Issue 21, 2012
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Nanoscale

Lanthanide-doped upconverting phosphors for bioassay and therapy

Huichen Guoa  and  Shiqi Sun*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology and National Foot and Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China
E-mail: shiqisun21@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Lanthanide-doped fluorescent materials have gained increasing attention in recent years due to their unique luminescence properties which have led to their use in wide-ranging fields including those of biological applications. Aside from being used as agents for in vivo imaging, lanthanide-doped fluorescent materials also present many advantages for use in bioassays and therapy. In this review, we summarize the applications of lanthanide-doped up-converting phosphors (UCPs) in protein and gene detection, as well as in photodynamic and gene therapy in recent years, and outline their future potential in biological applications. The current report could serve as a reference for researchers in relevant fields.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2NR31967E
Article type
Minireview
Submitted
22 Jul 2012
Accepted
21 Aug 2012
First published
24 Aug 2012

Nanoscale, 2012,4, 6692-6706

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Lanthanide-doped upconverting phosphors for bioassay and therapy

H. Guo and S. Sun, Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 6692 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31967E

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