peng Shi and Feng Wang

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018, 6, 2924
DOI: 10.1039/C8TB00614H

Silica-modified monodisperse hexagonal lanthanide nanocrystals: synthesis and biological properties

U. Kostiv, O. Janoušková, M. Šlouf, N. Kotov, H. Engstová, K. Smolková, P. Ježek and D. Horák

Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 18096
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR05572E

Near-infrared-activated NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+/Au/CdS for H2 production via photoreforming of bio-ethanol: plasmonic Au as light nanoantenna, energy relay, electron sink and co-catalyst

Wenhui Feng, Lulu Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yu Yang, Zhibin Fang, Bo Wang, Shiying Zhang and Ping Liu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 10311
DOI: 10.1039/C7TA02402A

Temperature-dependent upconversion luminescence multicolor tuning and temperature sensing of multifunctional β-NaYF4:Yb/Er@β-NaYF4:Yb/Tm microcrystals

Dandan Ju, Xiaoli Gao, Shouchao Zhang, Yang Li, Wenjing Cui, Yinhui Yang, Mingyan Luo and Shujing Liu

CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 3892
DOI: 10.1039/D1CE00123J

Highly enhanced visible light water splitting of CdS by green to blue upconversion

Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Yen-Linh Thi Ngo, Lijun Sui, Eui Jung Kim, Dinh Khoi Dang, Jin Suk Chung and Seung Hyun Hur

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 13912
DOI: 10.1039/C7DT02936E

Multifaceted core–shell nanoparticles: superparamagnetism and biocompatibility

Debasmita Sardar, S. K. Neogi, S. Bandyopadhyay, Biswarup Satpati, Manisha Ahir, Arghya Adhikary, Ruchi Jain, Chinnakonda S. Gopinath and Tanushree Bala

New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 8513
DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ01481F

Tumor pH and intracellular reduction responsive polypeptide nanomedicine with a sheddable PEG corona and a disulfide-cross-linked core

Yue Ding, Chang Du, Jiwen Qian, Linzhu Zhou, Yue Su, Rong Zhang and Chang-Ming Dong

Polym. Chem., 2018, 9, 3488
DOI: 10.1039/C8PY00579F

Controlled optical characteristics of lanthanide doped upconversion nanoparticles for emerging applications

Xiaoqian Ge, Jinliang Liu and Lining Sun

Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 16729
DOI: 10.1039/C7DT03049E

Dye-sensitized lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles

Xindong Wang, Rashid R. Valiev, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Hans Ågren, Chunhui Yang and Guanying Chen

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 4150
DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00053G

Core–shell hybrid upconversion nanoparticles carrying stable nitroxide radicals as potential multifunctional nanoprobes for upconversion luminescence and magnetic resonance dual-modality imaging

Chuan Chen, Ning Kang, Ting Xu, Dong Wang, Lei Ren and Xiangqun Guo

Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 5249
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR07591A

Photon management properties of Yb-doped SnO2nanoparticles synthesized by the sol–gel technique

Karima Bouras, Guy Schmerber, Damien Aureau, Hervé Rinnert, Jean-Luc Rehspringer, Dris Ihiawakrim, Aziz Dinia, Abdelilah Slaoui and Silviu Colis

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 21407
DOI: 10.1039/C9CP01993F

A novel upconversion core–multishell nanoplatform for a highly efficient photoswitch

Hao Lin, Zhiyuan Cheng, Dekang Xu, Yongjin Li, Liqin Xu, Ying Ma, Shenghong Yang and Yueli Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 3483
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC06840F

Lanthanide-based inorganic–organic hybrid materials for photon-upconversion

Muhammad Safdar, Amr Ghazy, Mika Lastusaari and Maarit Karppinen

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 6946
DOI: 10.1039/D0TC01216E

Negative lattice expansion-induced upconversion luminescence thermal enhancement in novel Na2MoO4:Yb3+, Er3+ transparent glass ceramics for temperature sensing applications

Yingzhu Zi, Yangke Cun, Xue Bai, Zan Xu, Asif Ali Haider, Jianbei Qiu, Zhiguo Song, Anjun Huang, Jialun Zhu and Zhengwen Yang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 1541
DOI: 10.1039/D2TC05009A

Spectral and dynamical properties of a Zr-based MOF

Mario Gutiérrez, Félix Sánchez and Abderrazzak Douhal

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 5112
DOI: 10.1039/C5CP04436G

Enhanced luminescence efficiency of aqueous dispersible NaYF4:Yb/Er nanoparticles and the effect of surface coating

Anees A. Ansari, Ranvijay Yadav and S. B. Rai

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 22074
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA00265J

Absolute upconversion quantum yields of blue-emitting LiYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+ upconverting nanoparticles

Michael S. Meijer, Paola A. Rojas-Gutierrez, Dmitry Busko, Ian A. Howard, Florian Frenzel, Christian Würth, Ute Resch-Genger, Bryce S. Richards, Andrey Turshatov, John A. Capobianco and Sylvestre Bonnet

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 22556
DOI: 10.1039/C8CP03935F

One-scan fluorescence emission difference nanoscopy developed with excitation orthogonalized upconversion nanoparticles

Bingru Huang, Qiusheng Wu, Xingyun Peng, Liqin Yao, Dengfeng Peng and Qiuqiang Zhan

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 21025
DOI: 10.1039/C8NR07017B

Near infrared light-mediated photoactivation of cytotoxic Re(i) complexes by using lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles

Ming Hu, Jixian Zhao, Xiangzhao Ai, Maja Budanovic, Jing Mu, Richard D. Webster, Qian Cao, Zongwan Mao and Bengang Xing

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 14101
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01569G

An efficient synthetic strategy for uniform perovskite core–shell nanocubes NaMgF3:Mn2+,Yb3+@NaMgF3:Yb3+ with enhanced near infrared upconversion luminescence

S. Ding, X. F. Yang, E. H. Song, C. L. Liang, B. Zhou, M. M. Wu, W. Z. Zhou and Q. Y. Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 2342
DOI: 10.1039/C7TC05416E

Intense upconversion red emission from Gd-doped NaErF4:Tm-based core/shell/shell nanocrystals under 980 and 800 nm near infrared light excitations

Jung Eun Choi, Donghwan Kim and Ho Seong Jang

Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 2261
DOI: 10.1039/C8CC09031A

A non-invasive luminescent nano-thermometer: approaching the maximum thermal sensitivity of Er3+ ion's green emission

Leipeng Li, Feng Qin and Zhiguo Zhang

CrystEngComm, 2019, 21, 3256
DOI: 10.1039/C9CE00285E

Thermal enhancement of upconversion emission in nanocrystals: a comprehensive summary

Rui Shi, Eduardo D. Martinez, Carlos D. S. Brites and Luís D. Carlos

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 20
DOI: 10.1039/D0CP05069E

Tuning upconversion through a sensitizer/activator-isolated NaYF4 core/shell structure

Shuai Ye, Guanying Chen, Wei Shao, Junle Qu and Paras N. Prasad

Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 3976
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR07678H

Coordination mechanism of cyanine dyes on the surface of core@active shell β-NaGdF4:Yb3+,Er3+ nanocrystals and its role in enhancing upconversion luminescence

Hossein Beygi Nasrabadi, Eduard Madirov, Radian Popescu, Lenka Štacková, Peter Štacko, Petr Klán, Bryce S. Richards, Damien Hudry and Andrey Turshatov

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 16313
DOI: 10.1039/D1TC03333F

Anisotropic mechano-adaptive cavitation in elastomers for unclonable covert–overt anti-counterfeiting

Huaixia Zhao, Boya Li, Yangxin Wang, Xiaozhuang Zhou and Jiaxi Cui

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 3677
DOI: 10.1039/D1TC06136D

Size of the rare-earth ions: a key factor in phase tuning and morphology control of binary and ternary rare-earth fluoride materials

Pushpal Ghosh, Rahul Kumar Sharma, Yogendra Nath Chouryal and Anja-Verena Mudring

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 33467
DOI: 10.1039/C7RA06741K

Prussian blue-coated lanthanide-doped core/shell/shell nanocrystals for NIR-II image-guided photothermal therapy

Xin Wang, Hui Li, Feng Li, Xiaojun Han and Guanying Chen

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 22079
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR07973D

Constructing highly sensitive ratiometric nanothermometers based on indirectly thermally coupled levels

Yubin Wang, Lei Lei, Enyang Liu, Yao Cheng and Shiqing Xu

Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 9092
DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03407C

Core-shell structured NaMnF3: Yb, Er nanoparticles for bioimaging applications

Shuai Ye, Mengjie Zhao, Jun Song and Junle Qu

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 52588
DOI: 10.1039/C7RA10393J

Efficient multicolor tunability of ultrasmall ternary-doped LaF3 nanoparticles: energy conversion and magnetic behavior

Navadeep Shrivastava, L. U. Khan, J. M. Vargas, Carlos Ospina, J. A. Q. Coaquira, Giorgio Zoppellaro, H. F. Brito, Yasir Javed, D. K. Shukla, M. C. F. C. Felinto and Surender K. Sharma

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 18660
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP02235B

Enhanced upconversion luminescence of BiOCl:Yb3+,Er3+ nanosheets via carbon dot modification and their optical temperature sensing

Taizhong Xiao, Yongjin Li, Tianhui Wang, Youzhun Fan, Fangyu He, Qi Wang, Jin Han, Zhaoyi Yin, Zhengwen Yang, Jianbei Qiu and Zhiguo Song

Mater. Chem. Front., 2021, 5, 4280
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00589D

Overcoming thermal quenching in upconversion nanoparticles

Yanze Wang, Bing Chen and Feng Wang

Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 3454
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR08603G

AgBiS2-TPP nanocomposite for mitochondrial targeting photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy and bio-imaging under 808 nm NIR laser irradiation

Mingdi Sun, Dan Yang, Chen Wang, Huiting Bi, Yuan Zhou, Xiangxi Wang, Jiating Xu, Fei He, Shili Gai and Piaoping Yang

Biomater. Sci., 2019, 7, 4769
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01077G

A novel upconversion luminescence turn-on nanosensor for ratiometric detection of organophosphorus pesticides

Shuailiang Wang, Xiaobo Wang, Xingxiang Chen, Xiaozheng Cao, Jing Cao, Xiaofeng Xiong and Wenbin Zeng

RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 46317
DOI: 10.1039/C6RA05978C

Tuning the upconversion luminescence of cubic KMnF3:Yb3+/Er3+ nanocrystals through inert lanthanide ion doping

Yunfei Shang, Shuwei Hao, Wei Shao, Tong Chen, Yuyan Zhu and Chunhui Yang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 2847
DOI: 10.1039/C9TC06288B

Lanthanide upconversion luminescence at the nanoscale: fundamentals and optical properties

Annemarie Nadort, Jiangbo Zhao and Ewa M. Goldys

Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 13099
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR08477F

Effect of surface grafting coefficient and chain length of fatty acids on the luminescence of neodymium3+-doped LaF3 nanoparticles

Pramod K. Nampoothiri, Mayuri N. Gandhi and A. R. Kulkarni

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 1817
DOI: 10.1039/C4TC02646B

Systematic growth of non-epitaxial ZnO shell over Ln3+–Li+ co-doped Y2O3 phosphor core

Shefali Jayswal and Rakesh S. Moirangthem

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2025, 27, 20177
DOI: 10.1039/D5CP00156K

Plant tissue imaging with bipyramidal upconversion nanocrystals by introducing Tm3+ ions as energy trapping centers

Yufang Qiao, Shuqian Qiao, Xue Yu, Qiuhong Min, Chaojie Pi, Jianbei Qiu, Hongqing Ma, Jianhong Yi, Qiuqiang Zhan and Xuhui Xu

Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 8181
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR07399G

Upconversion improvement by the reduction of Na+-vacancies in Mn2+ doped hexagonal NaYbF4:Er3+ nanoparticles

Dongping Tian, Dangli Gao, Bo Chong and Xuanzuo Liu

Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 4133
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT03735A

On the photostability and luminescence of dye-sensitized upconverting nanoparticles using modified IR820 dyes

Mannu Kaur, Gabrielle A. Mandl, Steven L. Maurizio, Gabriella Tessitore and John A. Capobianco

Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 608
DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00710F

A protected excitation-energy reservoir for efficient upconversion luminescence

Kai Huang, Haichun Liu, Marco Kraft, Swati Shikha, Xiang Zheng, Hans Ågren, Christian Würth, Ute Resch-Genger and Yong Zhang

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 250
DOI: 10.1039/C7NR06900F

Upconversion-luminescent/magnetic dual-functional sub-20 nm core–shell SrF2:Yb,Tm@CaF2:Gd heteronanoparticles

Ai-Hua Li, Mengyun Lü, Jun Yang, Lin Chen, Xiaohong Cui and Zhijun Sun

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 5800
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00237D

The use of energy looping between Tm3+ and Er3+ ions to obtain an intense upconversion under the 1208 nm radiation and its use in temperature sensing

Tomasz Grzyb, Inocencio R. Martín and Radian Popescu

Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 1692
DOI: 10.1039/D3NR04418A

Microlens array enhanced upconversion luminescence at low excitation irradiance

Qingyun Liu, Haichun Liu, Deyang Li, Wen Qiao, Guanying Chen and Hans Ågren

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 14070
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR03105G

Modified surface states of NaGdF4:Yb3+/Tm3+ up-conversion nanoparticles via a post-chemical annealing process

Qiuhong Min, Lei Zhao, Yushuang Qi, Jing Lei, Wenbo Chen, Xuhui Xu, Dacheng Zhou, Jianbei Qiu and Xue Yu

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 19031
DOI: 10.1039/C8NR05021J

Heterogeneous core/shell fluoride nanocrystals with enhanced upconversion photoluminescence for in vivo bioimaging

Shuwei Hao, Liming Yang, Hailong Qiu, Rongwei Fan, Chunhui Yang and Guanying Chen

Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 10775
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR02287H

Controlling upconversion in emerging multilayer core–shell nanostructures: from fundamentals to frontier applications

Songbin Liu, Long Yan, Jinshu Huang, Qinyuan Zhang and Bo Zhou

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 1729
DOI: 10.1039/D1CS00753J

DNA metallization: principles, methods, structures, and applications

Zhaowei Chen, Chaoqun Liu, Fangfang Cao, Jinsong Ren and Xiaogang Qu

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2018, 47, 4017
DOI: 10.1039/C8CS00011E

Tailoring dye-sensitized upconversion nanoparticle excitation bands towards excitation wavelength selective imaging

Xiang Wu, Hyungseok Lee, Osman Bilsel, Yuanwei Zhang, Zhanjun Li, Teresa Chen, Yi Liu, Chunying Duan, Jie Shen, Amol Punjabi and Gang Han

Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 18424
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR05437K

Multifunctional CaSc2O4:Yb3+/Er3+ one-dimensional nanofibers: electrospinning synthesis and concentration-modulated upconversion luminescent properties

Meihong Liu, Ming Gu, Yue Tian, Ping Huang, Lei Wang, Qiufeng Shi and Cai’e Cui

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 4025
DOI: 10.1039/C7TC00188F

Extensive tailoring of REPO4 and REVO4 crystallites via solution processing and luminescence

Meiting Li and Ji-Guang Li

CrystEngComm, 2022, 24, 4841
DOI: 10.1039/D2CE00535B

Phase angle encoded upconversion luminescent nanocrystals for multiplexing applications

Haichun Liu, Muthu K. G. Jayakumar, Kai Huang, Zi Wang, Xiang Zheng, Hans Ågren and Yong Zhang

Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 1676
DOI: 10.1039/C6NR09349C

NaYF4:Yb,Er/NaYF4 Core/Shell Nanocrystals with High Upconversion Luminescence Quantum Yield

Christian Homann, Lisa Krukewitt, Florian Frenzel, Bettina Grauel, Christian Würth, Ute Resch‐Genger and Markus Haase

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2018, 57, 8765
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201803083

Achieving up-conversion enhancement of NaGdF4:Er/Tm/Yb@NaLnF4 (Ln=Gd,Y) core-shell structured phosphors for ratiometric temperature sensing

Xuecheng Li, Zhenjie Liu, Ke Ding, Haoyue Hao and Liang Li

Journal of Luminescence, 2025, 288, 121560
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2025.121560

Near-IR responsive nanostructures for nanobiophotonics: emerging impacts on nanomedicine

Jun Song, Junle Qu, Mark T. Swihart and Paras N. Prasad

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 2016, 12, 771
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2015.11.009

Upconversion luminescence properties and color tunability of 12CaO⋅7Al2O3:Ho3+/Yb3+ single crystal

Yunfei Qu, Zhaozhong Qiu, Rui Wang, Liang Liu, Ye Tao and Jianjun Zhou

Mod. Phys. Lett. B, 2016, 30, 1650083
DOI: 10.1142/S0217984916500834

Nanomaterials based optical biosensing of hepatitis: Recent analytical advancements

