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Shen XA, Zhou H, Chen X, Wu J, Su Y, Huang X, Xiong Y. Janus plasmonic-aggregation induced emission nanobeads as high-performance colorimetric-fluorescent probe of immunochromatographic assay for the ultrasensitive detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin B in milk. Biosens Bioelectron 2024; 261:116458. [PMID: 38852321 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2024.116458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Herein, a colorimetric-fluorescent hybrid bifunctional nanobead with Janus structure (J-cf-HBN) was synthesized via one-pot microemulsification. Oleylamine-coated AuNPs and aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) were suggested as building blocks to obtain high-performance colorimetric-fluorescent signals. The as-prepared J-cf-HBNs were used as a signal amplification probe to construct an immunochromatographic assay (J-cf-HBNs-ICA) platform for the ultrasensitive detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) in milk samples. Owing to the rational spatial distribution of AuNPs and AIEgens, the J-cf-HBNs present a highly retained photoluminescence and enhanced colorimetric signals. Combined with a pair of highly affinitive anti-SEB antibodies, the J-cf-HBN-ICA platform enabled the fast naked-eye visualization and fluorescent quantitative detection of SEB in various milk matrices. Given the advantages of the dual-mode high-performance J-cf-HBNs, the proposed strip achieved a high sensitivity for SEB qualitative determination with a visual limit of detection (LOD) of 1.56 ng mL-1 and exhibited ultrasensitivity for SEB quantitative detection with a LOD of 0.09 ng mL-1, which is 139-fold lower than that of ELISA using same antibodies. In conclusion, this work provides new insights into the construction of multimode immunochromatographic methods for food safety detection in the field.
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- Xuan-Ang Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China; Jiangxi Medicine Academy of Nutrition and Health Management, Nanchang, 330006, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China; Jiangxi Medicine Academy of Nutrition and Health Management, Nanchang, 330006, PR China; Jiangxi-OAI Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China.
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Zhao Q, Tian X, Ren L, Su Y, Su Q. Understanding of Lanthanide-Doped Core-Shell Structure at the Nanoscale Level. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 14:1063. [PMID: 38921939 PMCID: PMC11206442 DOI: 10.3390/nano14121063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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The groundbreaking development of lanthanide-doped core-shell nanostructures have successfully achieved precise optical tuning of rare-earth nanocrystals, leading to significant improvements in energy transfer efficiency and facilitating multifunctional integration. Exploring the atomic-level structural, physical, and optical properties of rare-earth core-shell nanocrystals is essential for advancing our understanding of their fundamental principles and driving the development of emerging applications. However, our knowledge of the atomic-level structural details of rare-earth nanocrystal core-shell structures remains limited. This review provides a comprehensive discussion of synthesis strategies, characterization techniques, interfacial ion-mixing phenomena, strain effects, and spectral modulation in core-shell structures of rare-earth-doped nanocrystals. Additionally, we prospectively discuss the challenges encountered in studying the fine structures of rare-earth-doped core-shell nanocrystals, particularly the increasing demand for researchers to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge and utilize high-end precision instruments.
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- Qing Zhao
- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency of Science Technology and Research, Singapore 138672, Singapore
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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Hu J, Zhao F, Ling H, Zhang Y, Liu Q. Single-particle Förster resonance energy transfer from upconversion nanoparticles to organic dyes. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2024; 6:2945-2953. [PMID: 38817426 PMCID: PMC11134271 DOI: 10.1039/d4na00198b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Single-particle detection and sensing, powered by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), offers precise monitoring of molecular interactions and environmental stimuli at a nanometric resolution. Despite its potential, the widespread use of FRET has been curtailed by the rapid photobleaching of traditional fluorophores. This study presents a robust single-particle FRET platform utilizing upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), which stand out for their remarkable photostability, making them superior to conventional organic donors for energy transfer-based assays. Our comprehensive research demonstrates the influence of UCNPs' size, architecture, and dye selection on the efficiency of FRET. We discovered that small particles (∼14 nm) with a Yb3+-enriched outermost shell exhibit a significant boost in FRET efficiency, a benefit not observed in larger particles (∼25 nm). 25 nm UCNPs with an inert NaLuF4 shell demonstrated a comparable level of emission enhancement via FRET as those with a Yb3+-enriched outermost shell. At the single-particle level, these FRET-enhanced UCNPs manifested an upconversion green emission intensity that was 8.3 times greater than that of their unmodified counterparts, while maintaining notable luminescence stability. Our upconversion FRET system opens up new possibilities for developing more effective high-brightness, high-sensitivity single-particle detection, and sensing modalities.
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- Jialing Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University Shanghai 200438 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University Shanghai 200438 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University Shanghai 200438 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University Shanghai 200438 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University Shanghai 200438 China
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Zhang W, Wang S, Ye W, Zhu Y, Li CA, Wang H, Dong C, Ma H, Yan M, An Z, Huang W, Deng R. Organic Excitonic State Management by Surface Metallic Coupling of Inorganic Lanthanide Nanocrystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202312151. [PMID: 37909102 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202312151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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The ability to harness charges and spins for control of organic excitonic states is critical in developing high-performance organic luminophores and optoelectronic devices. Here we report a facile strategy to efficiently manipulate the electronic energy states of various organic phosphors by coupling them with inorganic lanthanide nanocrystals. We show that the metallic atoms exposed on the nanocrystal surface can introduce strong coupling effects to 9-(4-ethoxy-6-phenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-9H-carbazole (OCzT) and some organic chromophores with carbazole functional groups when the organics are approaching the nanocrystals. This unconventional organic-inorganic hybridization enables a nearly 100 % conversion of the singlet excitation to fast charge transfer luminescence that does not exist in pristine organics, which broadens the utility of organic phosphors in hybrid systems.
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- Wenxing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, P. R. China
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Liang J, Cheng H, Zhao B, Hu Q, Xing Z, Zhang Y, Niu L. Boosting the Methanol Oxidation Reaction Activity of Pt-Ru Clusters via Resonance Energy Transfer. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2302149. [PMID: 37194975 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The sluggish kinetics of the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) with PtRu electrocatalyst severely hinder the commercialization of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The electronic structure of Pt is of significant importance for its catalytic activity. Herein, it is reported that low-cost fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) can regulate the behavior of the D-band center of Pt in PtRu clusters through resonance energy transfer (RET), resulting in a significant increase in the catalytic activity of the catalyst participating in methanol electrooxidation. For the first time, the bifunction of RET is used to provide unique strategy for fabrication of PtRu electrocatalysts, not only tunes the electronic structure of metals, but also provides an important role in anchoring metal clusters. Density functional theory calculations further prove that charge transfer between CDs and Pt promotes the dehydrogenation of methanol on PtRu catalysts and reduces the free energy barrier of the reaction associated with the oxidation of CO* to CO2 . This helps to improve the catalytic activity of the systems participating in MOR. The performance of the best sample is 2.76 times higher than that of commercial PtRu/C (213.0 vs 76.99 mW cm - 2 mg Pt - 1 ${\rm{mW\ cm}}^{ - 2}{\rm{\ mg}}_{{\rm{Pt}}}^{ - 1}$ ). The fabricated system can be potentially used for the efficient fabrication of DMFCs.
