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Published on: September 13, 2024
Luminescent Rare-earth-based Nanoparticles: A Summarized Overview of their Synthesis, Functionalization, and
Alberto Escudero1,2, Carolina Carrillo-Carrión3, Mikhail V Zyuzin4
1AG Biophotonik, Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Renthof 7, 35037, Marburg, Germany. alberto.escudero@csic.es.
Abstract:
Rare-earth-based nanoparticles are currently attracting wide research interest in material science, physics, chemistry, medicine, and biology due to their optical properties, their stability, and novel applications. We present in this review a summarized overview of the general and recent developments in their synthesis and functionalization. Their luminescent properties are also discussed, including the latest advances in the enhancement of their emission luminescence. Some of their more relevant and novel biomedical, analytical, and optoelectronic applications are also commented on.