Jafar Soleymani, Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Somi and Abolghasem Jouyban

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 107, 169
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2018.08.005

Enhancing Hybrid Upconversion Nanosystems via Synergistic Effects of Moiety Engineered NIR Dyes

Guochen Bao, Shihui Wen, Wanhe Wang, Jiajia Zhou, Shuai Zha, Yongtao Liu, Ka-Leung Wong and Dayong Jin

Nano Lett., 2021, 21, 9862
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02391

Rational design of hierarchical crystalline/amorphous hybrid copper tetracyanoquinodimethane and CuWO4 hetero-arrays as effective electrode materials for supercapacitors

Tao-Long Wu, Peng-Fei Qiu, Xiu-Niang Tan, Manlin Chen, Chenchen Wang, Yan Zhou and Zai-Yin Huang

Journal of Power Sources, 2024, 599, 234214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234214

Luminescent (Er,Ho)2O3 thin films by ALD to enhance the performance of silicon solar cells

Amr Ghazy, Muhammad Safdar, Mika Lastusaari, Arto Aho, Antti Tukiainen, Hele Savin, Mircea Guina and Maarit Karppinen

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021, 219, 110787
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110787

Colloidal photoemissive nanoparticles

Soranyel González-Carrero and Julia Pérez-Prieto

ChemTexts, 2018, 4
DOI: 10.1007/s40828-018-0063-2

Bright Green Frequency Upconversion in Catechin Based Yb3+/Er3+ Codoped LaVO4 Nanorods upon 980 nm Excitation

Vairapperumal Tamilmani, Astha Kumari, Vineet Kumar Rai, Balachandran Unni Nair and Kalarical Janardhanan Sreeram

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 4505
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b08510

Shielding Upconversion by Surface Coating: A Study of the Emission Enhancement Factor

Tianying Sun, Ronghua Ma, Xvsheng Qiao, Xianping Fan and Feng Wang

ChemPhysChem, 2016, 17, 766
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500724

Assessing the structural and interaction behaviour of Pr@Gd2O3 nanoparticles with biological entities

Sushil Kumar, Savita Chaudhary and Ganga Ram Chaudhary

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022, 276, 125416
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.125416

Palladium atomic layers coated on ultrafine gold nanowires boost oxygen reduction reaction

Di-Ye Wei, Guan-Nan Xing, Heng-Quan Chen, Xiao-Qun Xie, Hui-Mei Huang, Jin-Chao Dong, Jing-Hua Tian, Hua Zhang and Jian-Feng Li

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 650, 1518
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.080

Maßgeschneiderte Aufwärtskonvertierungsnanopartikel zur Detektion von Proteinwechselwirkungen in lebenden Zellen

Christoph Drees, Athira Naduviledathu Raj, Rainer Kurre, Karin B. Busch, Markus Haase and Jacob Piehler

Angewandte Chemie, 2016, 128, 11840
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201603028

Multilayer core-shell structured luminescent material with binary orthogonal excitation for advanced information encryption and multilevel anti-counterfeiting applications

Dongdong Li, Haibin Liao, Qi Fan and Jiangbo She

Ceramics International, 2025, 51, 47717
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.08.029

Influence of the synthesis method on preferential clustering of Yb3+ in CaF2:Yb3+/Er3+ upconverting nanoparticles

Sangeetha Balabhadra, Michael F. Reid, Vladimir Golovko and Jon-Paul R. Wells

Optical Materials, 2021, 112, 110736
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110736

Emitter-Active Shell in NaYF4:Yb,Er/NaYF4:Er Upconversion Nanoparticles for Enhanced Energy Transfer in Photodynamic Therapy

Jie Ren, Yadan Ding, Hancheng Zhu, Zhipeng Li, Rui Dai, Huiying Zhao, Xia Hong and Hong Zhang

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2022, 5, 559
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c03377

Advancements in multicolor control of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles for red/green/blue luminescence

Fiza Farooq, Seungyong Shin, Soong Ju Oh and Ho Seong Jang

J. Korean Ceram. Soc., 2025, 62, 1079
DOI: 10.1007/s43207-025-00544-8

Enhanced upconversion emission and magnetization in Yb3+-Er3+/Ho3+ codoped Gd2O3 nanocrystals by introducing Zn2+ ions

Daguang Li, Weiping Qin, Tuerxun Aidilibike, Peng Zhang, Shihu Liu, Lili Wang and Shiwan Li

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 675, 31
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.03.110

Lanthanide‐Doped Near‐Infrared Nanoparticles for Biophotonics

Hui Li, Xin Wang, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy and Guanying Chen

Advanced Materials, 2021, 33
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202000678

Volume and surface effects on two-photonic and three-photonic processes in dry co-doped upconversion nanocrystals

Bettina Grauel, Christian Würth, Christian Homann, Lisa Krukewitt, Elina Andresen, Janina Roik, Sebastian Recknagel, Markus Haase and Ute Resch-Genger

Nano Res., 2022, 15, 2362
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-3727-y

Pressure‐Induced Symmetry Breaking Enables Retainable Upconversion Photoluminescence Enhancement in Lanthanide Oxyfluoride

Ting Wen, Yiming Wang, Shang Peng, Xuqiang Liu, Haoming Cheng, Ke Liu, Yingying Ma, Chen Li, Wenge Yang and Yonggang Wang

Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, 12
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202400162

Chemo-photodynamic antitumour therapy based on Er-doped upconversion nanoparticles coated with hypocrellin B and MnO2

Jianming Lan, Sisi Chen, Zhiwei Chen, Dengwang Luo, Chunxiao Yu, Lupeng Zeng, Weiming Sun, Xi Zhang, Xu Yao, Fang Wu and Jinghua Chen

Biomaterials Advances, 2024, 161, 213891
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.213891

Lanthanide-Doped KLu2F7 Nanoparticles with High Upconversion Luminescence Performance: A Comparative Study by Judd-Ofelt Analysis and Energy Transfer Mechanistic Investigation

Dekang Xu, Anming Li, Lu Yao, Hao Lin, Shenghong Yang and Yueli Zhang

Sci Rep, 2017, 7
DOI: 10.1038/srep43189

Efficient Erbium‐Sensitized Core/Shell Nanocrystals for Short Wave Infrared Bioimaging

Xin Wang, Artem Yakovliev, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Lina Wu, Songjun Zeng, Xiaojun Han, Junle Qu and Guanying Chen

Advanced Optical Materials, 2018, 6
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201800690

Time-gated down-/up-conversion emission of Ho–CeO 2 and Ho, Yb–CeO 2 nanoparticles

Daniel Avram, Ioana Porosnicu, Bogdan Cojocaru, Mihaela Florea and Carmen Tiseanu

Journal of Luminescence, 2016, 179, 265
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.07.026

Particle-Size-Dependent Förster Resonance Energy Transfer from Upconversion Nanoparticles to Organic Dyes

Verena Muhr, Christian Würth, Marco Kraft, Markus Buchner, Antje J. Baeumner, Ute Resch-Genger and Thomas Hirsch

Anal. Chem., 2017, 89, 4868
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04662

Photoactivation of Diiodido–Pt(IV) Complexes Coupled to Upconverting Nanoparticles

Stefanie Perfahl, Marta M. Natile, Heba S. Mohamad, Christiane A. Helm, Carola Schulzke, Giovanni Natile and Patrick J. Bednarski

Mol. Pharmaceutics, 2016, 13, 2346
DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b00108

Oxidation of core–shell MoO2–MoS2nanoflakes in different O2ambience

Prabhat Kumar, Megha Singh and G B Reddy

Mater. Res. Express, 2017, 4, 036405
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aa62ce

Magnetic Nanospheres Encapsulated by Mesoporous Copper Oxide Shell for Selective Isolation of Hemoglobin

Zhi-Yong Guo, Yue Zhang, Dan-Dan Zhang, Yang Shu, Xu-Wei Chen and Jian-Hua Wang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 29734
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11158

Energy-Cascaded Upconversion in an Organic Dye-Sensitized Core/Shell Fluoride Nanocrystal

Guanying Chen, Jossana Damasco, Hailong Qiu, Wei Shao, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Rashid R. Valiev, Xiang Wu, Gang Han, Yan Wang, Chunhui Yang, Hans Ågren and Paras N. Prasad

Nano Lett., 2015, 15, 7400
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02830

Clearable Shortwave-Infrared-Emitting NaErF4 Nanoparticles for Noninvasive Dynamic Vascular Imaging

Hui Li, Xin Wang, Xiaolong Li, Songjun Zeng and Guanying Chen

Chem. Mater., 2020, 32, 3365
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04784

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of CdS/SnS2 nanocomposite with highly-efficient charge transfer and visible light utilization for selective reduction of 4-nitroaniline

Lei Zhang, Cheng-Gang Niu, Xiao-Ju Wen, Hai Guo, Xiu-Fei Zhao, Chao Liang and Guang-Ming Zeng

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2018, 532, 557
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.08.017

Surfactant-tuned phase crystallinity and morphologies of NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ hexagonal microstructures and their photoluminescence properties

Yaxin Guo, Jie Wei, Yalong Liu, Tiantian Yang and Zhuo Xu

J Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 2018, 29, 2463
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-017-8167-9

Dual-channel fluorescence detection of mercuric (II) and glutathione by down- and up-conversion fluorescence carbon dots

Zhangjun Bai, Fanyong Yan, Jinxia Xu, Jin Zhang, Junfu Wei, Yunmei Luo and Liang Chen

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2018, 205, 29
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.07.012

Unlocking Single‐Particle Multiparametric Sensing: Decoupling Temperature and Viscosity Readouts through Upconverting Polarized Spectroscopy

Elisa Ortiz‐Rivero, Katarzyna Prorok, Riccardo Marin, Artur Bednarkiewicz, Daniel Jaque and Patricia Haro‐González

Small Methods, 2025, 9
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202400718

Experimental validation of a modeling framework for upconversion enhancement in 1D-photonic crystals

Clarissa L. M. Hofmann, Stefan Fischer, Emil H. Eriksen, Benedikt Bläsi, Christian Reitz, Deniz Yazicioglu, Ian A. Howard, Bryce S. Richards and Jan Christoph Goldschmidt

Nat Commun, 2021, 12
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20305-x

Enhancing Upconversion Luminescence Emission of Rare Earth Nanophosphors in Aqueous Solution with Thousands Fold Enhancement Factor by Low Refractive Index Resonant Waveguide Grating

Duc Tu Vu, Hsien-Wen Chiu, Robasa Nababan, Quoc Minh Le, Shiao-Wei Kuo, Lai-Kwan Chau, Chu-Chi Ting, Hung-Chih Kan and Chia-Chen Hsu

ACS Photonics, 2018, 5, 3263
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00494

Development of a Highly Selective, Sensitive, and Fast Response Upconversion Luminescent Platform for Hydrogen Sulfide Detection

Juanjuan Peng, Chai Lean Teoh, Xiao Zeng, Animesh Samanta, Lu Wang, Wang Xu, Dongdong Su, Lin Yuan, Xiaogang Liu and Young‐Tae Chang

Adv Funct Materials, 2016, 26, 191
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201503715

Brightening Upconversion Nanoparticles

Xingxu Liu, Chang Jiang and Guanying Chen

Acc. Chem. Res., 2026
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.5c00910

Revisiting the classification of NIR-absorbing/emitting nanomaterials for in vivo bioapplications

Tzu-Ming Liu, João Conde, Tomasz Lipiński, Artur Bednarkiewicz and Chih-Chia Huang

NPG Asia Mater, 2016, 8, e295
DOI: 10.1038/am.2016.106

Confining Excitation Energy in Er3+‐Sensitized Upconversion Nanocrystals through Tm3+‐Mediated Transient Energy Trapping

Qiushui Chen, Xiaoji Xie, Bolong Huang, Liangliang Liang, Sanyang Han, Zhigao Yi, Yu Wang, Ying Li, Dianyuan Fan, Ling Huang and Xiaogang Liu

Angewandte Chemie, 2017, 129, 7713
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201703012

Temperature-Independent Lifetime and Thermometer Operated in a Biological Window of Upconverting NaErF4 Nanocrystals

Kailei Lu, Yingxin Yi, Li Xu, Xianhao Sun, Lu Liu and Hanyang Li

Nanomaterials, 2019, 10, 24
DOI: 10.3390/nano10010024

The Use of Core-Shell Nanoparticles in Photovoltaics

Alexander Quandt, Daniel Wamwangi and Sandile Kumalo

Photonics, 2025, 12, 555
DOI: 10.3390/photonics12060555

Light: A Magical Tool for Controlled Drug Delivery

Yu Tao, Hon Fai Chan, Bingyang Shi, Mingqiang Li and Kam W. Leong

Adv Funct Materials, 2020, 30
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202005029

Facile synthesis of multifunctional nanoparticles encoded with quantum dots and magnetic nanoparticles: cell tagging and MRI

Qing-Yi Zhuang, Xiao-Hui Wang, Zhao-Xin Geng and Hong-Shang Peng

Nanotechnology, 2020, 31, 065101
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab4755

Flexible Physical Unclonable Functions Based on Non-deterministically Distributed Dye-Doped Fibers and Droplets

Mauro Daniel Luigi Bruno, Giuseppe Emanuele Lio, Antonio Ferraro, Sara Nocentini, Giuseppe Papuzzo, Agostino Forestiero, Giovanni Desiderio, Maria Penelope De Santo, Diederik Sybolt Wiersma, Roberto Caputo, Giovanni Golemme, Francesco Riboli and Riccardo Cristoforo Barberi

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 37063
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c07021

Recent advance on extracellular vesicle labeling: From strategy to probe

Shixu Hu, Xiaofan Chang, Qiaojiao Ding, Qingwei Song, Zhihan Liu, Junhui Jiang, Yong Li, Jianping Zheng, Kaizhe Wang and Yuhui Wang

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 534, 216601
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216601

Synthesis of LiErF4 and LiGdF4 Core‐Shell Nanocrystals and Tunable Upconversion Emission from Red to Green

Lin Gan and Youfa Wang

ChemistrySelect, 2022, 7
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202378

Target-Induced Nanocatalyst Deactivation Facilitated by Core@Shell Nanostructures for Signal-Amplified Headspace-Colorimetric Assay of Dissolved Hydrogen Sulfide

Zhuangqiang Gao, Dianyong Tang, Dianping Tang, Reinhard Niessner and Dietmar Knopp

Anal. Chem., 2015, 87, 10153
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03008

Multi-shell structured nanomaterials with strong red upconversion emission for trimodal biomedical imaging

Xin Yang, Ruitong Song, Xincheng Gong, Heping Deng, Changjiu He, Jieke Liu, Peng Zhou and Hao Fu

Ceramics International, 2024, 50, 1601
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.10.253

Multicolor emission microcrystals of mixed organic charge transfer complexes

Fengcai Li, Jiaqi Fu, Ziyun Chen, Wenjing Liang, Hui Cang and Guanglong Zhang

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2026, 1353, 144653
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2025.144653

Optimal Sensitizer Concentration in Single Upconversion Nanocrystals

Chenshuo Ma, Xiaoxue Xu, Fan Wang, Zhiguang Zhou, Deming Liu, Jiangbo Zhao, Ming Guan, Candace I Lang and Dayong Jin

Nano Lett., 2017, 17, 2858
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b05331

Temporal Multiplexed in Vivo Upconversion Imaging

Hui Li, Meiling Tan, Xin Wang, Feng Li, Yuqi Zhang, LiLi Zhao, Chunhui Yang and Guanying Chen

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 2023
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11641

Favorable optical properties and petroleum/diesel sensing performance of gold nanoparticles decorated fiber-optics: Experimental and theoretical study

Mahmood Alhajj, Md. Safwan Abd Aziz, Madzlan Aziz, S.K. Ghoshal, Hanan Alenzi, Fuad Mohamad and Maryam Salim Alshammari

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2026, 348, 131688
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2025.131688

Lanthanide‐Doped Core@Multishell Nanoarchitectures: Multimodal Excitable Upconverting/Downshifting Luminescence and High‐Level Anti‐Counterfeiting

Hai Huang, Jiangkun Chen, Yutong Liu, Jidong Lin, Shaoxiong Wang, Feng Huang and Daqin Chen

Small, 2020, 16
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202000708

Suppression of Cation Intermixing Highly Boosts the Performance of Core–Shell Lanthanide Upconversion Nanoparticles

Fuhua Huang, Niusha Bagheri, Li Wang, Hans Ågren, Jinglai Zhang, Rui Pu, Qiuqiang Zhan, Yuhan Jing, Wen Xu, Jerker Widengren and Haichun Liu

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 17621
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03019

Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Hydrophobic-to-Hydrophilic Switch Nanovalve for On-Demand Cancer Therapy