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- Jiahui Liang
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Sensing Materials & Devices /Center for Advanced Analytical Science/School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Sensing Materials & Devices /Center for Advanced Analytical Science/School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Sensing Materials & Devices /Center for Advanced Analytical Science/School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Sensing Materials & Devices /Center for Advanced Analytical Science/School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Sensing Materials & Devices /Center for Advanced Analytical Science/School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Sensing Materials & Devices /Center for Advanced Analytical Science/School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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Brightening heavily doped upconversion nanoparticles by tuning characteristics of core-shell structures. J RARE EARTH 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2023.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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Mulder J, Meijer MS, van Blaaderen JJ, du Fossé I, Jenkinson K, Bals S, Manna L, Houtepen AJ. Understanding and Preventing Photoluminescence Quenching to Achieve Unity Photoluminescence Quantum Yield in Yb:YLF Nanocrystals. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:3274-3286. [PMID: 36608312 PMCID: PMC9869336 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c17888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Ytterbium-doped LiYF4 (Yb:YLF) is a commonly used material for laser applications, as a photon upconversion medium, and for optical refrigeration. As nanocrystals (NCs), the material is also of interest for biological and physical applications. Unfortunately, as with most phosphors, with the reduction in size comes a large reduction of the photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), which is typically associated with an increase in surface-related PL quenching. Here, we report the synthesis of bipyramidal Yb:YLF NCs with a short axis of ∼60 nm. We systematically study and remove all sources of PL quenching in these NCs. By chemically removing all traces of water from the reaction mixture, we obtain NCs that exhibit a near-unity PLQY for an Yb3+ concentration below 20%. At higher Yb3+ concentrations, efficient concentration quenching occurs. The surface PL quenching is mitigated by growing an undoped YLF shell around the NC core, resulting in near-unity PLQY values even for fully Yb3+-based LiYbF4 cores. This unambiguously shows that the only remaining quenching sites in core-only Yb:YLF NCs reside on the surface and that concentration quenching is due to energy transfer to the surface. Monte Carlo simulations can reproduce the concentration dependence of the PLQY. Surprisingly, Förster resonance energy transfer does not give satisfactory agreement with the experimental data, whereas nearest-neighbor energy transfer does. This work demonstrates that Yb3+-based nanophosphors can be synthesized with a quality close to that of bulk single crystals. The high Yb3+ concentration in the LiYbF4/LiYF4 core/shell nanocrystals increases the weak Yb3+ absorption, making these materials highly promising for fundamental studies and increasing their effectiveness in bioapplications and optical refrigeration.
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- Jence
T. Mulder
- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department
of Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
(IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Optoelectronic
Materials Section, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Heydari E, AmirAhmadi J, Ghazyani N, Bai G, Zare-Behtash H, MajlesAra M. Dual-mode nanophotonic upconversion oxygen sensors. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:13362-13372. [PMID: 36069333 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02193e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Nanophotonic biosensors capable of being excited in the NIR spectrum have applications in various sectors. Here, we develop a 980 nm-excitable nanophotonic sensor for real-time oxygen detection in both water and air by analyzing the photoluminescence lifetime and intensity using a nanocomposite of lanthanide-doped NaYF4:Yb3+,Tm3+ upconversion nanoparticles and a PtTFPP platinum porphyrin complex in a polystyrene matrix. Excellent overlap between the emission of the upconversion nanoparticles and the excitation band of the PtTFPP guarantees 68% efficient excitation of the PtTFPP molecules with a 980 nm NIR laser. For the first time, the oxygen sensitivity of the upconversion nanoparticles alone was reported, and it was demonstrated that the PL lifetime-based sensitivity slope was boosted more than 10 times by adding PtTFPP oxygen-sensitive molecules due to the energy transfer from the upconversion nano-emitters. In addition, the functionality of the upconversion-based sensor was investigated by analyzing its sensitivity, stability, reversibility, and temperature-dependent lifetime in both water and air, and its performance was compared with that of the sensor exposed to direct excitation at 410 nm. More importantly, the sensor was implanted under the skin of a chicken, and it was demonstrated that the PL intensity was amplified more than 12 times by employing the 980 nm excitation laser instead of 410 nm laser light. Therefore, excellent emission of the sensor under the skin paves the way for the development of implantable oxygen sensor platforms.
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- Esmaeil Heydari
- Faculty of Physics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 15719-14911, Iran.
- Applied Science Research Center, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 15719-14911, Iran
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- Faculty of Physics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 15719-14911, Iran.
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- Faculty of Physics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 15719-14911, Iran.
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- College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- Faculty of Physics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 15719-14911, Iran.
- Applied Science Research Center, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 15719-14911, Iran
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Kotulska AM, Pilch-Wróbel A, Lahtinen S, Soukka T, Bednarkiewicz A. Upconversion FRET quantitation: the role of donor photoexcitation mode and compositional architecture on the decay and intensity based responses. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2022; 11:256. [PMID: 35986019 PMCID: PMC9391450 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00946-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Lanthanide-doped colloidal nanoparticles capable of photon upconversion (UC) offer long luminescence lifetimes, narrowband absorption and emission spectra, and efficient anti-Stokes emission. These features are highly advantageous for Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) based detection. Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) as donors may solve the existing problems of molecular FRET systems, such as photobleaching and limitations in quantitative analysis, but these new labels also bring new challenges. Here we have studied the impact of the core-shell compositional architecture of upconverting nanoparticle donors and the mode of photoexcitation on the performance of UC-FRET from UCNPs to Rose Bengal (RB) molecular acceptor. We have quantitatively compared luminescence rise and decay kinetics of Er3+ emission using core-only NaYF4: 20% Yb, 2% Er and core-shell NaYF4: 20% Yb @ NaYF4: 20% Yb, 5% Er donor UCNPs under three photoexcitation schemes: (1) direct short-pulse photoexcitation of Er3+ at 520 nm; indirect photoexcitation of Er3+ through Yb3+ sensitizer with (2) 980 nm short (5-7 ns) or (3) 980 nm long (4 ms) laser pulses. The donor luminescence kinetics and steady-state emission spectra differed between the UCNP architectures and excitation schemes. Aiming for highly sensitive kinetic upconversion FRET-based biomolecular assays, the experimental results underline the complexity of the excitation and energy-migration mechanisms affecting the Er3+ donor responses and suggest ways to optimize the photoexcitation scheme and the architecture of the UCNPs used as luminescent donors.
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- Agata M Kotulska
- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul. Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland
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- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul. Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland
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- Department of Life Technologies/Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Life Technologies/Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520, Turku, Finland.
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- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul. Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland.
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Kong FF, Tian XJ, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Chen G, Yu YJ, Jing SH, Gao HY, Luo Y, Yang JL, Dong ZC, Hou JG. Wavelike electronic energy transfer in donor-acceptor molecular systems through quantum coherence. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 17:729-736. [PMID: 35668169 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01142-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Quantum-coherent intermolecular energy transfer is believed to play a key role in light harvesting in photosynthesis and photovoltaics. So far, a direct, real-space demonstration of quantum coherence in donor-acceptor systems has been lacking because of the fragile quantum coherence in lossy molecular systems. Here, we precisely control the separations in well-defined donor-acceptor model systems and unveil a transition from incoherent to coherent electronic energy transfer. We monitor the fluorescence from the heterodimers with subnanometre resolution through scanning tunnelling microscopy induced luminescence. With decreasing intermolecular distance, the dipole coupling strength increases and two new emission peaks emerge: a low-intensity peak blueshifted from the donor emission, and an intense peak redshifted from the acceptor emission. Spatially resolved spectroscopic images of the redshifted emission exhibit a σ antibonding-like pattern and thus indicate a delocalized nature of the excitonic state over the whole heterodimer due to the in-phase superposition of molecular excited states. These observations suggest that the exciton can travel coherently through the whole heterodimer as a quantum-mechanical wavepacket. In our model system, the wavelike quantum-coherent transfer channel is three times more efficient than the incoherent channel.
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- Fan-Fang Kong
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
- School of Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei, China.
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- School of Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- School of Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- School of Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
- School of Physics and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei, China.
