Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Low irradiance multiphoton imaging with alloyed lanthanide nanocrystals

  • Bining Tian,
  • Angel Fernandez-Bravo,
  • Hossein Najafiaghdam,
  • Nicole A. Torquato,
  • M. Virginia P. Altoe,
  • Ayelet Teitelboim,
  • Cheryl A. Tajon,
  • Yue Tian,
  • Nicholas J. Borys,
  • Edward S. Barnard,
  • Mekhail Anwar,
  • Emory M. Chan,
  • P. James Schuck,
  • Bruce E. Cohen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05577-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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By using a near-IR optical excitation, upconverting nanoparticles may enable high-resolution imaging deep in tissue. Here, Tian et al. introduce alloyed upconverting nanoparticles with improved brightness due to newly described energy transfer pathways.