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Synthesis of Core-shell Lanthanide-doped Upconversion Nanocrystals for Cellular Applications
Published on: November 10, 2017
Ultrabright Lanthanide Nanoparticles
Joan Goetz1, Aline Nonat1, Abdoulaye Diallo1
1Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Moléculaire Appliquée à l'Analyse, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, École Européenne de Chimie, Polymères et Matériaux, IPHC, UMR 7178, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, 25 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex, France.
Abstract:
Invited for this month's cover are the collaborating groups of Dr. Loïc J. Charbonnière at CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, France and Dr. Ka-Leung Wong at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. The cover picture shows terbium-doped LaF3 nanoparticles that are surface functionalized by photon-harvesting antenna ligands. Surface capping with antenna ligands leads to ultrabright nanoparticles, with the typical green luminescence signature of the Tb atoms and very long excited-state lifetimes. These lanthanide dots can be incorporated into living cells at nanomolar concentrations for luminescence microscopy imaging. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/cplu.201600007.
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