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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Voigt D, Primavera G, Uphoff H, Rethmeier JA, Schepp L, Bredol M. Ternary Chalcogenide-Based Quantum Dots and Carbon Nanotubes: Establishing a Toolbox for Controlled Formation of Nanocomposites. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:9076-9090. [PMID: 35686224 PMCID: PMC9169613 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A general procedure based on electrostatic self-assembly for preparing nanocomposites based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and ternary chalcogenide semiconductor nanoparticles is shown. This was achieved by surface functionalization of the single components through well-established protocols, for CNTs, and a transferable general strategy for the nanoparticles. Heterostructures were then synthesized through electrostatic interaction between oppositely charged components. Structural, colloidal, and optical properties were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, ζ-potential, and absorption- and (time-resolved) photoluminescence measurements. Interestingly, the nanocomposites showed a blue shift in their excitation and emission spectra when compared to the pure nanoparticles but only when analyzed in powder form. Further investigations in the form of density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to evaluate the origin of the change in the optical properties.
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- Dominik Voigt
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, FH Münster
University of Applied Sciences, Stegerwaldstr. 39, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, FH Münster
University of Applied Sciences, Stegerwaldstr. 39, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany
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- Department
of Physical Engineering, FH Münster
University of Applied Sciences, Stegerwaldstr. 39, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, FH Münster
University of Applied Sciences, Stegerwaldstr. 39, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, FH Münster
University of Applied Sciences, Stegerwaldstr. 39, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, FH Münster
University of Applied Sciences, Stegerwaldstr. 39, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany
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Rao M, Fan C, Ji J, Liang W, Wei L, Zhang D, Yan Z, Wu W, Yang C. Catalytic Chiral Photochemistry Sensitized by Chiral Hosts-Grafted Upconverted Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:21453-21460. [PMID: 35486103 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c02313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Singlet chiral photocatalysis is highly challenging. Herein, we report fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based chiral photocatalysis with γ-cyclodextrin (CD)-grafted lanthanide-doped upconverted nanoparticles (UCNP). The CD-modified UCNP strongly emits in the UV wavelength region upon excitation with a 980 nm laser, which selectively sensitizes the photosubstrates complexed by CD on the surface of UCNP through FRET. Therefore, enantiodifferentiating photocyclodimerization of anthracene or naphthalene derivatives sensitized by the CD-modified UCNP gives photoproducts in good enantioselectivity even in the presence of a catalytic amount of CD-modified UCNP. Moreover, the photocatalysts are readily separated and could be reused for at least six cycles without decreasing the enantioselectivity.
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- Ming Rao
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Institute of Environmental Science, Department of Chemistry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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Chen T, Shang Y, Zhu Y, Hao S, Yang C. Activators Confined Upconversion Nanoprobe with Near-Unity Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Efficiency for Ultrasensitive Detection. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:19826-19835. [PMID: 35438973 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) as energy donors for Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) are promising in biosensing, bioimaging, and therapeutic applications. However, traditional FRET-based UC nanoprobes show low efficiency and poor sensitivity because only partial activators in UCNPs possessing suitable distance with energy acceptors (<10 nm) can activate the FRET process. Herein, a novel excited-state energy distribution-modulated upconversion nanostructure is explored for highly efficient FRET. Integration of the optimal 4% Er3+ doped shell and 100% Yb3+ core achieves ∼4.5-fold UC enhancement compared with commonly used NaYF4:20%Yb3+,2%Er3+ nanoparticles, enabling maximum donation of excitation energy to an acceptor. The spatial confinement strategy shortens significantly the energy-transfer distance (∼4.5 nm) and thus demonstrates experimentally a 91.9% FRET efficiency inside the neutral red (NR)-conjugated NaYbF4@NaYF4:20%Yb3+,4%Er3+ nanoprobe, which greatly outperforms the NaYbF4@NaYF4:20%Yb3+,4%Er3+@SiO2@NR nanoprobe (27.7% efficiency). Theoretical FRET efficiency calculation and in situ single-nanoparticle FRET measurement further confirm the excellent energy-transfer behavior. The well-designed nanoprobe shows a much lower detection limit of 0.6 ng/mL and higher sensitivity and is superior to the reported NO2- probes. Our work provides a feasible strategy to exploit highly efficient FRET-based luminescence nanoprobes for ultrasensitive detection of analytes.
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- Tong Chen
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
- Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang, China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
- Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang, China
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Pilch-Wrobel A, Kotulska AM, Lahtinen S, Soukka T, Bednarkiewicz A. Engineering the Compositional Architecture of Core-Shell Upconverting Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles for Optimal Luminescent Donor in Resonance Energy Transfer: The Effects of Energy Migration and Storage. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2200464. [PMID: 35355389 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) between single molecule donor (D) and acceptor (A) is well understood from a fundamental perspective and is widely applied in biology, biotechnology, medical diagnostics, and bio-imaging. Lanthanide doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) have demonstrated their suitability as alternative donor species. Nevertheless, while they solve most disadvantageous features of organic donor molecules, such as photo-bleaching, spectral cross-excitation, and emission bleed-through, the fundamental understanding and practical realizations of bioassays with UCNP donors remain challenging. Among others, the interaction between many donor ions (in donor UCNP) and many acceptors anchored on the NP surface and the upconversion itself within UCNPs, complicate the decay-based analysis of D-A interaction. In this work, the assessment of designed virtual core-shell NP (VNP) models leads to the new designs of UCNPs, such as …@Er, Yb@Er, Yb@YbEr, which are experimentally evaluated as donor NPs and compared to the simulations. Moreover, the luminescence rise and decay kinetics in UCNP donors upon RET is discussed in newly proposed disparity measurements. The presented studies help to understand the role of energy-transfer and energy migration between lanthanide ion dopants and how the architecture of core-shell UCNPs affects their performance as FRET donors to organic acceptor dyes.
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- Aleksandra Pilch-Wrobel
- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul.Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland
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- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul.Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland
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- Department of Life Technologies/Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku, 20520, Finland
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- Department of Life Technologies/Biotechnology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku, 20520, Finland
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- Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, ul.Okolna 2, Wrocław, 50-422, Poland
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Liu Y, Teng L, Yin B, Meng H, Yin X, Huan S, Song G, Zhang XB. Chemical Design of Activatable Photoacoustic Probes for Precise Biomedical Applications. Chem Rev 2022; 122:6850-6918. [PMID: 35234464 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Photoacoustic (PA) imaging technology, a three-dimensional hybrid imaging modality that integrates the advantage of optical and acoustic imaging, has great application prospects in molecular imaging due to its high imaging depth and resolution. To endow PA imaging with the ability for real-time molecular visualization and precise biomedical diagnosis, numerous activatable molecular PA probes which can specifically alter their PA intensities upon reacting with the targets or biological events of interest have been developed. This review highlights the recent developments of activatable PA probes for precise biomedical applications including molecular detection of the biotargets and imaging of the biological events. First, the generation mechanism of PA signals will be given, followed by a brief introduction to contrast agents used for PA probe design. Then we will particularly summarize the general design principles for the alteration of PA signals and activatable strategies for developing precise PA probes. Furthermore, we will give a detailed discussion of activatable PA probes in molecular detection and biomedical imaging applications in living systems. At last, the current challenges and outlooks of future PA probes will be discussed. We hope that this review will stimulate new ideas to explore the potentials of activatable PA probes for precise biomedical applications in the future.
