Monodisperse silica nanoparticles encapsulating upconversion fluorescent and superparamagnetic nanocrystals.
A new type of multifunctional silica-coated nanocomposites, detectable by their upconversion fluorescence and addressable by a magnetic field, was synthesized.
Liu
Zhaoyang
Z
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Republic of Singapore.
Yi
Guangshun
G
Zhang
Haitao
H
Ding
Jun
J
Zhang
Yongwei
Y
Xue
Junmin
J
D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008280:Magnetics; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012822:Silicon Dioxide