Ren-Lu Han, Jun-Hui Shi, Zong-Jun Liu, Ya-Fei Hou and You Wang

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2018, 4, 3478
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00437

Multi‐Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Molecules for Triplet‐Triplet Annihilation Upconversion

Ming‐Yu Zhang, Ji‐Kun Li, Xiao‐Ye Wang and Ling Huang

ChemPhotoChem, 2024, 8
DOI: 10.1002/cptc.202400052

Glutathione-sensitized SnS2 nanoflake/CdS nanorod heterojunction for enhancing cathodic protection of 304 stainless steel with remarkable photoelectric conversion performance

Xiaoyan Liu, Lin Liu, Yumei Zhang, Xiaoying Zhang, Kai Lyu, Heng Yang, Junqing Zuo and Surendra P. Shah

Applied Surface Science, 2023, 637, 157835
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157835

Research progress in surface modification strategies for lanthanide-doped luminescent materials towards theranostic application

Ramaswamy Sandeep Perala, Bheeshma Pratap Singh and Myung Jong Kim

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 553, 217573
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2026.217573

Improving spectral modification for applications in solar cells: A review

Joseph Day, S. Senthilarasu and Tapas K. Mallick

Renewable Energy, 2019, 132, 186
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.07.101

Tunable green to red upconversion fluorescence of water-soluble hexagonal-phase core-shell CaF_2@NaYF_4 nanocrystals

Daguang Li, Weiping Qin, Dan Zhao, Tuerxun Aidilibike, Huan Chen, Shihu Liu, Peng Zhang and Lili Wang

Opt. Mater. Express, 2016, 6, 270
DOI: 10.1364/OME.6.000270

Diffraction-Unlimited Photomanipulation at the Plasma Membrane via Specifically Targeted Upconversion Nanoparticles

Christoph Drees, Philipp Rühl, Jacqueline Czerny, Gemini Chandra, Janosch Bajorath, Markus Haase, Stefan H. Heinemann and Jacob Piehler

Nano Lett., 2021, 21, 8025
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02267

Recent advances in luminescent lanthanide based Single-Molecule Magnets

Jérôme Long, Yannick Guari, Rute A.S. Ferreira, Luis D. Carlos and Joulia Larionova

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018, 363, 57
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.02.019

Temperature-responsive lanthanide-doped nanoarchitecture with orthogonal upconversion luminescence

Dandan Ju, Xiaoli Gao, Zejia Zhao, Ziyu Chen, Shihu Zhao, Xiujun Gao, Feng Song, Shujing Liu and Yingdong Han

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022, 911, 164982
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.164982

Energy Loss Mechanism of Upconversion Core/Shell Nanocrystals

Yanqing Hu, Qiyue Shao, Yan Dong and Jianqing Jiang

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 22674
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07176

Effect of Cr3+ and alkaline-earth metal ions co-doping on the enhancement of upconversion luminescence in β-NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ microparticles

Hao Tang, Ying Xu and Xianhua Cheng

Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2020, 261, 114658
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2020.114658

Recent Development in Sensitizers for Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Luminescence

Xingwen Cheng, Jie Zhou, Jingyi Yue, Yang Wei, Chao Gao, Xiaoji Xie and Ling Huang

Chem. Rev., 2022, 122, 15998
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00772

Effect of lithium halide on glass network structure and upconversion luminescence in Er3+ co-doped oxyfluoride glass ceramics containing NaGdF4 nanocrystals

Peng Ren, Yong Yang, Dacheng Zhou, Zhencai Li and Jianbei Qiu

Optical Materials, 2017, 72, 330
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2017.05.005

Development of optical nanoprobes for molecular imaging of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

Xu Zhen and Kanyi Pu

Nano Res., 2018, 11, 5258
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-018-2135-4

Synthesis of ZnO@SiO2 core-shell structure-based thermal control coatings with enhanced UV irradiation stability

Junge Chen, Yang Yu, Aihu Feng, Le Mi, Huixin Xiu and Yun Yu

Ceramics International, 2022, 48, 28006
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.06.105

Graphene‐Oxide‐Modified Lanthanide Nanoprobes for Tumor‐Targeted Visible/NIR‐II Luminescence Imaging

Xiaorong Song, Shihua Li, Hanhan Guo, Wenwu You, Xiaoying Shang, Renfu Li, Datao Tu, Wei Zheng, Zhuo Chen, Huanghao Yang and Xueyuan Chen

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2019, 58, 18981
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909416

Multifunctional Upconversion Nanoparticles Transforming Photoacoustic Imaging: A Review

Yuqian Zhang, Zerui Li, Ziqing Du, Jianming Pan and Yanan Huang

Nanomaterials, 2025, 15, 1074
DOI: 10.3390/nano15141074

Upconversion NaGdF4 nanoparticles for monitoring heat treatment and acid corrosion processes of hair

Yunxin LIU, Zenghui CHEN, Xiaofeng WU, Shigang HU, Pan HU, Yi YU, Gangtao DAI, Huanyuan YAN and Zhijun TANG

Journal of Rare Earths, 2016, 34, 475
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(16)60052-2

An electrochemical dual-aptamer biosensor based on metal-organic frameworks MIL-53 decorated with Au@Pt nanoparticles and enzymes for detection of COVID-19 nucleocapsid protein

Jinju Tian, Zhixian Liang, Ou Hu, Qidi He, Duanping Sun and Zuanguang Chen

Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 387, 138553
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138553

Facile synthesis of accordion-like Y2O3:Er3+ nanothermometers for ratiometric temperature sensing applications

Jiaqiang Liu, Weiling Huang, Zhiguo Xia and Yan Xu

Journal of Luminescence, 2020, 223, 117207
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117207

Recent trends in the developments of analytical probes based on lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles

Balmiki Kumar, Karan Malhotra, Richard Fuku, Justin Van Houten, Grace Yue Qu, Paul A.E. Piunno and Ulrich J. Krull

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021, 139, 116256
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116256

Polarized upconverting luminescence in a liquid crystal polymer network/upconverison nanorods composite film

Simin Ye, Jingjing Gao, Ao Juan and Jinbao Guo

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2018, 669, 36
DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2019.1577389

Engineering of Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles for Optical Encoding

Kai Huang, Niagara Muhammad Idris and Yong Zhang

Small, 2016, 12, 836
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201502722

Spectroscopic characterization of UV-C and NIR emitting Tm3+/Pr3+ co-doped β-NaYF4

Patryk Fałat, Andries Meijerink and Dominika Wawrzyńczyk

Optical Materials, 2025, 168, 117437
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2025.117437

Propeller‐Like Nanorod‐Upconversion Nanoparticle Assemblies with Intense Chiroptical Activity and Luminescence Enhancement in Aqueous Phase

Xiaoling Wu, Liguang Xu, Wei Ma, Liqiang Liu, Hua Kuang, Nicholas A. Kotov and Chuanlai Xu

Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 5907
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201601261

A facile hydrothermal synthesis of highly luminescent NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ upconversion nanoparticles and their biomonitoring capability

Rafia Rafique, Seung Hoon Baek, Le Minh Tu Phan, Sung-Jin Chang, Anam Rana Gul and Tae Jung Park

Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2019, 99, 1067
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.02.046

Collective Modulation of Upconversion in Ag-Batio3: Yb3+, Er3+ By Photonic Crystal Bandgap and Surface Plasmon Resonance Effects

Jiwei Wang, Pengfei Zhao, Kexin Wang, Baijie Guan, Chunlei Deng, Xuexue Han, Shuangyuan Li, Tianya Tan and Wen Liu

SSRN Journal, 2022
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4156631

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

Stefan Fischer, Joseph K. Swabeck and A. Paul Alivisatos

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 12325
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07496

A Highly Sensitive Colorimetric Method for Copper Ions Detection Based on Controlling the Peroxidase-like Activity of Au@Pt Nanocatalysts

Yuan-Feng Wang, Na Pan and Chi-Fang Peng

ANAL. SCI., 2017, 33, 321
DOI: 10.2116/analsci.33.321

3D Printing for Solar Fuel Production: Materials Innovations and Future Directions

Yanting Ng, Truong‐Giang Vo and Yan Liu

Adv Funct Materials, 2026, 36
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202519263

Simultaneous Visualization and Quantitation of Multiple Steroid Hormones Based on Signal‐Amplified Biosensing with Duplex Molecular Recognition

Yaning Tan, Xiaoxia Hu, Meng Liu, Xinwen Liu, Xiaobo Lv, Zhihao Li, Jie Wang and Quan Yuan

Chemistry A European J, 2017, 23, 10683
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702220

Designing next generation of photon upconversion: Recent advances in organic triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion nanoparticles

Ling Huang, Eugenia Kakadiaris, Tereza Vaneckova, Kai Huang, Marketa Vaculovicova and Gang Han

Biomaterials, 2019, 201, 77
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.02.008

Enhancement of the Persistent Luminescence of SrAl2O4:Eu, Dy Ceramics Through Incorporation of Ag and Au Nanoparticles

Rocío E. Rojas‐Hernández, Marina París‐Ogáyar, Aida Serrano, David G. Calatayud, Fernando Rubio‐Marcos, Irina Hussainova and José F. Fernández

Advanced Photonics Research, 2026, 7
DOI: 10.1002/adpr.202500292

Enhancing the emission color sensitivity of bulk microcrystals in response to excitation power density and NIR wavelength by introducing Li+/Lu3+ for anti-counterfeiting

Dandan Ju, Feng Song, Jun Zhang, Chengguo Ming, Feifei Song, Adnan Khan, Aihua Zhou, Xueqin Wang and Lisa Liu

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019, 770, 1181
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.08.227

Activatable NIR‐II Lanthanides‐Polymetallic Oxomolybdate Hybrid Nanosensors for Monitoring Chemotherapy Induced Enteritis

Yuanjin Zhan, Peng Yu, Xiaohan Wang, Yang Xie, Hongxin Zhang and Fan Zhang

Adv Funct Materials, 2023, 33
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202301683

Amino Acids‐Enabled Fast‐Restore of Triplet‐Triplet Annihilation Upconversion Luminescence for Background‐Free Sensing of Herbicides

Fang Qi, Hong‐Juan Feng, Jia‐Yao Li, Yi Peng, Lin‐Han Jiang, Ying‐Ze Li, Le Zeng and Ling Huang

Small Methods, 2025, 9
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202401945

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

Hao Dong, Ling-Dong Sun, Lin-Dong Li, Rui Si, Rui Liu and Chun-Hua Yan

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 18492
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11836

Contemporary Synthesis of Ultrasmall (sub‐10 nm) Upconverting Nanomaterials

Tanmaya Joshi, Constantin Mamat and Holger Stephan

ChemistryOpen, 2020, 9, 703
DOI: 10.1002/open.202000073

Modulating the Luminescence of Upconversion Nanoparticles with Heavy Metal Ions: A New Strategy for Probe Design

Tao Liang, Zhen Li, Dan Song, Lin Shen, Qinggeng Zhuang and Zhihong Liu

Anal. Chem., 2016, 88, 9989
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01963

Charge convertibility and near infrared photon co-enhanced cisplatin chemotherapy based on upconversion nanoplatform

Jiating Xu, Ye Kuang, Ruichan Lv, Piaoping Yang, Chunxia Li, Huiting Bi, Bin Liu, Dan Yang, Yunlu Dai, Shili Gai, Fei He, Bengang Xing and Jun Lin

Biomaterials, 2017, 130, 42
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.03.041

Lanthanide-Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles Meet the Needs for Cutting-Edge Bioapplications: Recent Progress and Perspectives

Zhijun Zhang, Qinyu Han, Jun Wei Lau and Bengang Xing

ACS Materials Lett., 2020, 2, 1516
DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.0c00377

Critical Aspects on the Chemical Stability of NaYF4-Based Upconverting Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Maria F. Torresan and Alejandro Wolosiuk

ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2021, 4, 1191
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01562

Explaining the influence of dopant concentration and excitation power density on the luminescence and brightness of β-NaYF4:Yb3+,Er3+ nanoparticles: Measurements and simulations

Martin Kaiser, Christian Würth, Marco Kraft, Tero Soukka and Ute Resch-Genger

Nano Res., 2019, 12, 1871
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2450-4

On The Latest Three‐Stage Development of Nanomedicines based on Upconversion Nanoparticles

Wenpei Fan, Wenbo Bu and Jianlin Shi

Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 3987
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201505678

Ultrastrong up-conversion luminescence in inert-active-inert sandwich structure with critical inert-core size

Shengbin Cheng, Dong Cheng, Xiaofeng Wu and Shiping Zhan

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 481, 148665
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.148665

NaGdF4:Yb, Er, Tm Upconversion Nanoparticles for Bioimaging in Shortwave-Infrared Range: Study of Energy Transfer Processes and Composition Optimization

Daria Pominova, Vera Proydakova, Igor Romanishkin, Sergei Kuznetsov, Kirill Linkov, Nataliya Tabachkova and Anastasia Ryabova

Photonics, 2023, 11, 38
DOI: 10.3390/photonics11010038

Enhancement of upconversion luminescence in lithium niobate polycrystal via doped potassium ion

Rui Wang, Zhihua Liu and Yuemei Li

Spectroscopy Letters, 2017, 50, 394
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2017.1336183

Unlocking nature’s brilliance: using Antarctic extremophile Shewanella baltica to biosynthesize lanthanide-containing nanoparticles with optical up-conversion

Nia Oetiker, Juan José León, Mark Swihart, Kaiwen Chen, Blaine A. Pfeifer, Avisek Dutta, Artem Pliss, Andrey N. Kuzmin, José Manuel Pérez-Donoso and Paras N. Prasad

J Nanobiotechnol, 2024, 22
DOI: 10.1186/s12951-024-02874-x

Upconversion Luminescence from Ln3+(Ho3+,Pr3+) Ion-Doped BaCl2 Particles via NIR Light of Sun Excitation

Hong Jia, Zhongli Liu, Lamei Liao, Yanhong Gu, Chaoliang Ding, Jianguo Zhao, Weiying Zhang, Xiaoke Hu, Xun Feng, Zhi Chen, Xiaofeng Liu and Jianrong Qiu

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2018, 122, 9606
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02434

SrAl2O4: Eu2+, Dy3+ persistent luminescent materials functionalized with the Eu3+(TTA)-complex by microwave-assisted method

Leonardo H.C. Francisco, Renan P. Moreira, Maria C.F.C. Felinto, Veronica C. Teixeira, Hermi F. Brito and Oscar L. Malta

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 882, 160608
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.160608

Thermal Properties of Lipid Bilayers Determined Using Upconversion Nanothermometry

Ana R. N. Bastos, Carlos D. S. Brites, Paola A. Rojas‐Gutierrez, Christine DeWolf, Rute A. S. Ferreira, John A. Capobianco and Luís D. Carlos

Adv Funct Materials, 2019, 29
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201905474

Tracing antibiotics in food through dual-mode ratiometric luminescence core-shell nanoparticles

Xin Gao, Qi Li, Hanxiang Wu, Srushti Gadiyaram, Hongli Wen, Abdur Raheem Aleem, Wei Song, Lin Yu and Deshmukh Abdul Hakeem

Food Chemistry, 2025, 496, 146884
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2025.146884

Giant enhancements of high-order upconversion luminescence enabled by multiresonant hyperbolic metamaterials

Haofei Xu, Zhimin Zhu, Jiancai Xue, Qiuqiang Zhan, Zhangkai Zhou and Xuehua Wang

Photon. Res., 2021, 9, 395
DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.414047

Electrochromic Switch Devices Mixing Small‐ and Large‐Sized Upconverting Nanocrystals

Eduardo D. Martínez, Carlos D. S. Brites, Luís D. Carlos, Alí F. García‐Flores, Ricardo R. Urbano and Carlos Rettori

Adv Funct Materials, 2019, 29
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201807758

Confining Excitation Energy in Er3+‐Sensitized Upconversion Nanocrystals through Tm3+‐Mediated Transient Energy Trapping

Qiushui Chen, Xiaoji Xie, Bolong Huang, Liangliang Liang, Sanyang Han, Zhigao Yi, Yu Wang, Ying Li, Dianyuan Fan, Ling Huang and Xiaogang Liu

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2017, 56, 7605
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703012

High performance temperature sensing and optical heating of Tm3+- and Yb3+- codoped SrBi4Ti4O15 up-conversion luminescence nanoparticles

Tong Wei, Fengming Yang, Bing Jia, Chuanzhen Zhao, Mingchao Wang, Mingrun Du, Qingjun Zhou, Yanyan Guo and Zepeng Li

Ceramics International, 2019, 45, 18084
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.06.030

Probing energy transfer mechanism via the upconversion spectra of Tm3+/Yb3+:LiNbO3 by tri-doping with Ba2+ in different site occupations

Zhihua Liu, Yunzhong Zhu, Wenjia Wang, Decai Ma and Biao Wang

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020, 825, 153990
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.153990

