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ReviewNature communications2018

Advances in highly doped upconversion nanoparticles.

Shihui Wen, Jiajia Zhou, Kezhi Zheng, Artur Bednarkiewicz, Xiaogang Liu, Dayong Jin

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Review in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 217 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

217 citing papers in PubMed.

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157 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shihui WenInstitute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
Jiajia ZhouInstitute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-5745
Kezhi ZhengDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore.
Artur BednarkiewiczInstitute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Okólna 2, 50-422, Wroclaw, Poland. a.bednarkiewicz@int.pan.wroc.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4113-0365
Xiaogang LiuDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore. chmlx@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2517-5790
Dayong JinInstitute for Biomedical Materials & Devices (IBMD), Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia. dayong.jin@uts.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1046-2666

Funding

Australian Research Council (ARC) DE180100669Australian Research Council (ARC) FT 130100517National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51720105015National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 61729501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are capable of converting near-infra-red excitation into visible and ultraviolet emission. Their unique optical properties have advanced a broad range of applications, such as fluorescent microscopy, deep-tissue bioimaging, nanomedicine, optogenetics, security labelling and volumetric display. However, the constraint of concentration quenching on upconversion luminescence has hampered the nanoscience community to develop bright UCNPs with a large number of dopants. This review surveys recent advances in developing highly doped UCNPs, highlights the strategies that bypass the concentration quenching effect, and discusses new optical properties as well as emerging applications enabled by these nanoparticles.

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PMID29925838
PMCPMC6010470

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