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Tuning the sensitivity of lanthanide-activated NIR nanothermometers in the biological windows

Paolo Cortelletti, Artiom Skripka, Camilla Facciotti, Monica Pedroni, Gianvito Caputo, Nicola Pinna, Marta Quintanilla, Antonio Benayas, Fiorenzo Vetrone, Adolfo Speghini

Nanoscale · 2017 · 87 citations · 62 references

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can generate light in the visible and UV regions upon near-infrared (NIR) laser excitation at 980 nm. The multishell structure combined with the rational choice of dopants proves to be particularly important to control and enhance the performance of nanoparticles as NIR nanothermometers.

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