Photoluminescent rare-earth mineral exploration with high sensitivity based on lanthanide-doped oxysulfide nanocrystals

Bingxin Xie, Lei Lei, Jienan Xia, Gongxun Bai and Shiqing Xu

Journal of Luminescence, 2020, 221, 117078
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2020.117078

Taopatch® combined with home-based training protocol to prevent sedentary lifestyle and biochemical changes in MS patients during COVID-19 pandemic

Alessandra Amato, Giuseppe Messina, Kaltrina Feka, Diego Genua, Paolo Ragonese, Dorota Kostrzewa-Nowak , Francesco Fischetti, Angelo Iovane and Patrizia Proia

Eur J Transl Myol, 2021, 31
DOI: 10.4081/ejtm.2021.9877

Simultaneous Dual-mode Emission and Tunable Multicolor in the Time Domain from Lanthanide-doped Core-shell Microcrystals

Dandan Ju, Feng Song, Adnan Khan, Feifei Song, Aihua Zhou, Xiaoli Gao, Huimin Hu, Xu Sang and Victor Zadkov

Nanomaterials, 2018, 8, 1023
DOI: 10.3390/nano8121023

Does BaYF5 nanocrystals exist? – The BaF2-YF3 solid solution revisited using photoluminescence spectroscopy

Mirosław Karbowiak and Jakub Cichos

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 673, 258
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.02.255

Current advances in the application of nanomedicine in bladder cancer

Chi Zhang, Jiang Zhao, Weihao Wang, Huanhuan Geng, Yinzhe Wang and Baoshan Gao

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023, 157, 114062
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.114062

Ultrathin MoS2 Nanosheets Vertically Grown on CoS2 Acicular Nanorod Arrays: A Synergistic Three-Dimensional Shell/Core Heterostructure for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution at Full pH

Niu Huang, Yuyue Ding, Shufang Yan, Liu Yang, Panpan Sun, Caihua Huang and Xiaohua Sun

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, 2, 6751
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01219

Synthesis and luminescent properties of multi-mode core-shell-shell LaPO4:RE (RE³⁺ = Er³⁺, Eu³⁺) microspheres for anti-counterfeiting ink applications

Yilin Luo, Jinrong Gao, Zhipeng Fan, Yang Yang, Xiao Ling, Jinrong Bao, Ying Liu and Xiaowei Zhu

Ceramics International, 2025, 51, 16817
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.10.221

Engineered Upconversion Nanoparticles for Resolving Protein Interactions inside Living Cells

Christoph Drees, Athira Naduviledathu Raj, Rainer Kurre, Karin B. Busch, Markus Haase and Jacob Piehler

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2016, 55, 11668
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603028

Novel scintillating nanocomposite for X-ray induced photodynamic therapy

Lenka Procházková, Iveta Terezie Pelikánová, Eva Mihóková, Roman Dědic and Václav Čuba

Radiation Measurements, 2019, 121, 13
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.12.008

Spatial Energy Transfer and Migration Model for Upconversion Dynamics in Core–Shell Nanostructures

Jiangfan Liu, Tairan Fu and Congling Shi

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 9506
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b12300

Synergistic structural engineering and electronic modulation enhance upconversion emission and charge separation in LiYF4: Yb3+, Tm3+@LiYF4:Nd3+@LixTi1-xO2 core-shell nanostructure for efficient near-infrared photocatalysis

Yuxiang Xin, Jianru Wang, Ran Jia, Chaochao Dun and Zhuolei Zhang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 506, 160087
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.160087

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

Bing Chen, Dengfeng Peng, Xian Chen, Xvsheng Qiao, Xianping Fan and Feng Wang

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2015, 54, 12788
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201506157

Next‐generation Theranostics: Functionalized Nanomaterials Enable Efficient Diagnosis and Therapy of Tuberculosis

Bin Li, Qingqin Tan, Zhijin Fan, Keng Xiao and Yuhui Liao

Advanced Therapeutics, 2020, 3
DOI: 10.1002/adtp.201900189

Inkjet printing-based volumetric display projecting multiple full-colour 2D patterns

Ryuji Hirayama, Tomotaka Suzuki, Tomoyoshi Shimobaba, Atsushi Shiraki, Makoto Naruse, Hirotaka Nakayama, Takashi Kakue and Tomoyoshi Ito

Sci Rep, 2017, 7
DOI: 10.1038/srep46511

Activatable fluorescent probes for imaging and diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

Pan Luo, Fu-Qiang Gao, Wei Sun, Jun-You Li, Cheng Wang, Qing-Yu Zhang, Zhi-Zhuo Li and Peng Xu

Military Med Res, 2023, 10
DOI: 10.1186/s40779-023-00467-7

Near-Infrared Light-Triggered In Situ Construction of 3D “Fishing Net” Polymer Networks Using Upconversion Nanoparticles for Tumor Therapy

Mingjie Jia, Yishuo Sun, Weiwei Jiang, Qingqing Wang, Xuexue Huang, Gangqiang Wang, Hongwei Wu, Peng Wei and Tao Yi

ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 23379
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c06480

Near-Infrared Light-Stimulus-Responsive Film as a Sacrificial Layer for the Preparation of Free-Standing Films

Chunyang Bao, Benhua Ma, Jiale Liu, Zhennan Wu, Hao Zhang, Yi-Jun Jiang and Junqi Sun

Langmuir, 2016, 32, 3393
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00335

An assembly and interaction of upconversion and plasmonic nanoparticles on organometallic nanofibers: enhanced multicolor upconversion, downshifting emission and the plasmonic effect

Priyam Singh, Praveen Kumar Shahi, Rajiv Prakash and Shyam Bahadur Rai

Nanotechnology, 2017, 28, 415701
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa8066

Rare Earth Hydroxide as a Precursor for Controlled Fabrication of Uniform β-NaYF4 Nanoparticles: A Novel, Low Cost, and Facile Method

Lili Xu, Man Wang, Qing Chen, Jiajia Yang, Wubin Zheng, Guanglei Lv, Zewei Quan and Chunxia Li

Molecules, 2019, 24, 357
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24020357

Optimized NaYF4: Er3+/Yb3+ Upconversion Nanocomplexes via Oleic Acid for Biomedical Applications

Ha Thi Phuong, Le Thi Vinh, Tong Quang Cong, Tran Quoc Tien, Nguyen Duc Van, Vu Thi Hong Ha, Vu Ngoc Phan, Le Thi Hoi, Pham Duc Thang, Do Thi Thao and Tran Thu Huong

Inorganics, 2025, 13, 140
DOI: 10.3390/inorganics13050140

3D printed optofluidic biosensor: NaYF4: Yb3+, Er3+ upconversion nano-emitters for temperature sensing

Mahsa Habibi, Pooya Bagheri, Nahid Ghazyani, Hossein Zare-Behtash and Esmaeil Heydari

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2021, 326, 112734
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2021.112734

Excitation wavelength dependent photoluminescence and photochromic studies of Yb3+/Er3+ doped β−KYF4 and β−NaYF4 nanoparticles

Pratik S. Solanki, Sangeetha Balabhadra, Lara D. Browne, Michael F. Reid, Nathaniel J.L.K. Davis and Jon-Paul R. Wells

Optical Materials, 2022, 132, 112783
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2022.112783

Facile synthesis of multicolor tunable ultrasmall LiYF 4 :Yb,Tm,Er/LiGdF 4 core/shell upconversion nanophosphors with sub-10 nm size

A-Ra Hong, Su Yeon Kim, So-Hye Cho, Kwangyeol Lee and Ho Seong Jang

Dyes and Pigments, 2017, 139, 831
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.12.048

Microscale Self-Assembly of Upconversion Nanoparticles Driven by Block Copolymer

Qianqian Su, Meng-Tao Zhou, Ming-Zhu Zhou, Qiang Sun, Taotao Ai and Yan Su

Front. Chem., 2020, 8
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00836

Thin film fabrication of upconversion lanthanide-doped NaYF4 by a sol-gel method and soft lithographical nanopatterning

Heeyeon Park, Gang Yeol Yoo, Min-Seop Kim, Kein Kim, Chiho Lee, Sungnam Park and Woong Kim

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 728, 927
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.09.076

Surface quenching mechanism and optimal coating shell thickness of nanomaterials

Yanhui Dong, Hao Cui, Daguang Li, Shuang Wu and Weiping Qin

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 46, 104012
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2024.104012

Formation of an Efficient Energy Transfer Complex between Quantum Dots and Exiguobacterium sibiricum Retinal Protein via the Histidine-Cysteine Anchor

E. P. Lukashev, L. E. Petrovskaya, M. V. Tretyak, E. A. Kryukova, S. V. Sizova and V. A. Oleinikov

Russ J Bioorg Chem, 2018, 44, 687
DOI: 10.1134/S1068162018050114

Enhanced luminescence through interface energy transfer in hierarchical heterogeneous nanocomposites and application in white LEDs

Guoyang Gao, Yini Li, Wenjing Yu, Guofeng Wang, Peifen Zhu, Weiping Qin and Dingsheng Wang

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021, 583, 204
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.09.049

Luminescent Nanomaterials Doped with Rare Earth Ions and Prospects for Their Biomedical Applications (A Review)

I. N. Bazhukova, V. A. Pustovarov, A. V. Myshkina and M. V. Ulitko

Opt. Spectrosc., 2020, 128, 2050
DOI: 10.1134/S0030400X20120875

Nanochemistry advancing photon conversion in rare-earth nanostructures for theranostics

Ruichan Lv, Micah Raab, Yanxing Wang, Jie Tian, Jun Lin and Paras N. Prasad

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022, 460, 214486
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214486

Self-assembly of plasmonic chiral superstructures with intense chiroptical activity

Zhong Chen and Xingyu Lu

Nano Ex., 2020, 1, 032002
DOI: 10.1088/2632-959X/abbb3d

Self‐Assembly of Upconversion Nanoparticles Based Materials and Their Emerging Applications

Zhen Zhang, Yongming Chen and Yong Zhang

Small, 2022, 18
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202103241

Synthesis and the characterization for transition metal-ion based photonics: Broadband near-IR emission properties of nickel ion doped NaSbO3 ceramics

Guanliang Yu, Weirong Wang and Chun Jiang

Ceramics International, 2021, 47, 776
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.08.188

尺寸依赖的镧系能量转移放大上转换发光量子产率（特邀）‡

王葛嘉 Wang Gejia, 李晓雯 Li Xiaowen, 李凤 Li Feng, 杜佳瑞 Du Jiarui and 陈冠英 Chen Guanying

Laser Optoelectron. Prog., 2026, 63, 0100002
DOI: 10.3788/LOP251496

Direct Identification of Surface Defects and Their Influence on the Optical Characteristics of Upconversion Nanoparticles

Wenjuan Bian, Yue Lin, Ting Wang, Xue Yu, Jianbei Qiu, Meng Zhou, Hongmei Luo, Siu Fung Yu and Xuhui Xu

ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 3623
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b00741

Update on the development of molecular imaging and nanomedicine in China: Optical imaging

Lina Wu, Hongyan Zou, Hongbin Wang, Sihang Zhang, Shuang Liu, Ying Jiang, Jing Chen, Yingbo Li, Mengping Shao, Ruixin Zhang, Xiaona Li, Jing Dong, Lili Yang, Kai Wang, Xinyuan Zhu and Xilin Sun

WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol, 2021, 13
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1660

In Vivo Luminescence Nanothermometry: from Materials to Applications

Blanca del Rosal, Erving Ximendes, Ueslen Rocha and Daniel Jaque

Advanced Optical Materials, 2017, 5
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201600508

Near-infrared excitation of CdTe quantum dots based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer and their use as fluorescent sensors

Yongbo Wang, Boni Si, Siwu Lu, Enzhou Liu, Xiaoyun Hu and Jun Fan

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 246, 127
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.02.069

Tunable Tri‐Channel Orthogonal Full‐Color Luminescence in Nanostructure toward Anticounterfeiting and Information Security

Songbin Liu, Shan Yang, Junrong Wang, Zhengce An, Junjie Wang, Yu Liao, Ze Zhang, Junjun Tan, Xinyu Ye and Bo Zhou

Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2025, 19
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202401652

Upconversion Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Photoluminescence Properties, and Applications

D. N. Karimov, P. A. Demina, A. V. Koshelev, V. V. Rocheva, A. V. Sokovikov, A. N. Generalova, V. P. Zubov, E. V. Khaydukov, M. V. Koval’chuk and V. Ya. Panchenko

Nanotechnol Russia, 2020, 15, 655
DOI: 10.1134/S1995078020060117

Rhodamine Derivative-Linked Silica-Coated Upconverting Nanophosphor (NaYF4: Yb3+/Er3+@SiO2-RBDA) for Ratiometric, Ultrasensitive Chemosensing of Pb2+ Ions

Jitender Kumar and Indrajit Roy

Chemosensors, 2023, 11, 305
DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors11050305

Boosting single-band red upconversion luminescence in colloidal NaErF4 nanocrystals: Effects of doping and inert shell

Xiangshui Cui, Yao Cheng, Hang Lin, Qingping Wu, Ju Xu and Yuansheng Wang

Journal of Rare Earths, 2019, 37, 573
DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2018.10.012

Photon Upconversion Kinetic Nanosystems and Their Optical Response

Haichun Liu, Kai Huang, Rashid R. Valiev, Qiuqiang Zhan, Yong Zhang and Hans Ågren

Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2018, 12
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201700144

Design for Brighter Photon Upconversion Emissions via Energy Level Overlap of Lanthanide Ions

Xingwen Cheng, Huan Ge, Yang Wei, Kun Zhang, Wenhong Su, Jimin Zhou, Lisha Yin, Qiuqiang Zhan, Su Jing and Ling Huang

ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 10992
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b04988

A Near‐Infrared Retinomorphic Device with High Dimensionality Reservoir Expression

Yan‐Bing Leng, Ziyu Lv, Shengming Huang, Peng Xie, Hua‐Xin Li, Shirui Zhu, Tao Sun, You Zhou, Yongbiao Zhai, Qingxiu Li, Guanglong Ding, Ye Zhou and Su‐Ting Han

Advanced Materials, 2024, 36
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202411225

DNA-Based Assemblies for Photochemical Upconversion

Saymore Mutsamwira, Eric W. Ainscough, Ashton C. Partridge, Peter J. Derrick and Vyacheslav V. Filichev

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 14045
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b07489

Plasmonic enhancement and polarization dependence of nonlinear upconversion emissions from single gold nanorod@SiO2@CaF2:Yb3+,Er3+ hybrid core–shell–satellite nanostructures

Jijun He, Wei Zheng, Filip Ligmajer, Chi-Fai Chan, Zhiyong Bao, Ka-Leung Wong, Xueyuan Chen, Jianhua Hao, Jiyan Dai, Siu-Fung Yu and Dang Yuan Lei

Light Sci Appl, 2016, 6, e16217
DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2016.217

Supramolecular Solid-State Microlaser Constructed from Pillar[5]arene-Based Host–Guest Complex Microcrystals

Bin Hua, Wei Zhou, Zhaoliang Yang, Zhihua Zhang, Li Shao, Haiming Zhu and Feihe Huang

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 15651
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11156

Metaphotonics: An emerging field with opportunities and challenges

Alexander Baev, Paras N. Prasad, Hans Ågren, Marek Samoć and Martin Wegener

Physics Reports, 2015, 594, 1
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2015.07.002

Multimodal Cancer Imaging Using Lanthanide-Based Upconversion Nanoparticles

Dongmei Yang, Chunxia Li and Jun Lin

Nanomedicine (Lond.), 2015, 10, 2573
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.92

Crystalline Hollow Microrods for Site‐Selective Enhancement of Nonlinear Photoluminescence

Bing Chen, Wei Kong, Yong Liu, Yunhao Lu, Mingyu Li, Xvsheng Qiao, Xianping Fan and Feng Wang

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2017, 56, 10383
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703600

Rational Surface Design of Upconversion Nanoparticles with Polyethylenimine Coating for Biomedical Applications: Better Safe than Brighter?

