Issue 42, 2008
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Dalton Transactions

Luminescent rare earth nanomaterials for bioprobe applications

Jie Shen,a   Ling-Dong Suna  and  Chun-Hua Yan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications & PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing
E-mail: yan@pku.edu.cn
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Abstract

Inorganic fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) have initiated an extensive upsurge in biological application research. Just as quantum dots are regarded as a vigorous reinforcement of the organic dye family, rare earth (RE) fluorescent NPs, as another phosphors branch, also possess unique optical characteristics. The advantages of RE NPs in photostability and colorimetric purity make them suitable for bioprobe applications. Since the preparation technologies have been well developed, it is favourable to prompt the research in the interdisciplinary field of biology and material sciences. Herein, we summarize the synthesis and performance, together with bioprobe applications of RE oxide, sulfoxide, vanadate, phosphate, fluoride, and sodium RE fluoride nanomaterials. The prospects of these promising materials as applied in the biological field is described to draw readers′ attention and to attract more research interest.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B805306E
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
01 Apr 2008
Accepted
27 May 2008
First published
06 Aug 2008

Dalton Trans., 2008, 5687-5697

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J. Shen, L. Sun and C. Yan, Dalton Trans., 2008, 5687 DOI: 10.1039/B805306E

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