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- Yongchao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Green Catalysis Center, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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Liu S, Yan L, Huang J, Zhang Q, Zhou B. Controlling upconversion in emerging multilayer core-shell nanostructures: from fundamentals to frontier applications. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:1729-1765. [PMID: 35188156 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00753j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lanthanide-based upconversion nanomaterials have recently attracted considerable attention in both fundamental research and various frontier applications owing to their excellent photon upconversion performance and favourable physicochemical properties. In particular, the emergence of multi-layer core-shell (MLCS) nanostructures offers a versatile and powerful tool to realize well-defined matrix compositions and spatial distributions of the dopant on the nanometer length scale. In contrast to the conventional nanomaterials and commonly investigated core-shell nanoparticles, the rational design of MLCS nanostructures allows us to deliberately introduce more functional properties into an upconversion system, thus providing unprecedented opportunities for the precise manipulation of energy transfer channels, the dynamic control of upconversion processes, the fine tuning of switchable emission colours and new functional integration at a single-particle level. In this review, we present a summary and discussion on the key aspects of the recent progress in lanthanide-based MLCS nanoparticles, including the manipulation of emission and lifetime, the switchable multicolour output and the lanthanide ionic interactions on the nanoscale. Benefitting from the multifunctional and versatile luminescence properties, the MLCS nanostructures exhibit great potential in diversities of frontier applications such as three-dimensional display, upconversion laser, optical memory, anti-counterfeiting, thermometry, bioimaging, and therapy. The outlook and challenges as well as perspectives for the research in MLCS nanostructure materials are also provided. This review would be greatly helpful in exploring new structural designs of lanthanide-based materials to further manipulate the upconversion phenomenon and expand their application boundaries.
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- Songbin Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, and Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China.
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Zheng B, Fan J, Chen B, Qin X, Wang J, Wang F, Deng R, Liu X. Rare-Earth Doping in Nanostructured Inorganic Materials. Chem Rev 2022; 122:5519-5603. [PMID: 34989556 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Impurity doping is a promising method to impart new properties to various materials. Due to their unique optical, magnetic, and electrical properties, rare-earth ions have been extensively explored as active dopants in inorganic crystal lattices since the 18th century. Rare-earth doping can alter the crystallographic phase, morphology, and size, leading to tunable optical responses of doped nanomaterials. Moreover, rare-earth doping can control the ultimate electronic and catalytic performance of doped nanomaterials in a tunable and scalable manner, enabling significant improvements in energy harvesting and conversion. A better understanding of the critical role of rare-earth doping is a prerequisite for the development of an extensive repertoire of functional nanomaterials for practical applications. In this review, we highlight recent advances in rare-earth doping in inorganic nanomaterials and the associated applications in many fields. This review covers the key criteria for rare-earth doping, including basic electronic structures, lattice environments, and doping strategies, as well as fundamental design principles that enhance the electrical, optical, catalytic, and magnetic properties of the material. We also discuss future research directions and challenges in controlling rare-earth doping for new applications.
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- Bingzhu Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Institute of Environmental Health, MOE Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental & Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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Xiao X, Zheng B, Zheng Q, Lu Z, Cen D, Cai X, Li X, Deng R. NIR light‐triggered peroxynitrite anion production via direct lanthanide‐triplet photosensitization for enhanced photodynamic therapy. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:4501-4508. [DOI: 10.1039/d2tb00684g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Peroxynitrite anion (ONOO−), a product derived from reaction between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO), is considered to be a more toxic reactive specie than most ROS for...
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Yue L, Yuan S, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Sun Q, Zhang H, Xue S, Yang W. Gaining New Insights into Trace Guest Doping Role in Manipulating Organic Crystal Phosphorescence. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:11616-11621. [PMID: 34813339 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Trace guest doping systems often show better room temperature phosphorescence (RTP), but trace guest doping role and mechanism are not recognized well. Here we cocrystallize commercial (CCZ) and self-made (LCZ) carbazole derivatives and verify that 0.2‰ isomer doping can afford the deserved crystal RTP, but further increasing the isomer amount hardly improves RTP. Isomer doping does not affect crystal stacking modes and intermolecular interactions and is inefficient in monomolecular and amorphous states. LCZ derivatives are intrinsically phosphorescent, but crystallization itself cannot effectively inhibit thermal deactivation, and isomer doping restricts nonradiative relaxation and reduces the energy level of the triplet emissive state via space action at a distance rather than currently described adjacent intermolecular interactions. This work has updated some existing views and represented an important conceptual advance in a fresh understanding of trace guest doping RTP systems.
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- Lingtai Yue
- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science & Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science & Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science & Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science & Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science & Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science & Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science & Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics of Ministry of Education/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, School of Polymer Science & Engineering, Qingdao University of Science &Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
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Dye Sensitization for Ultraviolet Upconversion Enhancement. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11113114. [PMID: 34835876 PMCID: PMC8623389 DOI: 10.3390/nano11113114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Upconversion nanocrystals that converted near-infrared radiation into emission in the ultraviolet spectral region offer many exciting opportunities for drug release, photocatalysis, photodynamic therapy, and solid-state lasing. However, a key challenge is the development of lanthanide-doped nanocrystals with efficient ultraviolet emission, due to low conversion efficiency. Here, we develop a dye-sensitized, heterogeneous core–multishelled lanthanide nanoparticle for ultraviolet upconversion enhancement. We systematically study the main influencing factors on ultraviolet upconversion emission, including dye concentration, excitation wavelength, and dye-sensitizer distance. Interestingly, our experimental results demonstrate a largely promoted multiphoton upconversion. The underlying mechanism and detailed energy transfer pathway are illustrated. These findings offer insights into future developments of highly ultraviolet-emissive nanohybrids and provide more opportunities for applications in photo-catalysis, biomedicine, and environmental science.
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Chu H, Cao T, Dai G, Liu B, Duan H, Kong C, Tian N, Hou D, Sun Z. Recent advances in functionalized upconversion nanoparticles for light-activated tumor therapy. RSC Adv 2021; 11:35472-35488. [PMID: 35493151 PMCID: PMC9043211 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra05638g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are a class of optical nanocrystals doped with lanthanide ions that offer great promise for applications in controllable tumor therapy. In recent years, UCNPs have become an important tool for studying the treatment of various malignant and nonmalignant cutaneous diseases. UCNPs convert near-infrared (NIR) radiation into shorter-wavelength visible and ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which is much better than conventional UV activated tumor therapy as strong UV-light can be damaging to healthy surrounding tissue. Moreover, UV light generally does not penetrate deeply into the skin, an issue that UCNPs can now address. However, the current studies are still in the early stage of research, with a long way to go before clinical implementation. In this paper, we systematically analysed recent advances in light-activated tumor therapy using functionalized UCNPs. We summarized the purpose and mechanism of UCNP-based photodynamic therapy (PDT), gene therapy, immunotherapy, chemo-therapy and integrated therapy. We believe the creation of functional materials based on UCNPs will offer superior performance and enable innovative applications, increasing the scope and opportunities for cancer therapy in the future.
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- Hongqian Chu
- Translational Medicine Center, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 101149 PR China .,Beijing Key Laboratory in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute Beijing 101149 PR China
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- Translational Medicine Center, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 101149 PR China .,Beijing Key Laboratory in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute Beijing 101149 PR China
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- Translational Medicine Center, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 101149 PR China .,Beijing Key Laboratory in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute Beijing 101149 PR China
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- School of Science, Minzu University of China Beijing 100081 PR China
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- Translational Medicine Center, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 101149 PR China .,Beijing Key Laboratory in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute Beijing 101149 PR China
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- Translational Medicine Center, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 101149 PR China .,Beijing Key Laboratory in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute Beijing 101149 PR China
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- Translational Medicine Center, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 101149 PR China .,Beijing Key Laboratory in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute Beijing 101149 PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 101149 PR China
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- Translational Medicine Center, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing 101149 PR China .,Beijing Key Laboratory in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Research, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute Beijing 101149 PR China
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Sun G, Xie Y, Sun L, Zhang H. Lanthanide upconversion and downshifting luminescence for biomolecules detection. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2021; 6:766-780. [PMID: 34569585 DOI: 10.1039/d1nh00299f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biomolecules play critical roles in biological activities and are closely related to various disease conditions. The reliable, selective and sensitive detection of biomolecules holds much promise for specific and rapid biosensing. In recent years, luminescent lanthanide probes have been widely used for monitoring the activity of biomolecules owing to their long luminescence lifetimes and line-like emission which allow time-resolved and ratiometric analyses. In this review article, we concentrate on recent advances in the detection of biomolecule activities based on lanthanide luminescent systems, including upconversion luminescent nanoparticles, lanthanide-metal organic frameworks, and lanthanide organic complexes. We also introduce the latest remarkable accomplishments of lanthanide probes in the design principles and sensing mechanisms, as well as the forthcoming challenges and perspectives for practical achievements.