Anna E. Guller, Annemarie Nadort, Alla N. Generalova, Evgeny V. Khaydukov, Andrey V. Nechaev, Inna A. Kornienko, Elena V. Petersen, Liuen Liang, Anatoly B. Shekhter, Yi Qian, Ewa M. Goldys and Andrei V. Zvyagin

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2018, 4, 3143
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00633

Direct Photolithographic Deposition of Color‐Coded Anti‐Counterfeit Patterns with Titania Encapsulated Upconverting Nanoparticles

Xin Zhang, Rana Faryad Ali, John‐Christopher Boyer, Neil R. Branda and Byron D. Gates

Advanced Optical Materials, 2020, 8
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202000664

Optically Encoded Semiconducting Polymer Dots with Single-Wavelength Excitation for Barcoding and Tracking of Single Cells

Chun-Ting Kuo, Hong-Shang Peng, Yu Rong, Jiangbo Yu, Wei Sun, Bryant Fujimoto and Daniel T. Chiu

Anal. Chem., 2017, 89, 6232
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01214

Sequential coating upconversion NaYF 4 :Yb,Tm nanocrystals with SiO 2 and ZnO layers for NIR-driven photocatalytic and antibacterial applications

Meijie Tou, Zhenguo Luo, Song Bai, Fangying Liu, Qunxia Chai, Sheng Li and Zhengquan Li

Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017, 70, 1141
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.03.038

Defect engineering in lanthanide doped luminescent materials

Jiajia Zhou, Guojun Zheng, Xiaofeng Liu, Guoping Dong and Jianrong Qiu

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021, 448, 214178
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214178

Low irradiance multiphoton imaging with alloyed lanthanide nanocrystals

Bining Tian, Angel Fernandez-Bravo, Hossein Najafiaghdam, Nicole A. Torquato, M. Virginia P. Altoe, Ayelet Teitelboim, Cheryl A. Tajon, Yue Tian, Nicholas J. Borys, Edward S. Barnard, Mekhail Anwar, Emory M. Chan, P. James Schuck and Bruce E. Cohen

Nat Commun, 2018, 9
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05577-8

Dual-mode green emission and temperature sensing properties of rare-earth-element-doped biphasic calcium phosphate composites

Dung Do Thi Thuy, Vu Thi Ngoc Minh, Truong Nguyen Xuan, Pham Van Huan, Vuong-Pham Hung, Duy-Hung Nguyen, Bui Thi Hoan, Tu Le Manh and Hoang Nhu Van

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 871, 159483
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.159483

Recent research progress for upconversion assisted dye-sensitized solar cells

Xugeng Guo, Wenpeng Wu, Yuanyuan Li, Jinglai Zhang, Li Wang and Hans Ågren

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021, 32, 1834
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.11.057

Smart design of exquisite multidimensional multilayered sand-clock-like upconversion nanostructures with ultrabright luminescence as efficient luminescence probes for bioimaging application

Murad M. A. Abualrejal, Kamel Eid, Aboubakr M. Abdullah, Abdulqawi Ahmed Numan, Hongda Chen, Hua Zhang and Zhenxin Wang

Microchim Acta, 2020, 187
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-020-04521-2

Multifunctional Lanthanide-Doped Core/Shell Nanoparticles: Integration of Upconversion Luminescence, Temperature Sensing, and Photothermal Conversion Properties

Qiyue Shao, Zhaochun Yang, Gongtuo Zhang, Yanqing Hu, Yan Dong and Jianqing Jiang

ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 188
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01581

Upconversion nanocomposite for programming combination cancer therapy by precise control of microscopic temperature

Xingjun Zhu, Jiachang Li, Xiaochen Qiu, Yi Liu, Wei Feng and Fuyou Li

Nat Commun, 2018, 9
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04571-4

Enhanced photoluminescence of SiO2 coated CaTiO3:Dy3+,Li+ nanophosphors for white light emitting diodes

Vijaya V. Shanbhag, S.C. Prashantha, T.R. Shashi Shekhar, H. Nagabhushana, Ramachandra Naik, K.M. Girish, S. Ashwini, Dinesh Rangappa and D.S. Prasanna

Ceramics International, 2021, 47, 10346
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.11.077

Enhanced Red Emission in Er3+-Sensitized NaLuF4 Upconversion Crystals via Energy Trapping

Hao Lin, Dekang Xu, Yongjin Li, Lu Yao, Liqin Xu, Ying Ma, Shenghong Yang and Yueli Zhang

Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 15361
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02654

Dual-Mode nanoprobes for heart tissue imaging

Yuemei Li and Yongmei Li

Talanta, 2022, 248, 123641
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123641

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

Hui Li, Lei Xu and Guanying Chen

Molecules, 2017, 22, 2113
DOI: 10.3390/molecules22122113

Pharmacological properties and stability of natural–colored foods: a literature review

Eunhye Son

NFS, 2024, 54, 1463
DOI: 10.1108/NFS-04-2024-0114

Rare-Earth Doping in Nanostructured Inorganic Materials

Bingzhu Zheng, Jingyue Fan, Bing Chen, Xian Qin, Juan Wang, Feng Wang, Renren Deng and Xiaogang Liu

Chem. Rev., 2022, 122, 5519
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00644

Plasmonic Modulation of the Upconversion Luminescence Based on Gold Nanorods for Designing a New Strategy of Sensing MicroRNAs

Keying Zhang, Feng Lu, Zheng Cai, Shuting Song, Liping Jiang, Qianhao Min, Xingcai Wu and Jun-Jie Zhu

Anal. Chem., 2020, 92, 11795
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01969

Improved Red Emission and Short-Wavelength Infrared Luminescence under 808 nm Laser for Tumor Theranostics

Ruichan Lv, Miao Feng, Jun Liu, Xue Jiang, Huijuan Yuan, Ruyu Yan and Jie Tian

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2019, 5, 4683
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b00688

Size-dependent lanthanide energy transfer amplifies upconversion luminescence quantum yields

Feng Li, Langping Tu, Yuqi Zhang, Dingxin Huang, Xingxu Liu, Xiaorong Zhang, Jiarui Du, Rongwei Fan, Chunhui Yang, Karl W. Krämer, Jose Marques-Hueso and Guanying Chen

Nat. Photon., 2024, 18, 440
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-024-01393-3

Perspectives and challenges of photon-upconversion nanoparticles - Part II: bioanalytical applications

Hans H. Gorris and Ute Resch-Genger

Anal Bioanal Chem, 2017, 409, 5875
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0482-8

Highly Erbium-Doped Nanoplatform with Enhanced Red Emission for Dual-Modal Optical-Imaging-Guided Photodynamic Therapy

Miao Feng, Ruichan Lv, Liyang Xiao, Bo Hu, Shouping Zhu, Fei He, Piaoping Yang and Jie Tian

Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 14594
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02257

Advanced lanthanide doped upconversion nanomaterials for lasing emission

Yunfei Shang, Tong Chen, Tianhui Ma, Shuwei Hao, Weiqiang Lv, Dechang Jia and Chunhui Yang

Journal of Rare Earths, 2022, 40, 687
DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2021.09.002

Long lasting phosphors: SrAl2O4:Eu, Dy as the most studied material

Rocío Estefanía Rojas-Hernandez, Fernando Rubio-Marcos, Miguel Ángel Rodriguez and José Francisco Fernandez

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018, 81, 2759
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.081

Advances in fluorescence sensing enabled by lanthanide-doped upconversion nanophosphors

Chunning Sun and Michael Gradzielski

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2022, 300, 102579
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102579

Upconversion NaYF4 Nanoparticles for Size Dependent Cell Imaging and Concentration Dependent Detection of Rhodamine B

Shigang Hu, Xiaofeng Wu, Zhijun Tang, Zaifang Xi, Zenghui Chen, Pan Hu, Yi Yu, Huanyuan Yan, Yunxin Liu and Mohamed Bououdina

Journal of Nanomaterials, 2015, 2015
DOI: 10.1155/2015/598734

Large and Small Solids: A Journey Through Inorganic Chemistry

Claus Feldmann

Zeitschrift anorg allge chemie, 2022, 648
DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202200062

CdSe/ZnS quantum dots coated with carboxy-PEG and modified with the terbium(III) complex of guanosine 5′-monophosphate as a fluorescent nanoprobe for ratiometric determination of arsenate via its inhibition of acid phosphatase activity

Shao-Hua Wen, Ru-Ping Liang, Hui-Hui Zeng, Li Zhang and Jian-Ding Qiu

Microchim Acta, 2019, 186
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-018-3125-7

Study on the Intermixing of Core and Shell in NaEuF4/NaGdF4 Core/Shell Nanocrystals

Simon Dühnen and Markus Haase

Chem. Mater., 2015, 27, 8375
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03846

Simultaneous Enhancement and Modulation of Upconversion by Thermal Stimulation in Sc2Mo3O12 Crystals

Hua Zou, Bing Chen, Yifeng Hu, Qiwei Zhang, Xusheng Wang and Feng Wang

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 3020
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00628

Photoluminescence tuning from glass-stabilized CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) perovskite nanocrystals triggered by upconverting Tm: KYb2F7 nanoparticles for high-level anti-counterfeiting

Jidong Lin, Changbin Yang, Ping Huang, Shaoxiong Wang, Menglong Liu, Naizhong Jiang and Daqin Chen

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 395, 125214
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125214

Upconversion lanthanide nanomaterials: basics introduction, synthesis approaches, mechanism and application in photodetector and photovoltaic devices

Baharak Mehrdel, Ali Nikbakht, Azlan Abdul Aziz, Mahmood S. Jameel, Mohammed Ali Dheyab and Pegah Moradi Khaniabadi

Nanotechnology, 2022, 33, 082001
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac37e3

Lanthanide-doped Na 3 ZrF 7 upconversion nanoparticles synthesized by a facile method

Jun Song, Guangsheng Wang, Shuai Ye, Yuliang Tian, Maozhen Xiong, Dong Wang, Hanben Niu and Junle Qu

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2016, 658, 914
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.11.026

Interfacing with the Brain: How Nanotechnology Can Contribute

Abdullah A. A. Ahmed, Nuria Alegret, Bethany Almeida, Ramón Alvarez-Puebla, Anne M. Andrews, Laura Ballerini, Juan J. Barrios-Capuchino, Charline Becker, Robert H. Blick, Shahin Bonakdar, Indranath Chakraborty, Xiaodong Chen, Jinwoo Cheon, Gerwin Chilla, Andre Luiz Coelho Conceicao, James Delehanty, Martin Dulle, Alexander L. Efros, Matthias Epple, Mark Fedyk, Neus Feliu, Miao Feng, Rafael Fernández-Chacón, Irene Fernandez-Cuesta, Niels Fertig, Stephan Förster, Jose A. Garrido, Michael George, Andreas H. Guse, Norbert Hampp, Jann Harberts, Jili Han, Hauke R. Heekeren, Ulrich G. Hofmann, Malte Holzapfel, Hessam Hosseinkazemi, Yalan Huang, Patrick Huber, Taeghwan Hyeon, Sven Ingebrandt, Marcello Ienca, Armin Iske, Yanan Kang, Gregor Kasieczka, Dae-Hyeong Kim, Kostas Kostarelos, Jae-Hyun Lee, Kai-Wei Lin, Sijin Liu, Xin Liu, Yang Liu, Christian Lohr, Volker Mailänder, Laura Maffongelli, Saad Megahed, Alf Mews, Marina Mutas, Leroy Nack, Nako Nakatsuka, Thomas G. Oertner, Andreas Offenhäusser, Martin Oheim, Ben Otange, Ferdinand Otto, Enrico Patrono, Bo Peng, Alessandra Picchiotti, Filippo Pierini, Monika Pötter-Nerger, Maria Pozzi, Arnd Pralle, Maurizio Prato, Bing Qi, Pedro Ramos-Cabrer, Ute Resch Genger, Norbert Ritter, Marten Rittner, Sathi Roy, Francesca Santoro, Nicolas W. Schuck, Florian Schulz, Erkin Şeker, Marvin Skiba, Martin Sosniok, Holger Stephan, Ruixia Wang, Ting Wang, K. David Wegner, Paul S. Weiss, Ming Xu, Chenxi Yang, Seyed Shahrooz Zargarian, Yuan Zeng, Yaofeng Zhou, Dingcheng Zhu, Robert Zierold and Wolfgang J. Parak

ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 10630
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c10525

Upconversion NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+@silica-TPGS Bio-Nano Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, and In Vitro Tests for Labeling Cancer Cells

Tran Thu Huong, Ha Thi Phuong, Le Thi Vinh, Hoang Thi Khuyen, Do Thi Thao, Le Dac Tuyen, Tran Kim Anh and Le Quoc Minh

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2021, 125, 9768
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05472

Coordination polymer core/shell structures: Preparation and up/down-conversion luminescence

Bingmei Li, Hualan Xu, Chen Xiao, Min Shuai, Weimin Chen and Shengliang Zhong

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2016, 479, 15
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.06.038

Optical multiplexing of upconversion in nanoparticles towards emerging applications

Songbin Liu, Zhengce An and Bo Zhou

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 452, 139649
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.139649

Colour modulation and enhancement of upconversion emissions in K2NaScF6:Yb/Ln (Ln = Er, Ho, Tm) nanocrystals

Yangbo Wang, Huaiyong Li, Hui Ma and Ling Huang

Journal of Rare Earths, 2021, 39, 1477
DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2021.04.007

Synthesis and Adsorption Property of SiO2@Co(OH)2 Core-Shell Nanoparticles

Yongde Meng

Nanomaterials, 2015, 5, 554
DOI: 10.3390/nano5020554

Temperature modulation of concentration quenching in lanthanide-doped nanoparticles for enhanced upconversion luminescence

Luoyuan Li, Ningjiu Zhao, Limin Fu, Jing Zhou, Xicheng Ai and Jianping Zhang

Nano Res., 2018, 11, 2104
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-017-1828-4

pH-sensitive polymer-gated multifunctional upconversion NaYF 4 :Yb/Er@mSiO 2 nanocomposite for oral drug delivery

Shaohua Liu, Boshi Tian, Shuyi Wu, Yabo Wang, Jingbin Huang, Bo Gao, Lin Jin, Ke Li and Zhenling Wang

Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2018, 264, 151
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.01.029

Unlocking Multimodal Nonlinear Microscopy for Deep‐Tissue Imaging under Continuous‐Wave Excitation with Tunable Upconverting Nanoparticles

Jeongmo Kim, Seunghun Lee, Yundon Jeong, Kyunghwan Kim, Kibum Nam, Hyungwon Jin, Yuha Choi, Hyun‐Jin Kim, Heungjin Ryu, Ki Hean Kim, Jae‐Ick Kim, Jongnam Park, Jinmyoung Joo and Jung‐Hoon Park

Advanced Materials, 2025, 37
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202502739

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

Bing Chen, Dengfeng Peng, Xian Chen, Xvsheng Qiao, Xianping Fan and Feng Wang

Angewandte Chemie, 2015, 127, 12979
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201506157

A facile synthesis approach and impact of shell formation on morphological structure and luminescent properties of aqueous dispersible NaGdF4:Yb/Er upconversion nanorods

Anees A. Ansari, Ranvijay Yadav and S. B. Rai

J Nanopart Res, 2016, 18
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-016-3622-8

Orthogonal Emissive Upconversion Nanoparticles: Material Design and Applications

Zhen Zhang and Yong Zhang

Small, 2021, 17
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202004552

Yb- and Er concentration dependence of the upconversion luminescence of highly doped NaYF4:Yb,Er/NaYF4:Lu core/shell nanocrystals prepared by a water-free synthesis

Christian Würth, Bettina Grauel, Monika Pons, Florian Frenzel, Philipp Rissiek, Kerstin Rücker, Markus Haase and Ute Resch-Genger

Nano Res., 2022, 15, 9639
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4570-5

Modulation of upconversion luminescence spectrum of single rare-earth-doped upconversion nanocrystal based on plasmonic nanocavity

Yong-Jun Meng, Hong Li, Jian-Wei Tang and Xue-Wen Chen

Acta Phys. Sin., 2022, 71, 027801
DOI: 10.7498/aps.71.20211438

Bright single-nanocrystal upconversion at sub 0.5 W cm−2 irradiance via coupling to single nanocavity mode

Yongjun Meng, Dingxin Huang, Hong Li, Xia Feng, Feng Li, Qianyi Liang, Tianzi Ma, Jiahao Han, Jianwei Tang, Guanying Chen and Xue-Wen Chen

Nat. Photon., 2023, 17, 73
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-022-01101-z

Cationic cyanine chromophore-assembled upconversion nanoparticles for sensing and imaging H2S in living cells and zebrafish

Fangfang Wang, Cuiling Zhang, Xuetong Qu, Shasha Cheng and Yuezhong Xian

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019, 126, 96
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2018.10.056

Continuous synthesis of ultrasmall core-shell upconversion nanoparticles via a flow chemistry method

Di Liu, Junyu Yan, Kai Wang, Yundong Wang and Guangsheng Luo

Nano Res., 2022, 15, 1199
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-3625-3

Colloidal stability and optical thermometry in mesoporous silica coated phosphate based upconverting nanoparticles

Lakshmi Mukhopadhyay and Vineet Kumar Rai

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 878, 160351
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.160351

Water: An Influential Agent for Lanthanide‐Doped Luminescent Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine

Lucía Labrador‐Páez, Uliana Kostiv, Jerker Widengren and Haichun Liu

Advanced Optical Materials, 2023, 11
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202200513

