Controlling upconversion nanocrystals for emerging applications

Zhou, B; Shi, B; Jin, D; Liu, X

Controlling upconversion nanocrystals for emerging applications

Zhou, B Shi, B Jin, D

Liu, X

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Nature Nanotechnology, 2015, 10 (11), pp. 924 - 936
Issue Date:: 2015-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Zhou, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shi, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jin, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1046-2666	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Liu, X	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-09-29	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Nature Nanotechnology, 2015, 10 (11), pp. 924 - 936	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1748-3387	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41178
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals enable anti-Stokes emission with pump intensities several orders of magnitude lower than required by conventional nonlinear optical techniques. Their exceptional properties, namely large anti-Stokes shifts, sharp emission spectra and long excited-state lifetimes, have led to a diversity of applications. Here, we review upconversion nanocrystals from the perspective of fundamental concepts and examine the technical challenges in relation to emission colour tuning and luminescence enhancement. In particular, we highlight the advances in functionalization strategies that enable the broad utility of upconversion nanocrystals for multimodal imaging, cancer therapy, volumetric displays and photonics.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Nature Nanotechnology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1038/nnano.2015.251	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Neoplasms	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Lanthanoid Series Elements	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Luminescent Agents	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Luminescent Measurements	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Nanotechnology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Models, Molecular	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Nanomedicine	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Nanoparticles	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Optics and Photonics	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Optical Imaging	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Multimodal Imaging	en_US
dc.title	Controlling upconversion nanocrystals for emerging applications	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	10	en_US
utslib.for	0204 Condensed Matter Physics	en_US
utslib.for	0205 Optical Physics	en_US
utslib.for	1007 Nanotechnology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - IBMD - Initiative for Biomedical Devices
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	11	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	10	en_US

Abstract:

© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals enable anti-Stokes emission with pump intensities several orders of magnitude lower than required by conventional nonlinear optical techniques. Their exceptional properties, namely large anti-Stokes shifts, sharp emission spectra and long excited-state lifetimes, have led to a diversity of applications. Here, we review upconversion nanocrystals from the perspective of fundamental concepts and examine the technical challenges in relation to emission colour tuning and luminescence enhancement. In particular, we highlight the advances in functionalization strategies that enable the broad utility of upconversion nanocrystals for multimodal imaging, cancer therapy, volumetric displays and photonics.

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