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- Guotao Sun
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
- Research Center of Nano Science and Technology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.
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Wang F, Li Z, Zhang X, Luo R, Hou H, Lei J. Transformable upconversion metal-organic frameworks for near-infrared light-programmed chemotherapy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:7826-7829. [PMID: 34278389 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02670d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A transformable upconversion MOF comprising a UCNP core and an azobenzene-based MOF shell is designed for NIR light-modulated chemotherapy. The dual Förster resonance energy transfers (FRETs) involved in this delivery system trigger the transformation of the MOF for drug release and prodrug activation, thus significantly inhibiting the tumor growth and metastasis.
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- Fang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Zhang K, Zhu G, Wei Y, Zhang L, Shen Y. Engineering of an Upconversion Luminescence Sensing Platform Based on the Competition Effect for Mercury-Ion Monitoring in Green Tea. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:8565-8570. [PMID: 34310878 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c03100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Accurately monitoring mercury ions (Hg2+) in food and agriculture-related matrixes (e.g., green tea) is of great significance to safeguard food safety. Here, we employed upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to engineer a cysteine (Cys)-assisted anti-Stokes luminescence sensing platform (UCNPs-AuNPs) for precisely detecting residual Hg2+ in green tea through the competition effect. Initially, AuNPs could effectively quench the luminescence of UCNPs through the luminescence resonance energy transfer process, which was then interrupted by Cys-triggered AuNP aggregation via Au-S, thereby restoring UCNP luminescence. Interestingly, owing to the competition effect with AuNPs toward Cys, Hg2+ could weaken the luminescence restoring efficiency, achieving a Hg2+ concentration-dependent luminescence change. On this basis, a facile, reliable, and sensitive upconversion luminescence sensing platform for monitoring residual Hg2+ in green tea was successfully established. This study offers a novel insight into integrating the competition effect and anti-Stokes luminescence for food- and agriculture-related contaminant monitoring.
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- Keying Zhang
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Spin Electron and Nanomaterials of Anhui Higher Education Institues; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Suzhou University, Suzhou, Anhui 234000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Spin Electron and Nanomaterials of Anhui Higher Education Institues; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Suzhou University, Suzhou, Anhui 234000, China
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- School of Food & Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Spin Electron and Nanomaterials of Anhui Higher Education Institues; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Suzhou University, Suzhou, Anhui 234000, China
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- School of Food & Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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Lanthanides-doped near-infrared active upconversion nanocrystals: Upconversion mechanisms and synthesis. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Wang Y, Gao H, Yang J, Fang M, Ding D, Tang BZ, Li Z. High Performance of Simple Organic Phosphorescence Host-Guest Materials and their Application in Time-Resolved Bioimaging. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2007811. [PMID: 33772942 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202007811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The study of purely organic room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) has drawn increasing attention because of its considerable theoretical research and practical application value. Currently, organic RTP materials with both high efficiency (ΦP > 20%) and a long lifetime (τP > 10 s) in air are still scarce due to the lack of related design guidance. Here, a new strategy to increase the phosphorescence performance of organic materials by integrating the RTP host and RTP guest in one doping system to form a triplet exciplex, is reported. With these materials, the high-contrast labeling of tumors in living mice and encrypted patterns in thermal printing are both successfully realized by taking advantage of both the long afterglow time (up to 25 min in aqueous media) and high phosphorescence efficiency (43%).
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- Yunsheng Wang
- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
- Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
- Joint School of National University of Singapore, Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou, 350207, China
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Ning Y, Yang J, Si H, Wu H, Zheng X, Qin A, Tang BZ. Ultralong organic room-temperature phosphorescence of electron-donating and commercially available host and guest molecules through efficient Förster resonance energy transfer. Sci China Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9980-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Bao G, Wen S, Lin G, Yuan J, Lin J, Wong KL, Bünzli JCG, Jin D. Learning from lanthanide complexes: The development of dye-lanthanide nanoparticles and their biomedical applications. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Jana S, Xu X, Klymchenko A, Reisch A, Pons T. Microcavity-Enhanced Fluorescence Energy Transfer from Quantum Dot Excited Whispering Gallery Modes to Acceptor Dye Nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2021; 15:1445-1453. [PMID: 33378154 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Whispering gallery mode (WGM) microcavities are emerging as potential candidates in the field of biosensing applications, as their resonance wavelengths shift with changes in the refractive index in the region of their evanescent field. Their high-quality resonance modes and accessible surface functionalities make them promising for molecular assays, but their high sensitivity makes them inherently unstable. Here, we demonstrate that WGM resonances also strongly enhance fluorescence energy transfer between donors placed inside the microcavity and acceptors placed outside. We load colloidal quantum dots (QDs) into polymeric microspheres to provide WGMs that benefit from the QD optical features when used as energy-transfer donors. Spectroscopic analysis of the emission from the microcavities shows that the high quality of WGMs enables a very efficient energy transfer to dye-loaded polymer nanoparticle acceptors placed in their vicinity. Compared to Förster resonance energy transfer, WGM-enabled energy transfer (WGET) occurs over a much more extended volume, thanks to the delocalization of the mode over a typically 105 times larger surface and to the extension of the WGM electromagnetic field to larger distances (>100 nm vs a few nm) from the surface of the microcavity. The resulting sensing scheme combines the sensitivity of WGM spectroscopy with the specificity and simple detection schemes of fluorescence energy transfer, thus providing a potentially powerful class of biosensors.
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- Subha Jana
- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Étude des matériaux (LPEM, UMR 8213), ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Étude des matériaux (LPEM, UMR 8213), ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies UMR 7021, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies UMR 7021, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d'Étude des matériaux (LPEM, UMR 8213), ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 75005 Paris, France
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Fu H, Ma Y, Liu Y, Hong M. Local-structure-dependent luminescence in lanthanide-doped inorganic nanocrystals for biological applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:2970-2981. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07699f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This feature article overviews the recent advances in the local-structure-dependent luminescence in lanthanide-doped inorganic nanocrystals for various biological applications.
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- Huhui Fu
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fuzhou
- China
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Bednarkiewicz A, Chan EM, Prorok K. Enhancing FRET biosensing beyond 10 nm with photon avalanche nanoparticles. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:4863-4872. [PMID: 36132913 PMCID: PMC9417941 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00404a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) between donor (D) and acceptor (A) molecules is a phenomenon commonly exploited to study or visualize biological interactions at the molecular level. However, commonly used organic D and A molecules often suffer from photobleaching and spectral bleed-through, and their spectral properties hinder quantitative analysis. Lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) as alternative D species offer significant improvements in terms of photostability, spectral purity and background-free luminescence detection, but they bring new challenges related to multiple donor ions existing in a single large size UCNP and the need for nanoparticle biofunctionalization. Considering the relatively short Förster distance (typically below 5-7 nm), it becomes a non-trivial task to assure sufficiently strong D-A interaction, which translates directly to the sensitivity of such bio-sensors. In this work we propose a solution to these issues, which employs the photon avalanche (PA) phenomenon in lanthanide-doped materials. Using theoretical modelling, we predict that these PA systems would be highly susceptible to the presence of A and that the estimated sensitivity range extends to distances 2 to 4 times longer (i.e. 10-25 nm) than those typically found in conventional FRET systems. This promises high sensitivity, low background and spectral or temporal biosensing, and provides the basis for a radically novel approach to combine luminescence imaging and self-normalized bio-molecular interaction sensing.