Efficient Color Tuning of Upconversion Luminescence from Core-Shell Oxysulfide Nanoparticles

Ying Tian, Jianxin Jiao, Xin Feng, Mingming Xing, Yong Peng and Xixian Luo

Journal of Nanomaterials, 2019, 2019, 1
DOI: 10.1155/2019/7152690

Computational electrochemistry focusing on nanostructured catalysts: challenges and opportunities

Tianwei He and Kai S. Exner

Materials Today Energy, 2022, 28, 101083
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2022.101083

Recent developments in lanthanide-to-quantum dot FRET using time-gated fluorescence detection and photon upconversion

Marcelina Cardoso Dos Santos and Niko Hildebrandt

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2016, 84, 60
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2016.03.005

Elemental Migration in Core/Shell Structured Lanthanide Doped Nanoparticles

Lu Liu, Xiaomin Li, Yong Fan, Changyao Wang, Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni, Mansour Saleh Alhoshan, Dongyuan Zhao and Fan Zhang

Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 5608
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01348

Self-Assembly Strategies in Upconversion Nanoparticle-Based Nanocomposites: Structure Designs and Applications

Zhen Zhang, Xiaoyu Ji, Weijia Huang, Qizhen Mai and Du Cheng

IJMS, 2025, 26, 8671
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26178671

Recent Trends Concerning Upconversion Nanoparticles and Near-IR Emissive Lanthanide Materials in the Context of Forensic Applications

William J. Gee

Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 72, 164
DOI: 10.1071/CH18502

Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity evaluation of chemically synthesized and functionalized upconversion nanoparticles

Anees A. Ansari, Abdul K. Parchur, Yang Li, Tao Jia, Ruichan Lv, Yanxing Wang and Guanying Chen

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 504, 215672
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215672

Recent advances in lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles for optical anticounterfeiting: Challenges and opportunities toward practical implementation

Rajkumar Senthamarai, Zhuoya Zhao, Cong Liu, Li Wang and Jinglai Zhang

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 542, 216892
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216892

Reinterpretation of the red emission pathway in β-NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+

Ju Hyun Oh, Byung Kee Moon, Byung Chun Choi, Jung Hyun Jeong, Haeyoung Choi and Jung Hwan Kim

Ceramics International, 2017, 43, 2517
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.11.053

Highly colloidal luminescent porous Tb-doped gadolinium oxide nanoparticles: Photophysical and luminescent properties

Anees A. Ansari, Naushad Ahmad and Joselito P. Labis

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2019, 371, 10
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.10.050

Aufwärtskonvertierende NaYF4:Yb,Er/NaYF4‐Kern/Schale‐Nanokristalle mit hoher Lumineszenzquantenausbeute

Christian Homann, Lisa Krukewitt, Florian Frenzel, Bettina Grauel, Christian Würth, Ute Resch‐Genger and Markus Haase

Angewandte Chemie, 2018, 130, 8901
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201803083

PDT-active upconversion nanoheaters for targeted imaging guided combinatorial cancer phototherapies with low-power single NIR excitation

Najim Akhtar, Chuan Lin Chen and Surojit Chattopadhyay

Biomaterials Advances, 2022, 141, 213117
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.213117

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

Ali Bagheri, Hamidreza Arandiyan, Cyrille Boyer and May Lim

Advanced Science, 2016, 3
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201500437

The Synthesis of a Core-Shell Photocatalyst Material YF3:Ho3+@TiO2 and Investigation of Its Photocatalytic Properties

Xuan Xu, Shiyu Zhou, Jun Long, Tianhu Wu and Zihong Fan

Materials, 2017, 10, 302
DOI: 10.3390/ma10030302

Molecular core–shell structure design: Facilitating delayed fluorescence in aggregates toward highly efficient solution‐processed OLEDs

Dan Liu, Meng Zhang, Wenwen Tian, Wei Jiang, Yueming Sun, Zheng Zhao and Ben Zhong Tang

Aggregate, 2022, 3
DOI: 10.1002/agt2.164

High Nd(III)-Sensitizer Concentrations for 800 nm Wavelength Excitation Using Isotropic Core–Shell Upconversion Nanoparticles

Carina Arboleda, Sha He, Alexandra Stubelius, Noah J. J. Johnson and Adah Almutairi

Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 3103
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04057

NIR-to-NIR UCL/ T 1 -weighted MR/CT multimodal imaging by NaYbF 4 :Tm@NaGdF 4 :Yb-PVP upconversion nanoparticles

Tao Wang, Min Yang, Jiahui Huang, Yanzhi Zhao, Honglei Wang, Shuang Leng, Jinxing Chen, Guoying Sun and Jianhua Liu

Science Bulletin, 2017, 62, 903
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2017.05.028

Lanthanide-doped disordered crystals: Site symmetry and optical properties

Wenwu You, Datao Tu, Wei Zheng, Ping Huang and Xueyuan Chen

Journal of Luminescence, 2018, 201, 255
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.04.057

Metal recovery based magnetite near-infrared photocatalyst with broadband spectrum utilization property

Shouqiang Huang, Haoming Wang, Nanwen Zhu, Ziyang Lou, Liang Li, Aidang Shan and Haiping Yuan

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016, 181, 456
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.08.015

Two-Dimensional Device with Light-Controlled Capability for Treatment of Cancer-Relevant Infection Diseases

Yanbing Yang, Bo Zeng, Jing Guo, Yingxue Li, Yujie Yang and Quan Yuan

Anal. Chem., 2020, 92, 10162
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02216

Crystalline Hollow Microrods for Site‐Selective Enhancement of Nonlinear Photoluminescence

Bing Chen, Wei Kong, Yong Liu, Yunhao Lu, Mingyu Li, Xvsheng Qiao, Xianping Fan and Feng Wang

Angewandte Chemie, 2017, 129, 10519
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201703600

Efficient near-infrared photocatalysts based on NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+@NaYF4:Yb3+,Nd3+@TiO2 core@shell nanoparticles

Huining Huang, Huiliang Li, Zeyan Wang, Peng Wang, Zhaoke Zheng, Yuanyuan Liu, Ying Dai, Yingjie Li and Baibiao Huang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 361, 1089
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.12.174

Enhanced TiO2 Broadband Photocatalytic Activity Based on Very Small Upconversion Nanosystems

Maryam Sadat Ghorashi, Hamid Reza Madaah Hosseini, Ezeddin Mohajerani, Marco Pedroni and Reza Taheri Ghahrizjani

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 13788
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01403

Delayed Fluorescence of Molecules on the Surface of a Layered Ferroplasmonic Nanoparticle

M. G. Kucherenko, I. R. Alimbekov and P. P. Neyasov

Tech. Phys., 2022, 67, 632
DOI: 10.1134/S106378422209002X

High-security anti-counterfeiting through upconversion luminescence

Hao Suo, Qi Zhu, Xin Zhang, Bing Chen, Jiangkun Chen and Feng Wang

Materials Today Physics, 2021, 21, 100520
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2021.100520

New Generation Cadmium-Free Quantum Dots for Biophotonics and Nanomedicine

Gaixia Xu, Shuwen Zeng, Butian Zhang, Mark T. Swihart, Ken-Tye Yong and Paras N. Prasad

Chem. Rev., 2016, 116, 12234
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00290

Synthesis of Core–Shell ScF3 Nanoparticles for Thermal Enhancement of Upconversion

Biyun Ren, Bing Chen, Jianxiong Zhao, Yang Guo, Xin Zhang, Xian Chen, Yangyang Du, Zhiqin Deng, Guangyu Zhu and Feng Wang

Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 158
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03124

Editorial: Women in Lanthanide-Based Luminescence Research: From Basic Research to Applications

Qianqian Su, Lining Sun, Eva Hemmer and Ho Seong Jang

Front. Chem., 2021, 9
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.667672

A spectroscopic and thermometric comparison of α- and β-phase KYF4:Yb3+/Er3+ nanoparticles

Pratik S. Solanki, Sangeetha Balabhadra, Michael F. Reid and Jon-Paul R. Wells

Journal of Applied Physics, 2023, 133
DOI: 10.1063/5.0131207

Green to red and NIR tunable luminescence in heavily Er3+‐doped tellurite glasses via selective energy transfer mechanism

Weirong Wang, Guanliang Yu, Ruibin Wang and Chun Jiang

J Am Ceram Soc, 2020, 103, 432
DOI: 10.1111/jace.16742

Upconverting LuVO4:Nd3+/Yb3+/Er3+@SiO2@Cu2S Hollow Nanoplatforms for Self-monitored Photothermal Ablation

Hao Suo, Xiaoqi Zhao, Zhiyu Zhang, Yanfang Wu and Chongfeng Guo

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 39912
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b18184

A Rationally Designed Upconversion Nanoprobe for in Vivo Detection of Hydroxyl Radical

Zhen Li, Tao Liang, Songwei Lv, Qinggeng Zhuang and Zhihong Liu

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 11179
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b06972

Nanomaterials for fluorescent detection of curcumin

Yongming Guo, Chao Yang, Yijia Zhang and Tao Tao

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2022, 265, 120359
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120359

Ultrabright Carbon Dots as an Emerging Fluorescent Probe for Multivalent Labeling and Highly Sensitive Detection of Extracellular Vesicles

Shixu Hu, Ping Yu, Qingwei Song, Xingwang Wen, Hechen Lu, Zhihan Liu, Sihua Qian, Junhui Jiang, Kaizhe Wang and Yuhui Wang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2026, 18, 5006
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c25400

Interface formation energy, bonding, energy band alignment in α-NaYF 4 related core shell models: For future multi-layer core shell luminescence materials

Bolong HUANG, Hao DONG, Ka-Leung Wong, Lingdong SUN and Chunhua YAN

Journal of Rare Earths, 2017, 35, 315
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(17)60915-3

Rapid and high-selectivity detection of rifampicin based on upconversion luminescence core-shell structure composites

Jian Su, Xiaofeng Xiang, Rui Lv, Hui Li, Xin Fu, Boyi Yang, Wen Gu and Xin Liu

Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2018, 266, 9
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2018.05.003

Simultaneous super-linear excitation-emission and emission depletion allows imaging of upconversion nanoparticles with higher sub-diffraction resolution

Martin Plöschner, Denitza Denkova, Simone De Camillis, Minakshi Das, Lindsay M. Parker, Xianlin Zheng, Yiqing Lu, Samuel Ojosnegros and James A. Piper

Opt. Express, 2020, 28, 24308
DOI: 10.1364/OE.400651

Highly Effective Near-Infrared Activating Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Upconversion for Photoredox Catalysis

Ling Huang, Wenting Wu, Yang Li, Kai Huang, Le Zeng, Wenhai Lin and Gang Han

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 18460
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06976

Smart NIR linear and nonlinear optical nanomaterials for cancer theranostics: Prospects in photomedicine

Tzu-Ming Liu, João Conde, Tomasz Lipiński, Artur Bednarkiewicz and Chih-Chia Huang

Progress in Materials Science, 2017, 88, 89
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2017.03.004

Upconversion Nano‐Composites for Orthogonal Trichromatic Luminescence Aiming at High Color Purity Volume Display

Nianfeng Zhang, Song Zheng, Shisheng Lin, Tao Pang, Lingwei Zeng, Ping Huang, Feng Huang and Daqin Chen

Adv Materials Technologies, 2024, 9
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202301942

Exploiting lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles with core/shell structures

Yong Fan, Lu Liu and Fan Zhang

Nano Today, 2019, 25, 68
DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2019.02.009

New Strategy: Molten Salt‐Assisted Synthesis to Enhance Lanthanide Upconversion Luminescence

Pengye Du, Pengpeng Lei, Yuan Liang, Ran An and Hongjie Zhang

Small, 2023, 19
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302465

Inorganic Nanomaterial‐Mediated Gene Therapy in Combination with Other Antitumor Treatment Modalities

Guanyou Lin, Richard A. Revia and Miqin Zhang

Adv Funct Materials, 2021, 31
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202007096

Transition Metal‐Involved Photon Upconversion

Shi Ye, En‐Hai Song and Qin‐Yuan Zhang

Advanced Science, 2016, 3
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201600302

Influence of silica surface coating on optical properties of Er3+-Yb3+:YMoO4 upconverting nanoparticles

Manisha Mondal, Vineet Kumar Rai and Chandan Srivastava

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 327, 838
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.06.166

Optical property evaluation of thoria doped with heavier rare‐earth oxides LnO1.5 (Ln = Er3+, Ho3+, Tm3+, and Yb3+)

Manish Kumar, Meenakshi Pokhriyal, Mohini Gupta, Gaddam Vijaya Prakash, Sitharaman Uma and Rajamani Nagarajan

J Am Ceram Soc, 2019, 102, 1832
DOI: 10.1111/jace.16053

Optimization of Bi3+ in Upconversion Nanoparticles Induced Simultaneous Enhancement of Near-Infrared Optical and X-ray Computed Tomography Imaging Capability

Pengpeng Lei, Peng Zhang, Shuang Yao, Shuyan Song, Lile Dong, Xia Xu, Xiuling Liu, Kaimin Du, Jing Feng and Hongjie Zhang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 27490
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08335

Imaging-Guided and Light-Triggered Chemo-/Photodynamic/Photothermal Therapy Based on Gd (III) Chelated Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Spheres

Dan Yang, Guixin Yang, Shili Gai, Fei He, Ruichan Lv, Yunlu Dai and Piaoping Yang

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2016, 2, 2058
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00462

Achieving high-efficiency emission depletion nanoscopy by employing cross relaxation in upconversion nanoparticles

Qiuqiang Zhan, Haichun Liu, Baoju Wang, Qiusheng Wu, Rui Pu, Chao Zhou, Bingru Huang, Xingyun Peng, Hans Ågren and Sailing He

Nat Commun, 2017, 8
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01141-y

Photoluminescence properties of CaTiO3:Ho3+ nanophosphors for light emitting display applications

Vijaya V. Shanbhag, S.C. Prashantha, Ramachandra Naik, T.R. Shahi Shekhar, H. Nagabhushana and D.M. Jnaneshwara

Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021, 46, 5953
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.11.760

When MoS2 meets FeOOH: A “one-stone-two-birds’’ heterostructure as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient alkaline water splitting

Meiyong Zheng, Kailu Guo, Wen-Jie Jiang, Tang Tang, Xuyan Wang, Panpan Zhou, Jing Du, Yongqing Zhao, Cailing Xu and Jin-Song Hu

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019, 244, 1004
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.12.019

Energy Migration Engineering of Bright Rare‐Earth Upconversion Nanoparticles for Excitation by Light‐Emitting Diodes

Yeteng Zhong, Iman Rostami, Zihua Wang, Hongjie Dai and Zhiyuan Hu

Advanced Materials, 2015, 27, 6418
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502272

Recent advances of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles for biological applications

Hui Li, Xin Wang, Dingxin Huang and Guanying Chen

Nanotechnology, 2020, 31, 072001
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab4f36

Double-layered core–shell structure of NaYF 4 :Yb,Er@SiO 2 @Zn 1−x Mn x O for near-infrared-triggered photodegradation and antibacterial application

Linxiang Tan, Xiaoxia Ke, Xuechun Song, Qiaoqiao Yin, Ru Qiao, Kaiyan Guo and Lanlan Zhu

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2018, 60, 206
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2017.11.008

Upconversion nanoparticles for bioimaging

Chenxi Song, Shubiao Zhang, Quan Zhou, Hua Hai, Defeng Zhao and Yunze Hui

Nanotechnology Reviews, 2017, 6, 233
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2016-0043

Photothermal catalysis for CO2 hydrogenation to C2+ products: Mechanisms, catalytic system, and selectivity control

Abdullah Bafaqeer, Abrar A. Elhussien, Zainab Almansaf, E.A. Jaseer, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin and Wael A. Fouad

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026, 14, 121154
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2026.121154

808 nm Light-triggered and hyaluronic acid-targeted dual-photosensitizers nanoplatform by fully utilizing Nd3+-sensitized upconversion emission with enhanced anti-tumor efficacy

Zhiyao Hou, Kerong Deng, Chunxia Li, Xiaoran Deng, Hongzhou Lian, Ziyong Cheng, Dayong Jin and Jun Lin

Biomaterials, 2016, 101, 32
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.05.024

A review on nanostructured glass ceramics for promising application in optical thermometry

Jiasong Zhong, Daqin Chen, Yongzhao Peng, Yudong Lu, Xiao Chen, Xinyue Li and Zhenguo Ji

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018, 763, 34
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.05.348

Effective Fabrication and Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity of Gold Multipod Nanoparticle Core–Cobalt Sulfide Shell Nanohybrids

Hien Duy Mai, Van Cam Thi Le and Hyojong Yoo

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2019, 2, 678
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.8b01689

A review on hybrid nanofluids for heat transfer: advancements, synthesis, challenges and applications

