title: Facile synthesis of lanthanide nanoparticles with paramagnetic, down- and up-conversion properties.
abstract: Lanthanide materials play an important role in biomedical researches, among which paramagnetic, down- and up-conversion lanthanide nanoparticles are of particular interest. However, little effort has been made to develop versatile lanthanide nanoparticles with these properties combined in a single particle. Herein, we present a facile strategy to make multifunctional lanthanide nanoparticles by doping sensitized lanthanide complexes into porous silica coated on up-conversion NaYF(4) nanocrystals. The nanoparticles not only show strong down- and up-conversion fluorescence but also exhibit high magnetic resonance properties.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 7 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore.
authors.forename: Zhengquan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry; D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements / Q000737:chemistry*; D008280:Magnetics; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D015019:Yttrium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements; C525362:sodium yttriumtetrafluoride; D015019:Yttrium; D005459:Fluorides