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- Artur Bednarkiewicz
- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences Okolna 2 50-422 Wroclaw Poland
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences Okolna 2 50-422 Wroclaw Poland
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Zhou J, Li C, Li D, Liu X, Mu Z, Gao W, Qiu J, Deng R. Single-molecule photoreaction quantitation through intraparticle-surface energy transfer (i-SET) spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4297. [PMID: 32855425 PMCID: PMC7453008 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18223-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Quantification of nanoparticle-molecule interaction at a single-molecule level remains a daunting challenge, mainly due to ultra-weak emission from single molecules and the perturbation of the local environment. Here we report the rational design of an intraparticle-surface energy transfer (i-SET) process, analogous to high doping concentration-induced surface quenching effects, to realize single-molecule sensing by nanoparticle probes. This design, based on a Tb3+-activator-rich core-shell upconversion nanoparticle, enables a much-improved spectral response to fluorescent molecules at single-molecule levels through enhanced non-radiative energy transfer with a rate over an order of magnitude faster than conventional counterparts. We demonstrate a quantitative analysis of spectral changes of one to four fluorophores tethered on a single nanoparticle through i-SET spectroscopy. Our results provide opportunities to identify photoreaction kinetics at single-molecule levels and provide direct information for understanding behaviors of individual molecules with unprecedented sensitivity.
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- Jian Zhou
- Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China. .,Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Lin C, Xia Z, Zhang L, Chen X, Sun Q, Lu M, Yuan Z, Xie X, Huang L. Organic Linkers Enable Tunable Transfer of Migrated Energy from Upconversion Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:31783-31792. [PMID: 32539325 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c07683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Energy transfer plays a pivotal role in applying lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) as optical probes for diverse applications, particularly in biology and medicine. However, achieving tunable energy transfer from UCNPs to different acceptors remains a daunting challenge. Here, we demonstrate that using small organic molecules as linkers, the energy transfer from UCNPs to acceptors can be modulated. Specifically, organic linkers can enable efficient energy transfer from NaGdF4:Yb/Tm@NaGdF4 core-shell UCNPs to different acceptors. Moreover, the organic linker-mediated energy transfer can be facilely tuned by simply changing organic linkers. Based on our mechanistic investigations, the extraction of Gd3+ migrated energy from UCNPs by organic linkers and the subsequent energy injection from linkers to acceptors should be the two key processes for controlling the energy transfer. The tunable energy transfer from UCNPs allows us to design novel applications, including sensors and optical waveguides, based on UCNPs. These findings may open up new ways to develop UCNP-based bioapplications and advance further fabrication of hybrid upconversion nanomaterials.
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- Chen Lin
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Center for Functional Materials, NUS (Suzhou) Research Institute, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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Zhao M, Li B, Wu Y, He H, Zhu X, Zhang H, Dou C, Feng L, Fan Y, Zhang F. A Tumor-Microenvironment-Responsive Lanthanide-Cyanine FRET Sensor for NIR-II Luminescence-Lifetime In Situ Imaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2001172. [PMID: 32490572 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202001172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Deep tissue imaging in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) window holds great promise for widespread fundamental research. However, inhomogeneous signal attenuation due to tissue absorption and scattering hampers its application for accurate in vivo biosensing. Here, lifetime-based in situ hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) detection in NIR-II region is presented using a tumor-microenvironment (peroxynitrite, ONOO- )-responsive lanthanide-cyanine Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) nanosensor. A specially designed ONOO- -responsive NIR-II dye, MY-1057, is synthesized as the FRET acceptor. Robust lifetime sensing is demonstrated to be independent of tissue penetration depth. Tumor lesions are accurately distinguished from normal tissue due to the recovery lifetime. Magnetic resonance imaging and liver dissection results illustrate the reliability of lifetime-based detection in single and multiple HCC models. Moreover, the ONOO- amount can be calculated according to the standard curve.
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- Mengyao Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChem, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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Melnychuk N, Egloff S, Runser A, Reisch A, Klymchenko AS. Light‐Harvesting Nanoparticle Probes for FRET‐Based Detection of Oligonucleotides with Single‐Molecule Sensitivity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201913804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Nina Melnychuk
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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Melnychuk N, Egloff S, Runser A, Reisch A, Klymchenko AS. Light‐Harvesting Nanoparticle Probes for FRET‐Based Detection of Oligonucleotides with Single‐Molecule Sensitivity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:6811-6818. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Nina Melnychuk
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et PathologiesUMR 7021 CNRSFaculté de PharmacieUniversité de Strasbourg 74, Route du Rhin 67401 Illkirch France
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Pandey R, Kumar A, Xu Q, Pandey DS. Zinc(ii), copper(ii) and cadmium(ii) complexes as fluorescent chemosensors for cations. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:542-568. [PMID: 31894793 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt03017d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The fluorescence chemosensing behavior of Zn(ii), Cu(ii), and Cd(ii) based complexes toward cations has been described. Cation detection via conventional mechanisms, metal-metal exchange and chemodosimetric approaches along with the importance of metal ions and the scope, significance, and challenges with regard to the detection of cations by metal complex based probes will be discussed in detail. The fundamentals of photophysical behavior and mechanisms involved in the fluorescence detection of analytes will also be described. This article provides a detailed overview of Zn(ii), Cu(ii), and Cd(ii) based complexes as fluorescent probes for cations, together with essential discussions pertaining to detection mechanisms.
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- Rampal Pandey
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, Srinagar, Garhwal 246174, India
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Wang Z, Ai X, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Wu X, Haindl R, Yeow EKL, Drexler W, Gao M, Xing B. NIR nanoprobe-facilitated cross-referencing manifestation of local disease biology for dynamic therapeutic response assessment. Chem Sci 2019; 11:803-811. [PMID: 34123056 PMCID: PMC8146619 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc04909f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Pharmacological interventions for effective treatment require opportune, dynamic and accurate manifestation of pathological status. Traditional clinical techniques relying on biopsy-based histological examinations and blood tests are dramatically restricted due to their invasiveness, unsatisfactory precision, non-real-time reporting and risk of complications. Although current strategies through molecular imaging enable non-invasive and spatiotemporal mapping of pathological changes in intact organisms, environment-activatable, sensitive and quantitative sensing platforms, especially for dynamic feedback of the therapeutic response, are still urgently desired in practice. Herein, we innovatively integrate deep-tissue penetrable multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) and near-infrared (NIR) optical imaging based technology by tailoring a free radical-responsive chromophore with photon-upconverting nanocrystals. During the therapeutic process, the specific reactions between the drug-stimulated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and radical-sensitive probes result in an absorption shift, which can be captured by MSOT. Meanwhile, the radical-triggered reaction also induces multispectral upconversion luminescence (UCL) responses that exhibit the opposite trend in comparison to MSOT. Such reversed-ratiometric dual-modal imaging outcomes provide an ideal cross-referencing system that guarantees the maximum sensing specificity and sensitivity, thus enabling precise disease biology evaluation and treatment assessments in vivo.
