Hybrid nanostructures for high-sensitivity luminescence nanothermometry in the second biological window.

Cerón, Elizabeth Navarro; Ortgies, Dirk H; Del Rosal, Blanca; Ren, Fuqiang; Benayas, Antonio; Vetrone, Fiorenzo; Ma, Dongling; Sanz-Rodríguez, Francisco et al. · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Hybrid nanostructures containing neodymium-doped nanoparticles and infrared-emitting quantum dots constitute highly sensitive luminescent thermometers operating in the second biological window. They demonstrate that accurate subtissue fluorescence thermal sensing is possible.

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