Sujata Kalsi, Sunil Kumar, Anil Kumar, Tabish Alam, Abhishek Sharma and Anil Singh Yadav

Discov Appl Sci, 2025, 7
DOI: 10.1007/s42452-025-07141-8

In-situ second harmonic generation by cancer cell targeting ZnO nanocrystals to effect photodynamic action in subcellular space

Bobo Gu, Artem Pliss, Andrey N. Kuzmin, Alexander Baev, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy, Jossana A. Damasco, Ken-Tye Yong, Shuangchun Wen and Paras N. Prasad

Biomaterials, 2016, 104, 78
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.07.012

Near-infrared-responsive CaF2:Yb3+,Tm3+@BiVO4 composite photocatalyst with enhanced tetracycline degradation

Guoqiang Yi, Jiachen Li, Zhishun Wei, Sha Chen, Ying Chang, Yan Xiong and Zhen Lu

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2026, 1050, 185635
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.185635

Nd3+-Sensitized Ho3+ Single-Band Red Upconversion Luminescence in Core–Shell Nanoarchitecture

Daqin Chen, Lu Liu, Ping Huang, Mingye Ding, Jiasong Zhong and Zhenguo Ji

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2015, 6, 2833
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01180

A upconversion luminescene biosensor based on dual-signal amplification for the detection of short DNA species of c-erbB-2 oncogene

Jianming Lan, Yingxin Liu, Li Li, Fadi Wen, Fang Wu, Zhizhong Han, Weiming Sun, Chunyan Li and Jinghua Chen

Sci Rep, 2016, 6
DOI: 10.1038/srep24813

Stimuli-responsive nanotheranostics based on lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles for cancer imaging and therapy: current advances and future challenges

Yinghui Wang, Shuyan Song, Songtao Zhang and Hongjie Zhang

Nano Today, 2019, 25, 38
DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2019.02.007

Integrated Strategy for High Luminescence Intensity of Upconversion Nanocrystals

Yue Yang, Yingbin Zhu, Jiajia Zhou, Fan Wang and Jianrong Qiu

ACS Photonics, 2017, 4, 1930
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00123

Paving Metal–Organic Frameworks with Upconversion Nanoparticles via Self-Assembly

Ze Yuan, Lu Zhang, Shaozhou Li, Weina Zhang, Min Lu, Yue Pan, Xiaoji Xie, Ling Huang and Wei Huang

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 15507
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10122

Hygroscopicity, phase transition and thermal expansion in Yb2-Ga W3O12 system

Tamires Martinhão Machado, Isabella Loureiro Muller Costa, Anja Dosen, Gabriela Salgado Lima de Faro Melo, Leonardo Ewbank Vasconcellos and Bojan A. Marinkovic

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 854, 156643
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.156643

Dual photosensitizers material for photodynamic theraphy

Jinhua Wu, Liying Qin, Fei Jiang, Tongkun Zhao, Suhui Zhang and Jian Gao

Mater. Res. Express, 2024, 11, 115001
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ad8ac2

Recent trends in binary and ternary rare-earth fluoride nanophosphors: How structural and physical properties influence optical behavior

Rahul Kumar Sharma, Anja-Verena Mudring and Pushpal Ghosh

Journal of Luminescence, 2017, 189, 44
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.03.062

Improved LRET-based detection characters of Cu2+ using sandwich structured NaYF4@NaYF4:Er3+/Yb3+@NaYF4 nanoparticles as energy donor

Yanqiu Zhang, Sai Xu, Xiangping Li, Jinsu Zhang, Jiashi Sun, Lili Tong, Hua Zhong, Haiping Xia, Ruinian Hua and Baojiu Chen

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, 257, 829
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.11.045

Influence of Gd3+ doping concentration on the properties of Na(Y,Gd)F4:Yb3+, Tm3+ upconverting nanoparticles and their long-term aging behavior

Anna López de Guereñu, Dennis T. Klier, Toni Haubitz and Michael U. Kumke

Photochem Photobiol Sci, 2022, 21, 235
DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00161-4

Upconversion nanoparticles-based background-free selective fluorescence sensor developed for immunoassay of fipronil pesticide

Litao Yin, Xuetao Hu, Mengyu Hao, Jiyong Shi, Xiaobo Zou and Keza Dominique Dusabe

Food Measure, 2023, 17, 3125
DOI: 10.1007/s11694-023-01849-0

Nanophosphors-Based White Light Sources

Maura Cesaria and Baldassare Di Bartolo

Nanomaterials, 2019, 9, 1048
DOI: 10.3390/nano9071048

Predicting the Excitation Dynamics in Lanthanide Nanoparticles

Simon Spelthann, Jonas Thiem, Oliver Melchert, Rajesh Komban, Christoph Gimmler, Ayhan Demicran, Axel Ruehl and Detlev Ristau

Advanced Optical Materials, 2023, 11
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202300096

Flexible transparent displays based on core/shell upconversion nanophosphor-incorporated polymer waveguides

Bong Je Park, A-Ra Hong, Suntak Park, Ki-Uk Kyung, Kwangyeol Lee and Ho Seong Jang

Sci Rep, 2017, 7
DOI: 10.1038/srep45659

Nd 3+ ions in nanomedicine: Perspectives and applications

B. del Rosal, U. Rocha, E.C. Ximendes, E. Martín Rodríguez, D. Jaque and J. García Solé

Optical Materials, 2017, 63, 185
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2016.06.004

Simultaneous luminescence enhancement and lifetime tuning of deep UV-NIR upconversion through controlling dopant concentration

Dangli Gao, Yuqian Liang, Jie Gao, Hong Xin, Long Wang, Sining Yun and Xiangyu Zhang

Journal of Luminescence, 2021, 238, 118261
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.118261

Laser Pyrolysis Synthesis of Upconverting Lanthanide-Doped NaYF4 Nanocrystals for Anticounterfeiting Applications

Mohammad Malekzadeh, Vishvajeet V. Mane, Zhengxi Xuan, Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy and Mark T. Swihart

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2023, 6, 3704
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c05434

In Vivo Oxidative Stress Monitoring Through Intracellular Hydroxyl Radicals Detection by Recyclable Upconversion Nanoprobes

Yuxin Liu, Qi Jia, Quanwei Guo, Anqi Jiang and Jing Zhou

Anal. Chem., 2017, 89, 12299
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03270

Exploring the influence of polymeric and non-polymeric materials in synthesis and functionalization of luminescent lanthanide nanomaterials

Bixiao Li, Anees A. Ansari, Abdul K. Parchur and Ruichan Lv

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 514, 215922
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215922

Recent progress in the green synthesis of rare-earth doped upconversion nanophosphors for optical bioimaging from cells to animals

Yuan Pu, Jingning Leng, Dan Wang, Jiexin Wang, Neil R. Foster and Jianfeng Chen

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018, 26, 2206
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.03.005

Facile Multistep Synthesis of ZnO-Coated β-NaYF4:Yb/Tm Upconversion Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy for Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Small Colony Variants

Afshin Karami, Farzaneh Farivar, Thomas J. de Prinse, Hesamoddin Rabiee, Stephen Kidd, Christopher J. Sumby and Jingxiu Bi

ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2021, 4, 6125
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00473

Optically Detected Degradation of NaYF4:Yb,Tm-Based Upconversion Nanoparticles in Phosphate Buffered Saline Solution

Olivija Plohl, Marco Kraft, Janez Kovač, Blaž Belec, Maja Ponikvar-Svet, Christian Würth, Darja Lisjak and Ute Resch-Genger

Langmuir, 2017, 33, 553
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03907

Yb3+/Ho3+ Co-Doped Apatite Upconversion Nanoparticles to Distinguish Implanted Material from Bone Tissue

Xiyu Li and Haifeng Chen

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 27458
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05514

Upconversion Nanocrystals with High Lanthanide Content: Luminescence Loss by Energy Migration versus Luminescence Enhancement by Increased NIR Absorption

Alexandra Schroter, Susanne Märkl, Naomi Weitzel and Thomas Hirsch

Adv Funct Materials, 2022, 32
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202113065

Perspectives and challenges of photon-upconversion nanoparticles - Part I: routes to brighter particles and quantitative spectroscopic studies

Ute Resch-Genger and Hans H. Gorris

Anal Bioanal Chem, 2017, 409, 5855
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0499-z

Tumor microenvironment enhanced NIR II fluorescence imaging for tumor precise surgery navigation via tetrasulfide mesoporous silica-coated Nd-based rare-earth nanocrystals

Jiaqi Li, Fukai Zhu, Kangliang Lou, Haina Tian, Qiang Luo, Yongying Dang, Xiaolong Liu, Peiyuan Wang and Liming Wu

Materials Today Bio, 2022, 16, 100397
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100397

Upconversion luminescent nanoparticles in physical sensing and in monitoring physical processes in biological samples

María González-Béjar and Julia Pérez-Prieto

Methods Appl. Fluoresc., 2015, 3, 042002
DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/3/4/042002

Study of synthesis temperature effect on β-NaGdF4: Yb3+, Er3+ upconversion luminescence efficiency and decay time using maximum entropy method

Daria Pominova, Igor Romanishkin, Vera Proydakova, Sergei Kuznetsov, Pavel Grachev, Anastasia Ryabova, Natalya Tabachkova, Pavel Fedorov and Victor Loschenov

Methods Appl. Fluoresc., 2022, 10, 024005
DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ac5bdc

Phase and Size Control of Core–Shell Upconversion Nanocrystals Light up Deep Dual Luminescence Imaging and CT In Vivo

Ning Kang, Yu Liu, Yaming Zhou, Dong Wang, Chuan Chen, Shefang Ye, Liming Nie and Lei Ren

Adv Healthcare Materials, 2016, 5, 1356
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201600159

Synthesis of Ultrathin MnS Shell on ZnS: Mn Nanorods by One‐Step Coating and Doping for MRI and Fluorescent Imaging

Yizhe Zhao, Jing Meng, Xianyong Sheng and Yang Tian

Advanced Optical Materials, 2016, 4, 1115
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201600154

Photoswitchable Molecules in Long-Wavelength Light-Responsive Drug Delivery: From Molecular Design to Applications

Shiyang Jia, Wye-Khay Fong, Bim Graham and Ben J. Boyd

Chem. Mater., 2018, 30, 2873
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00357

Monodisperse core-shell structured magnetic mesoporous aluminosilicate nanospheres with large dendritic mesochannels

Jianping Yang, Dengke Shen, Yong Wei, Wei Li, Fan Zhang, Biao Kong, Shaohua Zhang, Wei Teng, Jianwei Fan, Weixian Zhang, Shixue Dou and Dongyuan Zhao

Nano Res., 2015, 8, 2503
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0758-2

Temporally modulated energy shuffling in highly interconnected nanosystems

Brandon Mitchell, Hayley Austin, Dolf Timmerman, Volkmar Dierolf and Yasufumi Fujiwara

Nanophotonics, 2021, 10, 851
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2020-0484

Energy Transfer with Semiconductor Quantum Dot Bioconjugates: A Versatile Platform for Biosensing, Energy Harvesting, and Other Developing Applications

Niko Hildebrandt, Christopher M. Spillmann, W. Russ Algar, Thomas Pons, Michael H. Stewart, Eunkeu Oh, Kimihiro Susumu, Sebastian A. Díaz, James B. Delehanty and Igor L. Medintz

Chem. Rev., 2017, 117, 536
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00030

Nanochemistry and Nanomedicine for Nanoparticle-based Diagnostics and Therapy

Guanying Chen, Indrajit Roy, Chunhui Yang and Paras N. Prasad

Chem. Rev., 2016, 116, 2826
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00148

Achieving Multicolor Upconversion Emissions without Changing Compositions

Chao Gao, Zhiqian Song, Yingxue Li, Yingdong Han and Tian Wei

J Fluoresc, 2022, 32, 1679
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-022-02963-w

Engineering upconverting core-shell nano-probe for spectral responsive fluid velocimetry

Hai Huang, Shaoxiong Wang, Runyu Chen, Nianfeng Zhang, Hu-Rong Yao, Yuanhui Zheng, Feng Huang and Daqin Chen

Nano Res., 2023, 16, 1212
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4636-4

Recent Progress in Utilizing Upconversion Nanoparticles with Switchable Emission for Programmed Therapy

Zhen Zhang, Yilin Liu and Yongming Chen

Advanced Therapeutics, 2022, 5
DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202100172

The Effect of Nd3+ Concentration on Upconversion Luminescence in Yb3+/Tm3+/Nd3+ Tripledoped β-NaGdF4 Nanocrystals

Huayu Hou, Lin Gan, Youfa Wang and Wei Wang

J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit., 2022, 37, 393
DOI: 10.1007/s11595-022-2544-9

Up-Conversion Luminescence and Temperature Sensing of Er3+/Yb3+ Codoped Y2(1–x %)Lu2x %O3 Solid Solution

Haoyue Hao, MengYao Zhu and Liang Li

ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 6847
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07565

Review of Photon Upconversion Nanomaterials for High-Throughput Applications

L. Keerthana, Yantao Zhang, Bai Yang, Jing Ji, Jianqiang Bi and Hongyu Gong

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2026, 9, 5246
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c05470

Manipulation of time-dependent multicolour evolution of X-ray excited afterglow in lanthanide-doped fluoride nanoparticles

Lei Lei, Yubin Wang, Weixin Xu, Renguang Ye, Youjie Hua, Degang Deng, Liang Chen, Paras N. Prasad and Shiqing Xu

Nat Commun, 2022, 13
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33489-1

Yb3+/Er3+-Codoped Bi2O3 Nanospheres: Probe for Upconversion Luminescence Imaging and Binary Contrast Agent for Computed Tomography Imaging

Pengpeng Lei, Peng Zhang, Qinghai Yuan, Zhuo Wang, Lile Dong, Shuyan Song, Xia Xu, Xiuling Liu, Jing Feng and Hongjie Zhang

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 26346
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09990

Synthesis and tunable photoresponse for core-shell structured NaGdF4:Yb,Er@SiO2@Eu(TTA)3Phen nanocomplexes

Yao Li, Jiqing Jiao, Peipei Yan, Lihua Liu, Jiuxing Wang, Yao Wang, Linjun Huang, Jixian Liu, Laurence A. Belfiore and Jianguo Tang

Scripta Materialia, 2018, 152, 1
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2018.03.045

Insights into the Synthesis Mechanisms of Ag-Cu3P-GaP Multicomponent Nanoparticles

Michael S. Seifner, Tianyi Hu, Markus Snellman, Daniel Jacobsson, Knut Deppert, Maria E. Messing and Kimberly A. Dick

ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 7674
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c00140

Metal‐Free Far‐Red Light‐Driven Photolysis via Triplet Fusion to Enhance Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy

Le Zeng, Lin‐Han Jiang, Jia‐Yao Li, Ling Huang, Yongzhi Chen, Nuo Yu, Lei Wang, Kai Huang, Jing Peng and Gang Han

Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202218341

Study of Magnetic Properties of Fe100-xNix Nanostructures Using the Mössbauer Spectroscopy Method

Kayrat K. Kadyrzhanov, Vyacheslav S. Rusakov, Maxim S. Fadeev, Tatyana Yu. Kiseleva, Artem L. Kozlovskiy, Inesh E. Kenzhina and Maxim V. Zdorovets

Nanomaterials, 2019, 9, 757
DOI: 10.3390/nano9050757

Core@shell upconverting nanoarchitectures for luminescent sensing of temperature

Daqin Chen, Min Xu and Ping Huang

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016, 231, 576
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.070

Recent Progress of Rare‐Earth Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Optimization, and Applications

Xiaohui Zhu, Jing Zhang, Jinliang Liu and Yong Zhang

Advanced Science, 2019, 6
DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901358

Highly Enhanced Cooperative Upconversion Luminescence through Energy Transfer Optimization and Quenching Protection

Meng Xue, Xingjun Zhu, Xiaochen Qiu, Yuyang Gu, Wei Feng and Fuyou Li

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 17894
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05609

Nanocomposites based on lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles: diverse designs and applications

Kaimin Du, Jing Feng, Xuan Gao and Hongjie Zhang

Light Sci Appl, 2022, 11
DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00871-z

Biodegradable Inorganic Upconversion Nanocrystals for In Vivo Applications

Pengfei Peng, Na Wu, Lixiang Ye, Feilong Jiang, Wei Feng, Fuyou Li, Yongsheng Liu and Maochun Hong

ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 16672
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02601

Second Near‐Infrared Window Fluorescence Materials for In Vivo Dynamic Multiplexed Imaging

Fang Fan, Keyun Zeng, Yingying Zhu, Yuxin Zhang, Yu Chen, Diya Lv, Dan Jia, Yifeng Chai, Xiaofei Chen and Quan Li

Adv Funct Materials, 2025, 35
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202422693

