Theranostic Upconversion Nanoparticles (I)

Guanying Chen^1✉, Gang Han^{2 ✉}

1. Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260 (USA)
2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605 (USA)

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Citation:
Chen G, Han G. Theranostic Upconversion Nanoparticles (I). Theranostics 2013; 3(4):289-291. doi:10.7150/thno.6382. Available from https://www.thno.org/v03p0289.htm

Abstract

This theme issue provides a comprehensive collection of original research articles on the creation of diverse types of theranostic upconversion nanoparticles, their fundamental interactions in biology, as well as their biophotonic applications in noninvasive diagnostics and therapy.

Keywords: Upconversion, Bioimaging, Nontoxicity, Plasmonics, Multimodal.