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- Zhimin Wang
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Center for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna 1090 Vienna Austria
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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- Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna 1090 Vienna Austria
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- Center for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637371 Singapore
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Siefe C, Mehlenbacher RD, Peng CS, Zhang Y, Fischer S, Lay A, McLellan CA, Alivisatos AP, Chu S, Dionne JA. Sub-20 nm Core-Shell-Shell Nanoparticles for Bright Upconversion and Enhanced Förster Resonant Energy Transfer. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:16997-17005. [PMID: 31592655 PMCID: PMC8259630 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b09571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Upconverting nanoparticles provide valuable benefits as optical probes for bioimaging and Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) due to their high signal-to-noise ratio, photostability, and biocompatibility; yet, making nanoparticles small yields a significant decay in brightness due to increased surface quenching. Approaches to improve the brightness of UCNPs exist but often require increased nanoparticle size. Here we present a unique core-shell-shell nanoparticle architecture for small (sub-20 nm), bright upconversion with several key features: (1) maximal sensitizer concentration in the core for high near-infrared absorption, (2) efficient energy transfer between core and interior shell for strong emission, and (3) emitter localization near the nanoparticle surface for efficient FRET. This architecture consists of β-NaYbF4 (core) @NaY0.8-xErxGd0.2F4 (interior shell) @NaY0.8Gd0.2F4 (exterior shell), where sensitizer and emitter ions are partitioned into core and interior shell, respectively. Emitter concentration is varied (x = 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 80%) to investigate influence on single particle brightness, upconversion quantum yield, decay lifetimes, and FRET coupling. We compare these seven samples with the field-standard core-shell architecture of β-NaY0.58Gd0.2Yb0.2Er0.02F4 (core) @NaY0.8Gd0.2F4 (shell), with sensitizer and emitter ions codoped in the core. At a single particle level, the core-shell-shell design was up to 2-fold brighter than the standard core-shell design. Further, by coupling a fluorescent dye to the surface of the two different architectures, we demonstrated up to 8-fold improved emission enhancement with the core-shell-shell compared to the core-shell design. We show how, given proper consideration for emitter concentration, we can design a unique nanoparticle architecture to yield comparable or improved brightness and FRET coupling within a small volume.
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- Chris Siefe
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Boucard J, Briolay T, Blondy T, Boujtita M, Nedellec S, Hulin P, Grégoire M, Blanquart C, Ishow E. Hybrid Azo-fluorophore Organic Nanoparticles as Emissive Turn-on Probes for Cellular Endocytosis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:32808-32814. [PMID: 31424916 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b12989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The development of fluorescent organic nanoparticles, serving as bioimaging agents or drug cargos, represents a buoyant field of investigations. Nevertheless, their ulterior fate and structural integrity after cell uptake remain elusive. Toward this aim, we have elaborated original photoactive organic nanoparticles (dTEM ∼ 35-50 nm wide) with an off-on signal upon cellular internalization. Such nanoparticles are based on the noncovalent association of red-emitting benzothiadiazole (BDZ) derivatives and azo dyes, acting as fluorescence quenchers. Upon varying the azo/BDZ ratio, we found that quantitative emission quenching could be obtained with only a 0.2:1 azo/BDZ ratio and originated from exergonic oxidative and reductive photoinduced electron transfer from the azo units (ΔelG0 = -0.21 and -0.29 eV, respectively). Such results revisited the origin of emission quenching, often confusedly ascribed to Förster resonance energy transfer. A nonlinear and sharp drop of the emission intensity with the increase in the azo unit density n was observed and presents comparable evolution to a n-1/3 mathematical law. Thorough biological examinations involving cancer cells prove a receptor-independent endocytosis pathway, leading to progressive cell lighting upon nanoparticle accumulation in the late endosomal/lysosomal compartments. Complete emission recovery of the initially quenched azo/BDZ nanosystems could be achieved by using mefloquine, which caused endosomal/lysosomal disruption, and release of their content in the cytoplasm. Such results demonstrate that the dotlike emission from endosomes actually stems from fully dissociated individual dyes and not integer nanoparticles. They conclude on the high spatial confinement promoted by organelles and finally question its severe impact on functional compounds or nanoparticles whose properties are strongly distance dependent.
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- Joanna Boucard
- CEISAM-UMR CNRS 6230 , Université de Nantes , 2 rue de la Houssinière , 44322 Nantes , France
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- CRCINA, INSERM , Université d'Angers, Université de Nantes , 44007 Nantes , France
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- CRCINA, INSERM , Université d'Angers, Université de Nantes , 44007 Nantes , France
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- CEISAM-UMR CNRS 6230 , Université de Nantes , 2 rue de la Houssinière , 44322 Nantes , France
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- INSERM UMS 016-UMS CNRS 3556 , 8 quai Moncousu , 44007 Nantes , France
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- INSERM UMS 016-UMS CNRS 3556 , 8 quai Moncousu , 44007 Nantes , France
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- CRCINA, INSERM , Université d'Angers, Université de Nantes , 44007 Nantes , France
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- CRCINA, INSERM , Université d'Angers, Université de Nantes , 44007 Nantes , France
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- CEISAM-UMR CNRS 6230 , Université de Nantes , 2 rue de la Houssinière , 44322 Nantes , France
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Zhang X, Chen W, Xie X, Li Y, Chen D, Chao Z, Liu C, Ma H, Liu Y, Ju H. Boosting Luminance Energy Transfer Efficiency in Upconversion Nanoparticles with an Energy‐Concentrating Zone. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:12117-12122. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201906380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Xiaobo Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry DepartmentSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShaanxi Normal University Xi'an 710062 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShaanxi Normal University Xi'an 710062 China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry DepartmentSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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Zhang X, Chen W, Xie X, Li Y, Chen D, Chao Z, Liu C, Ma H, Liu Y, Ju H. Boosting Luminance Energy Transfer Efficiency in Upconversion Nanoparticles with an Energy‐Concentrating Zone. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201906380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Xiaobo Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry DepartmentSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShaanxi Normal University Xi'an 710062 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringShaanxi Normal University Xi'an 710062 China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry DepartmentSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life ScienceSchool of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringNanjing University Nanjing 210023 China
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Multiplexed detection of small noncoding RNAs responsible for posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression, known as miRNAs, is essential for understanding and controlling cell development. However, the lifetimes of miRNAs are short and their concentrations are low, which inhibits the development of miRNA-based methods, diagnostics, and treatment of many diseases. Here we show that DNA-bridged assemblies of gold nanorods with upconverting nanoparticles can simultaneously quantify two miRNA cancer markers, namely miR-21 and miR-200b. Energy upconversion in nanoparticles affords efficient excitation of fluorescent dyes via energy transfer in the superstructures with core-satellite geometry where gold nanorods are surrounded by upconverting nanoparticles. Spectral separation of the excitation beam and dye emission wavelengths enables drastic reduction of signal-to-noise ratio and the limit of detection to 3.2 zmol/ngRNA (0.11 amol or 6.5 × 104 copies) and 10.3 zmol/ngRNA (0.34 amol or 2.1 × 105 copies) for miR-21 and miR-200b, respectively. Zeptomolar sensitivity and analytical linearity with respect to miRNA concentration affords multiplexed detection and imaging of these markers, both in living cells and in vivo assays. These findings create a pathway for the creation of an miRNA toolbox for quantitative epigenetics and digital personalized medicine.
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Qin X, Xu J, Wu Y, Liu X. Energy-Transfer Editing in Lanthanide-Activated Upconversion Nanocrystals: A Toolbox for Emerging Applications. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2019; 5:29-42. [PMID: 30693323 PMCID: PMC6346627 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Advanced nanoscale synthetic techniques provide a versatile platform for programmable control over the size, morphology, and composition of nanocrystals doped with lanthanide ions. Characteristic upconversion luminescence features originating from the 4f-4f optical transitions of lanthanides can be achieved through predesigned energy transfer pathways, enabling wide applications ranging from ultrasensitive biological detection to advanced spectroscopic instrumentation with high spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we review recent scientific and technological discoveries that have prompted the realization of these peculiar functions of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals and discuss the mechanistic studies of energy transfer involved in upconversion processes. These advanced schemes include cross relaxation-mediated depletion, multipulse sequential pumping, and nanostructural configuration design. Our emphasis is placed on disruptive technologies such as super-resolution microscopy, optogenetics, nanolasing, and optical anticounterfeiting, which take full advantage of the upconversion nanophenomena in relation to lanthanide-doped nanocrystals.
