(α-NaYbF 4:Tm 3+)/CaF 2 core/shell nanoparticles with efficient near-infrared to near-infrared upconversion for high-contrast deep tissue bioimaging

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 8280-8287

  Chen, Guanying ^a,b,c   Shen, Jie ^d   Ohulchanskyy, Tymish Y ^b   Patel, Nayan J ^e   Kutikov, Artem ^d   Li, Zhipeng ^f   Song, Jie ^d   Pandey, Ravindra K ^e   Agren, Hans ^c   Prasad, Paras N ^a,b,g   Han, Gang ^d  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^g Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

core shell; lanthanide; near infrared; photoluminescence bioimaging; upconversion nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; BALB/C MICE; BIO-IMAGING; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; HIGH CONTRAST; LOW POWER; NEAR INFRARED; PL EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL-TO-BACKGROUND RATIO; SMALL-ANIMAL; SURFACE QUENCHING; UP-CONVERSION; UPCONVERSION NANOCRYSTALS; WHOLE-BODY;

ANIMALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM YIELD; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TISSUE;

NANOPARTICLES;

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM YTTRIUMTETRAFLUORIDE; YTTRIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FEMUR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; INFRARED RADIATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMUR; FLUORIDES; INFRARED RAYS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; RATS; SWINE; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84866639563     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn302972r     Document Type: Article

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