Monodisperse upconversion NaYF4 nanocrystals: Syntheses and bioapplications

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 685-694

  Deng, Mingliang ^a   Ma, Yingxin ^a   Huang, Sheng ^a   Hu, Gaofei ^a   Wang, Leyu ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cell imaging; Upconversion luminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959601402     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0124-y     Document Type: Article

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