Sequential Growth of Uniform β-NaYF4@β-NaLnF4 (Ln = Y, Lu, Yb) Microcrystals with Luminescent Properties of Multicolor Tuning and Dual-Mode Emission

Dandan Ju, Feng Song, Yingdong Han, Wenjing Cui, Aihua Zhou, Shujing Liu, Xueqin Wang, Ming Feng and Chengguo Ming

Nanomaterials, 2017, 7, 448
DOI: 10.3390/nano7120448

Ultranarrow NIR bandwidth and temperature sensing of YOF:Yb3+/Tm3+ phosphor in low temperature range

Hongyu Lu, Jinshuo Yang, Decai Huang, Qilin Zou, Mingwei Yang, Xueru Zhang, Yuxiao Wang and Haomiao Zhu

Journal of Luminescence, 2019, 206, 613
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.10.091

When Cubic Cobalt Sulfide Meets Layered Molybdenum Disulfide: A Core–Shell System Toward Synergetic Electrocatalytic Water Splitting

Han Zhu, Junfeng Zhang, Ruoping Yanzhang, Mingliang Du, Qingfa Wang, Guohua Gao, Jiandong Wu, Guangming Wu, Ming Zhang, Bo Liu, Juming Yao and Xiangwen Zhang

Advanced Materials, 2015, 27, 4752
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201501969

Fast synthesis of sub-10 nm β-NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+@NaYF4 core-shell upconversion nanocrystals mediated by oleate ligands

Song Ye, Ping Xiao, Huazhen Liao, Song Li and Deping Wang

Materials Research Bulletin, 2018, 103, 279
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2018.03.011

A General Synthetic Strategy to a Library of Luminescent All-Organic Core–Shell Microstructures

Kun Liu, Yilong Lei and Hongbing Fu

Chem. Mater., 2020, 32, 5162
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01184

RGDS- and TAT-Conjugated Upconversion of NaYF4:Yb3+/Er3+&SiO2 Nanoparticles: In Vitro Human Epithelioid Cervix Carcinoma Cellular Uptake, Imaging, and Targeting

Uliana Kostiv, Ilya Kotelnikov, Vladimír Proks, Miroslav Šlouf, Jan Kučka, Hana Engstová, Petr Ježek and Daniel Horák

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 20422
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b07291

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

Noah J. J. Johnson, Sha He, Shuo Diao, Emory M. Chan, Hongjie Dai and Adah Almutairi

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 3275
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00223

Photothermally triggered soft robot with adaptive local deformations and versatile bending modes

Dong Niu, Weitao Jiang, Guoyong Ye, Biao Lei, Feng Luo, Hongzhong Liu and Bingheng Lu

Smart Mater. Struct., 2019, 28, 02LT01
DOI: 10.1088/1361-665X/aad8f3

Multicolor Tunable Upconversion Luminescence from Sensitized Seed-Mediated Grown LiGdF4:Yb,Tm-Based Core/Triple-Shell Nanophosphors for Transparent Displays

Jeehae Shin, Ji-Hoon Kyhm, A-Ra Hong, Jin Dong Song, Kwangyeol Lee, Hyungduk Ko and Ho Seong Jang

Chem. Mater., 2018, 30, 8457
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02497

Graphene‐Oxide‐Modified Lanthanide Nanoprobes for Tumor‐Targeted Visible/NIR‐II Luminescence Imaging

Xiaorong Song, Shihua Li, Hanhan Guo, Wenwu You, Xiaoying Shang, Renfu Li, Datao Tu, Wei Zheng, Zhuo Chen, Huanghao Yang and Xueyuan Chen

Angewandte Chemie, 2019, 131, 19157
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201909416

NaYF4:Yb,Er,Nd@NaYF4:Nd Upconversion Nanocrystals Capped with Mn:TiO2 for 808 nm NIR-Triggered Photocatalytic Applications

Zhiying Nie, Xiaoxia Ke, Danni Li, Yuling Zhao, Lanlan Zhu, Ru Qiao and Xiao Li Zhang

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 22959
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05234

Upconversion Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Regenerative Medicine

María González-Béjar, Laura Francés-Soriano and Julia Pérez-Prieto

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol., 2016, 4
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2016.00047

Colloidal Crystals of NaYF4 Upconversion Nanocrystals Studied by Small‐Angle X‐Ray Scattering (SAXS)

Christian Homann, Joerg Bolze and Markus Haase

Part & Part Syst Charact, 2019, 36
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201800391

Oleylamine-Mediated Synthesis of Small NaYbF4 Nanoparticles with Tunable Size

Bing Chen, Wei Kong, Na Wang, Guangyu Zhu and Feng Wang

Chem. Mater., 2019, 31, 4779
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01050

Ultrafast upconversion superfluorescence with a sub-2.5 ns lifetime at room temperature

Mengwei Zhou, Ping Huang, Xiaoying Shang, Ruihuan Zhang, Wen Zhang, Zhiqing Shao, Shuo Zhang, Wei Zheng and Xueyuan Chen

Nat Commun, 2024, 15
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54314-x

Enhancement of up-conversion luminescence of Y₂Ti₂O₇:Yb³⁺/Ho³⁺ nanocrystals by incorporating Li⁺ ions

Zhongsheng CHEN, Shuangxi XIAO, Haiqing HUANG, Jugong ZHENG, Guolin HUANG, Jianping XU, Zongbo XIE and Zhanggao LE

J. Ceram. Soc. Japan, 2018, 126, 50
DOI: 10.2109/jcersj2.17144

Rational design and biomedical applications of DNA-functionalized upconversion nanoparticles

Xinwen Liu, Meng Liu, Jiajia Chen, Zhihao Li and Quan Yuan

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2018, 29, 1321
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2018.03.004

High-Quantum-Yield Upconverting Er3+/Yb3+-Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Dual Coatings for Real-Time Temperature Sensing and Photothermal Conversion

Fábio J. Caixeta, Ana R. N. Bastos, Alexandre M. P. Botas, Leonardo S. Rosa, Vítor S. Souza, Fernanda H. Borges, Albano N. C. Neto, Alban Ferrier, Philippe Goldner, Luís D. Carlos, Rogéria R. Gonçalves and Rute A. S. Ferreira

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 19892
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03874

Metal‐Free Far‐Red Light‐Driven Photolysis via Triplet Fusion to Enhance Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy

Le Zeng, Lin‐Han Jiang, Jia‐Yao Li, Ling Huang, Yongzhi Chen, Nuo Yu, Lei Wang, Kai Huang, Jing Peng and Gang Han

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2023, 62
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218341

Expanding the toolbox for lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals

Yiming Wu, Melgious Jin Yan Ang, Mingzi Sun, Bolong Huang and Xiaogang Liu

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2019, 52, 383002
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab29c7

Collective modulation of upconversion in Ag-BaTiO3: Yb3+, Er3+ by photonic bandgap and surface plasmon resonance effects

Jiwei Wang, Pengfei Zhao, Kexin Wang, Baijie Guan, Chunlei Deng, XueXue Han, Shuangyuan Li, Tianya Tan and Wen Liu

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 935, 168168
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.168168

Integration of Upconversion Nanoparticles and Ultrathin Black Phosphorus for Efficient Photodynamic Theranostics under 808 nm Near-Infrared Light Irradiation

Ruichan Lv, Dan Yang, Piaoping Yang, Jiating Xu, Fei He, Shili Gai, Chunxia Li, Yunlu Dai, Guixin Yang and Jun Lin

Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 4724
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01720

Explaining the Nanoscale Effect in the Upconversion Dynamics of β-NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ Core and Core–Shell Nanocrystals

Md Yeathad Hossan, Amy Hor, QuocAnh Luu, Steve J. Smith, P. Stanley May and Mary T. Berry

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 16592
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04567

High ink absorption performance of inkjet printing based on SiO2@Al13 core-shell composites

YiFan Chen, Bo Jiang, Li Liu, Yunzhe Du, Tong Zhang, LiWei Zhao and YuDong Huang

Applied Surface Science, 2018, 436, 995
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.12.071

Cellular temperature probing using optically trapped single upconversion luminescence

K. Suresh, K. Monisha, Aseefhali Bankapur, Subha Krishna Rao, Srinivas Mutalik and Sajan D. George

Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023, 1273, 341530
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341530

Upconversion Nanostructures Applied in Theranostic Systems

Chao Lu, Etienne Joulin, Howyn Tang, Hossein Pouri and Jin Zhang

IJMS, 2022, 23, 9003
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169003

Precise Tuning of the Nanostructured Surface leading to the Luminescence Enhancement in SrAl2O4 Based Core/Shell Structure

Rocío Estefanía Rojas-Hernandez, Fernando Rubio-Marcos, Aida Serrano, Adolfo Del Campo and José Francisco Fernandez

Sci Rep, 2017, 7
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00541-w

Advancements in microemulsion-based fabrication of upconversion-mediated multifunctional materials

Yi Zhang, Qingsong Mei and Zhen Zhang

Front. Photon., 2024, 5
DOI: 10.3389/fphot.2024.1363223

Advanced Near‐Infrared Light‐Responsive Nanomaterials as Therapeutic Platforms for Cancer Therapy

Yi‐Hsin Chien, Kok Ken Chan, Tommy Anderson, Kien Voon Kong, Beng Koon Ng and Ken‐Tye Yong

Advanced Therapeutics, 2019, 2
DOI: 10.1002/adtp.201800090

Architecture of Directed‐Channel Mesoporous Silica/Titania Shell on Bi‐Alkaline‐Earth Carbonate Particles for Core‐Shell Structure

Xuncai Chen, Jinsoo Kim, Taesung Jung, Jongho Park and Woo‐Sik Kim

ChemistrySelect, 2016, 1, 3520
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600768

Physical unclonable functions generated through chemical methods for anti-counterfeiting

Riikka Arppe and Thomas Just Sørensen

Nat Rev Chem, 2017, 1
DOI: 10.1038/s41570-017-0031

Spectroscopic determination of site symmetry and space group in lanthanide-doped crystals: Resolving intricate symmetry aspects for β-NaLnF 4

Mirosław Karbowiak, Jakub Cichos and Czesław Rudowicz

Polyhedron, 2016, 105, 42
DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2015.11.044

A new class of upconversion luminescence tuning materials based on non-photochromic reaction: Er3+-activated Ba0.7Sr0.3Nb2O6 ferroelectrics

Tong Wei, Bing Jia, Linghui Shen, Chuanzhen Zhao, Mingchao Wang, Haijun Zhang, Qinghai Hao, Qingjun Zhou and Yuhang Zhang

Acta Materialia, 2021, 205, 116557
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.116557

Gd-based oxyfluoride glass ceramics: Phase transformation, optical spectroscopy and upconverting temperature sensing

Daqin Chen, Shen Liu, Xinyue Li, Zhongyi Wan and Shichen Li

Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2017, 37, 4083
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.05.006

Lanthanide-doped nanocrystals in high-Q microtoroids for stable on-chip white-light lasers

Limin Jin, Zhuo Liu, Yuqi Zhang, Yunkai Wu, Yilin Liu, Huachun Deng, Qinghai Song and Shumin Xiao

Photon. Res., 2022, 10, 1594
DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.456381

Manipulation of Coupled X‐Ray‐Excited Persistent Luminescence and Upconversion in Er3+ Doped Fluoride Nanoparticles for Multifaceted Applications

Weixin Xu, Ye Zheng, Xiaofeng Liu, Min Zhou, Renren Deng, Yanmin Yang and Jianrong Qiu

Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024, 18
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202400147

Anti-Biofilm Property of Bioactive Upconversion Nanocomposites Containing Chlorin e6 against Periodontal Pathogens

Tianshou Zhang, Di Ying, Manlin Qi, Xue Li, Li Fu, Xiaolin Sun, Lin Wang and Yanmin Zhou

Molecules, 2019, 24, 2692
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24152692

Radiolabeled Human Protein-Functionalized Upconversion Nanoparticles for Multimodal Cancer Imaging

Najim Akhtar, Pei-Wen Wu, Chuan Lin Chen, Wen-Yi Chang, Ren-Shyan Liu, Chien Ting Wu, Agnishwar Girigoswami and Surojit Chattopadhyay

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2022, 5, 7051
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c01016

Optical thermometry probe via fiber containing β-NaLuF4:Yb3+/Er3+/Tm3+

Muhammad Khuram Shahzad, Yundong Zhang, Muhammad Usman Khan, Harse Sattar and Muhammad Ikram

Current Applied Physics, 2019, 19, 739
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2019.03.007

Functionalized upconversion nanoparticles: New strategy towards FRET-based luminescence bio-sensing

Anees A Ansari, Vijay K. Thakur and Guanying Chen

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021, 436, 213821
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213821

Singlet oxygen generation of photosensitizers effectively activated by Nd 3+ -doped upconversion nanoparticles of luminescence intensity enhancing with shell thickness decreasing

Haixia Zou, Fengmin Jin, Xiaoyan Song and Jinfeng Xing

Applied Surface Science, 2017, 400, 81
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.12.174

Effect of Li+/Mg2+ co-doping and optical temperature sensing behavior in Y2Ti2O7: Er3+/Yb3+ upconverting phosphors

Xingzhen Huang, Kan Huang, Liken Chen, Nan Chen, Ruoshan Lei, Shilong Zhao and Shiqing Xu

Optical Materials, 2020, 107, 110114
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110114

Plasmon enhanced upconversion emission in Tm3+/Yb3+/lithium niobate single crystal

Zhihua Liu, Yunzhong Zhu, Wenjia Wang, Siwei Long, Shaopeng Lin, Decai Ma and Biao Wang

Applied Surface Science, 2021, 566, 150660
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150660

Coupling Strategic Engineering Increased the Heterointerface Density of Bimetallic Oxyhydroxide/Carbide Electrocatalyst for Kinetic Promotion of Electrochemical-/Solar-Driven Water Splitting

Arokiadoss Davidrichetson, Dhanasingh Thiruvengadam, Mayakrishnan Raj Kumar and Jayaraman Jayabharathi

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 50686
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c10264

Emerging NIR-II luminescent bioprobes based on lanthanide-doped nanoparticles: From design towards diverse bioapplications

Pengye Du, Ran An, Yuan Liang, Pengpeng Lei and Hongjie Zhang

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022, 471, 214745
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214745

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

Dengfeng Peng, Qiang Ju, Xian Chen, Ronghua Ma, Bing Chen, Gongxun Bai, Jianhua Hao, Xvsheng Qiao, Xianping Fan and Feng Wang

Chem. Mater., 2015, 27, 3115
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00775

Short‐wave Infrared Photoluminescence Lifetime Mapping of Rare‐Earth Doped Nanoparticles Using All‐Optical Streak Imaging

Miao Liu, Yingming Lai, Miguel Marquez, Fiorenzo Vetrone and Jinyang Liang

Advanced Science, 2024, 11
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305284

Template‐free nanostructured particle growth via a one‐pot continuous gradient nanoprecipitation

Xie Cheng, Shuai Wang, Julien Bernard, François Ganachaud and Xibo Yan

Aggregate, 2024, 5
DOI: 10.1002/agt2.427

Plate-Like Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles

Leonardo Scarabelli, Muhua Sun, Xiaolu Zhuo, Sungjae Yoo, Jill E. Millstone, Matthew R. Jones and Luis M. Liz-Marzán

Chem. Rev., 2023, 123, 3493
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00033

Interfaces between MoO x and MoX 2 (X = S, Se, and Te)*

Fengming Chen, Jinxin Liu, Xiaoming Zheng, Longhui Liu, Haipeng Xie, Fei Song, Yongli Gao and Han Huang

Chinese Phys. B, 2020, 29, 116802
DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/abb310

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

Linna Lyu, Haolun Cheong, Xiangzhao Ai, Wenmin Zhang, Juan Li, HuangHao Yang, Jun Lin and Bengang Xing

NPG Asia Mater, 2018, 10, 685
DOI: 10.1038/s41427-018-0065-y

A near-infrared magnetic aptasensor for Ochratoxin A based on near-infrared upconversion nanoparticles and magnetic nanoparticles

Shaoliang Dai, Shijia Wu, Nuo Duan and Zhouping Wang

Talanta, 2016, 158, 246
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.05.063

Comparative analysis of electrochemical performance and photocatalysis of SiO2 coated CaTiO3:RE3+ (Dy, Sm), Li+ core shell nano structures

Vijaya V. Shanbhag, S.C. Prashantha, C.R. Ravi kumar, Pratap Kumar, B.S. Surendra, H. Nagabhushana, D.M. Jnaneshwara, V. Revathi, Ramachandra Naik, T.S. Shashidhara and Y.G. Krupanidhi

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2021, 134, 108960
DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2021.108960

Consequences of lead incorporation in fluorite structured thoria

Manish Kumar, Vikash Kumar Tripathi and Rajamani Nagarajan

Ceramics International, 2019, 45, 11709
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.03.046