Recent advances in synthesis and surface modification of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles for biomedical applications

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1551-1561

  Lin, Min ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a   Wang, ShuQi ^b   Liu, Ming ^c   Duan, ZhenFeng ^d   Chen, YongMei ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Lu, TianJian ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Lanthanide doped upconversion nanoparticles; Surface modification; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

BIODETECTION; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CANCER THERAPY; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; EXCITATION LIGHT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FUTURE PROSPECTS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NEAR-INFRARED EXCITATION; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTOBLINKING; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; TISSUE PENETRATIONS; UP-CONVERSION;

DRUG DELIVERY; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METAL COMPLEXES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOBLEACHING; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TISSUE; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

LANTHANIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASE TREATMENT; IMAGING METHOD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROTEIN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84867726753     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.04.009     Document Type: Review

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