Controlled synthesis and single-particle imaging of bright, sub-10 nm lanthanide-doped upconverting nanocrystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2686-2692

  Ostrowski, Alexis D ^a   Chan, Emory M ^a   Gargas, Daniel J ^a   Katz, Elan M ^a   Han, Gang ^a,b   Schuck, P James ^a   Milliron, Delia J ^a   Cohen, Bruce E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

lanthanides; nanocrystal synthesis; phosphorescence; upconverting nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL IMAGING; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; LUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; NANOCRYSTAL SIZES; NANOCRYSTAL SYNTHESIS; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; PHOTOSTABLE; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SYNTHETIC CONTROL;

ERBIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOBLEACHING; QUANTUM YIELD; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; YTTERBIUM;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LANTHANIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME;

LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859135611     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3000737     Document Type: Article

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