ReviewNanoscale advances2021
Exploring the use of upconversion nanoparticles in chemical and biological sensors: from surface modifications to point-of-care devices.
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20 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Sensing with (One or Many) Upconverting Nanoparticles.Accounts of chemical research · 2026Article
- Carbon Dot-Based Electrochemical and Optical Sensors for Pharmaceutical Analysis and Point-of-Care Diagnostics.Biosensors · 2026Review
- Advances in fluorescence-based point-of-care diagnostics: probes, nanostructures and integrated systems.Journal of materials chemistry. C · 2026Review
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- Understanding shell coating effects to overcome quenching in single anisotropic upconversion nanoparticles.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A novel non-invasive sweat lactate biosensor and its application in human exercise monitoring.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Unlocking nature's brilliance: using Antarctic extremophile Shewanella baltica to biosynthesize lanthanide-containing nanoparticles with optical up-conversion.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2024Article
- Upconverting Nanoparticle-based Enhanced Luminescence Lateral-Flow Assay for Urinary Biomarker Monitoring.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2024Article
- Optical force sensor based on plasmon modulated upconversion luminescence.Advanced optical materials · 2024Article
- Brownian Motion Governs the Plasmonic Enhancement of Colloidal Upconverting Nanoparticles.Nano letters · 2024Article
- Highly sensitive and accurate detection of cholesterol based on a single red upconversion biosensor.RSC advances · 2024Article
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- Polyethylene Glycol-Mediated Directional Conjugation of Biological Molecules for Enhanced Immunoassays at the Point-of-Care.Polymers · 2023Article
- Upconversion Luminescence Response of a Single YVOMicromachines · 2023Article
- Assessing the reproducibility and up-scaling of the synthesis of Er,Yb-doped NaYFScientific reports · 2023Article
- Upconversion Nanomaterials in Bioimaging and Biosensor Applications and Their Biological Response.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- A SARS-Cov-2 sensor based on upconversion nanoparticles and graphene oxide.RSC advances · 2022Article
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Abstract
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have emerged as promising luminescent nanomaterials due to their unique features that allow the overcoming of several problems associated with conventional fluorescent probes. Although UCNPs have been used in a broad range of applications, it is probably in the field of sensing where they best evidence their potential. UCNP-based sensors have been designed with high sensitivity and selectivity, for detection and quantification of multiple analytes ranging from metal ions to biomolecules. In this review, we deeply explore the use of UCNPs in sensing systems emphasizing the most relevant and recent studies on the topic and explaining how these platforms are constructed. Before diving into UCNP-based sensing platforms it is important to understand the unique characteristics of these nanoparticles, why they are attracting so much attention, and the most significant interactions occurring between UCNPs and additional probes. These points are covered over the first two sections of the article and then we explore the types of fluorescent responses, the possible analytes, and the UCNPs' integration with various material types such as gold nanostructures, quantum dots and dyes. All the topics are supported by analysis of recently reported sensors, focusing on how they are built, the materials' interactions, the involved synthesis and functionalization mechanisms, and the conjugation strategies. Finally, we explore the use of UCNPs in paper-based sensors and how these platforms are paving the way for the development of new point-of-care devices.
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