title: Monodisperse silica nanoparticles encapsulating upconversion fluorescent and superparamagnetic nanocrystals.
abstract: A new type of multifunctional silica-coated nanocomposites, detectable by their upconversion fluorescence and addressable by a magnetic field, was synthesized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Republic of Singapore.
authors.forename: Zhaoyang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Guangshun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Yongwei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Junmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xue
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012822:Silicon Dioxide