Upconversion fluorescence imaging of cells and small animals using lanthanide doped nanocrystals

Water-Soluble Quantum Dots for Multiphoton Fluorescence Imaging in Vivo

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Fluorescence Intermittency, Engineering, Semiconductor Nanocrystals +15

Highly Efficient Multicolour Upconversion Emission in Transparent Colloids of Lanthanide‐Doped NaYF₄ Nanocrystals

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Optical Materials, Engineering, Colloidal Nanocrystals +20

Hexagonal Sodium Yttrium Fluoride Based Green and Blue Emitting Upconversion Phosphors

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X-ray Crystallography, Crystal Structure, Optical Materials +19

Synthesis of Colloidal Upconverting NaYF₄ Nanocrystals Doped with Er³⁺, Yb³⁺ and Tm³⁺, Yb³⁺ via Thermal Decomposition of Lanthanide Trifluoroacetate Precursors

John‐Christopher Boyer, Fiorenzo Vetrone, Louis A. Cuccia et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 1K citations

Materials Science, Lanthanide Trifluoroacetate Precursors, Nanocrystalline Material +15

Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Application of Size-Controlled Nanocrystalline NaYF₄:Yb,Er Infrared-to-Visible Up-Conversion Phosphors

Guangshun Yi, Huachang Lu, Shuying Zhao et al. · Nano Letters · 2004 · 972 citations

Nanoparticles, Chemical Engineering, Phosphorescence Imaging +13