title: Upconverting nanoparticles for the near infrared photoactivation of transition metal complexes: new opportunities and challenges in medicinal inorganic photochemistry.
abstract: The article highlights the emergent use of upconverting nanoparticles as tools for the near infrared photoactivation of transition metal complexes, identifying opportunities and challenges of this approach in the context of medicinal inorganic chemistry.
authors.affiliation: CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20009, Spain. lsalassa@cicbiomagune.es lsalassa@dipc.org.
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruggiero
authors.affiliation: CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20009, Spain. lsalassa@cicbiomagune.es lsalassa@dipc.org.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alonso-de Castro
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
authors.forename: Abraha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Habtemariam
authors.affiliation: CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20009, Spain. lsalassa@cicbiomagune.es lsalassa@dipc.org and Kimika Fakultatea, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P.K. 1072, Donostia-San Sebastián, 20080, Spain and Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, 48011, Spain.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salassa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D010777:Photochemistry; D028561:Transition Elements / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D028561:Transition Elements