Upconversion nanoparticles: Synthesis, surface modification and biological applications

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 710-729

  Wang, Meng ^a,c   Abbineni, Gopal ^b   Clevenger, April ^b   Mao, Chuanbin ^b   Xu, Shukun ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Biological detection; Luminescent materials; Nanomaterials; Rare earth; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; BIODETECTION; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL DETECTION; CURRENT LIMITATION; FLUORESCENT LABELS; FLUORESCENT PROBES; HIGH RESISTANCE; IN-VITRO; LOW BACKGROUND; LOWER ENERGIES; LUMINESCENT MATERIAL; LUMINESCENT PROPERTY; NEAR-INFRARED RADIATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; RARE EARTH DOPED; RECENT PROGRESS; SHARP EMISSION; STOKES SHIFT; UP-CONVERSION;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHORES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOBLEACHING; RARE EARTHS; TISSUE;

NANOPARTICLES;

FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPCONVERSION NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ANTIBODY LABELING; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; METALS, RARE EARTH; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 82255191952     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: 15499642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2011.02.013     Document Type: Review

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