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- Xian Qin
- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
- Center
for Functional Materials, NUS Suzhou Research
Institute, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P.
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Lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) exhibit unique optical characteristics, including a large anti-Stokes shift, a long luminescence lifetime, sharp emission bands, and high photostability. These virtues make UCNPs highly useful in many emerging applications such as biolabeling, security, multicolor displays, and optogenetics. Despite the enticing prospects of UCNPs, their practical utility is greatly hindered by the low efficiency of the conversion from near-infrared (NIR) excitation to visible emission. In a typical nanosystem codoped with sensitizers and activators, upconversion processes occur through NIR light sensitization, energy transfer from sensitizers to activators, sequential energy population at the excited states of the activators, and eventually the release of higher-energy photons. In fact, in the upconversion nanosystem, each step in the energy flux, including NIR energy injection, energy transfer and migration, and energy dissipation, has a decisive effect on the resulting luminescence intensity. Important in-depth studies have been conducted in pursuit of brighter UCNPs. Specifically, lanthanide ions possessing larger absorption cross sections (Nd3+) or organic dye molecules have been chosen as NIR light sensitizers to improve the light harvesting ability of upconversion nanostructures. The doping concentration and spatial distribution of lanthanide ions are strictly managed to mitigate detrimental energy cross-talk processes. The surfaces of UCNPs are passivated with epitaxially grown layers to block surface quenching. Therefore, rational design of energy flux manipulation, through control of excitation energy collection, transmission, and release in a three-dimensional nanospace of UCNPs, is crucial in constructing nanosystems with high upconversion efficiencies. In this Account, from an energy flux manipulation perspective, we attempt to provide an overview of general and emerging strategies for the design of efficient lanthanide-mediated photon upconversion nanosystems. With the significant progress made over the past several years, we are now able to design a series of upconversion nanoplatforms with efficient NIR light harvesting ability, sufficient energy transmission channels, and low levels of luminescence quenching at the particle's surface. In addition to providing a deep understanding of the underlying mechanism of energy flux, these discoveries will guide the development of upconversion nanosystems with significantly improved performance. The key aspects of this Account of energy flux manipulation in upconversion nanosystems mainly include the management of NIR photon energy injection, the optimization of efficient energy transfer pathways, and the minimization of energy flux leakage. Future challenges and opportunities for the development of efficient upconversion nanosystems are also discussed.
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- Liangliang Liang
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543
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Neelambra AU, Govind C, Devassia TT, Somashekharappa GM, Karunakaran V. Direct evidence of solvent polarity governing the intramolecular charge and energy transfer: ultrafast relaxation dynamics of push–pull fluorene derivatives. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:11087-11102. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00796b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The occurrence of intramolecular charge transfer along with energy transfer controlled by the polarity of solvent is revealed by femtosecond and nanosecond transient absorption and emission spectroscopy.
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- Afeefah U. Neelambra
- Photosciences and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
- Thiruvananthapuram 695 019
- India
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- Photosciences and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
- Thiruvananthapuram 695 019
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
- India
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- Photosciences and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
- Thiruvananthapuram 695 019
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
- India
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- Photosciences and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
- Thiruvananthapuram 695 019
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
- India
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- Photosciences and Photonics Section, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
- Thiruvananthapuram 695 019
- India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
- India
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Soheyli E, Sahraei R, Nabiyouni G, Nazari F, Tabaraki R, Ghaemi B. Luminescent, low-toxic and stable gradient-alloyed Fe:ZnSe(S)@ZnSe(S) core:shell quantum dots as a sensitive fluorescent sensor for lead ions. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:445602. [PMID: 30106010 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aada29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In this paper, an aqueous-based approach is introduced for facile, fast, and green synthesis of gradient-alloyed Fe-doped ZnSe(S)@ZnSe(S) core:shell quantum dots (QDs) with intense and stable emission. Co-utilization of co-nucleation and growth doping strategies, along with systematic optimization of emission intensity, provide a well-controllable/general method to achieve internally doped QDs (d-dots) with intense emission. Results indicate that the alloyed ZnSe(S)@ZnSe(S) core:shell QDs have a gradient structure that consists of a Se-rich core and a S-rich shell. This gradient structure cannot only passivate the core d-dots by means of the wider band gap S-rich shell, but also minimizes the lattice mismatch between alloyed core-shell structures. Using this novel strategy and utilizing the wider band gap S-rich shell can obviously increase the cyan emission intensity and also drastically improve the emission stability against chemical and optical corrosion. Furthermore, the cytotoxicity experiments indicate that the obtained d-dots are nontoxic nanomaterials, and thus they can be considered as a promising alternative to conventional Cd-based QDs for fluorescent probes in biological fields. Finally, it is demonstrated that the present low-toxicity and gradient-alloyed core:shell d-dots can be used as sensitive chemical detectors for Pb2+ ions with excellent selectivity, small detection limit, and rapid response time.
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- Ehsan Soheyli
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Arak University, Arak 3815688394, Iran. Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Arak University, Arak, Iran. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ilam University, 65315-516, Ilam, Iran
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Zhang K, Song S, Huang S, Yang L, Min Q, Wu X, Lu F, Zhu JJ. Lighting Up MicroRNA in Living Cells by the Disassembly of Lock-Like DNA-Programmed UCNPs-AuNPs through the Target Cycling Amplification Strategy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:e1802292. [PMID: 30260566 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201802292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Intracellular microRNAs imaging based on upconversion nanoprobes has great potential in cancer diagnostics and treatments. However, the relatively low detection sensitivity limits their application. Herein, a lock-like DNA (LLD) generated by a hairpin DNA (H1) hybridizing with a bolt DNA (bDNA) sequence is designed, which is used to program upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs, NaYF4 @NaYF4 :Yb, Er@NaYF4 ) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The upconversion emission is quenched through luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET). The multiple LLD can be repeatedly opened by one copy of target microRNA under the aid of fuel hairpin DNA strands (H2) to trigger disassembly of AuNPs from the UCNP, resulting in the lighting up of UCNPs with a high detection signal gain. This strategy is verified using microRNA-21 as model. The expression level of microRNA-21 in various cells lines can be sensitively measured in vitro, meanwhile cancer cells and normal cells can be easily and accurately distinguished by intracellular microRNA-21 imaging via the nanoprobes. The detection limit is about 1000 times lower than that of the previously reported upconversion nanoprobes without signal amplification. This is the first time a nonenzymatic signal amplification method has been combined with UCNPs for imaging intracellular microRNAs, which has great potential for cancer diagnosis.
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- Keying Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Spin Electron and Nanomaterials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Suzhou University, Suzhou, Anhui, 234000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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Zhang Z, Shikha S, Liu J, Zhang J, Mei Q, Zhang Y. Upconversion Nanoprobes: Recent Advances in Sensing Applications. Anal Chem 2018; 91:548-568. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Zhiming Zhang
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, 200444, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, 200444, Shanghai, China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, 200444, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
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Tanner PA, Zhou L, Duan C, Wong KL. Misconceptions in electronic energy transfer: bridging the gap between chemistry and physics. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:5234-5265. [PMID: 29938282 DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00002f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Many treatments of energy transfer (ET) phenomena in current literature employ incorrect arguments and formulae and are not quantitative enough. This is unfortunate because we witness important breakthroughs from ET experiments in nanoscience. This review aims to clarify basic principles by focusing upon Förster-Dexter electric dipole-electric dipole (ED-ED) ET. The roles of ET in upconversion, downconversion and the antenna effect are described and the clichés and simple formulae to be avoided in ET studies are highlighted with alternative treatments provided.
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Affiliation(s)
- Peter A Tanner
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong S.A.R., P. R. China.
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