title: Luminescent europium nanoparticles with a wide excitation range from UV to visible light for biolabeling and time-gated luminescence bioimaging.
abstract: Silica-encapsulated highly luminescent europium nanoparticles with a wide excitation range from UV to visible light (200-450 nm) have been prepared and used for streptavidin labeling and time-gated luminescence imaging of an environmental pathogen, Giardia lamblia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Instrumentation & Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guilan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dayong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jingli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yafeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005063:Europium / Q000737:chemistry*; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000166:cytology / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D049449:Luminescence; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000379:methods*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D010777:Photochemistry; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D019809:Streptavidin / Q000032:analysis; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D005063:Europium; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D019809:Streptavidin