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Lamon S, Yu H, Zhang Q, Gu M. Lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles for low-energy super-resolution applications. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2024; 13:252. [PMID: 39277593 PMCID: PMC11401911 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01547-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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Energy-intensive technologies and high-precision research require energy-efficient techniques and materials. Lens-based optical microscopy technology is useful for low-energy applications in the life sciences and other fields of technology, but standard techniques cannot achieve applications at the nanoscale because of light diffraction. Far-field super-resolution techniques have broken beyond the light diffraction limit, enabling 3D applications down to the molecular scale and striving to reduce energy use. Typically targeted super-resolution techniques have achieved high resolution, but the high light intensity needed to outperform competing optical transitions in nanomaterials may result in photo-damage and high energy consumption. Great efforts have been made in the development of nanomaterials to improve the resolution and efficiency of these techniques toward low-energy super-resolution applications. Lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles that exhibit multiple long-lived excited energy states and emit upconversion luminescence have enabled the development of targeted super-resolution techniques that need low-intensity light. The use of lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles in these techniques for emerging low-energy super-resolution applications will have a significant impact on life sciences and other areas of technology. In this review, we describe the dynamics of lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles for super-resolution under low-intensity light and their use in targeted super-resolution techniques. We highlight low-energy super-resolution applications of lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles, as well as the related research directions and challenges. Our aim is to analyze targeted super-resolution techniques using lanthanide ion-doped upconversion nanoparticles, emphasizing fundamental mechanisms governing transitions in lanthanide ions to surpass the diffraction limit with low-intensity light, and exploring their implications for low-energy nanoscale applications.
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- Simone Lamon
- School of Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, China.
- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, China.
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- School of Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, China
- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, China
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- School of Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, China
- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, China
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- School of Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, China.
- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, China.
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Chao J, Lin H, Yu D, Hong R, Han Z, Tao C, Zhang D. Optical Temperature-Sensing Performance of La 2Ce 2O 7:Ho 3+ Yb 3+ Powders. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:1692. [PMID: 38612204 PMCID: PMC11012755 DOI: 10.3390/ma17071692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
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In this paper, La2Ce2O7 powders co-activated by Ho3+ and Yb3+ were synthesized by a high temperature solid-state reaction. Both Ho3+ and Yb3+ substitute the La3+ sites in the La2Ce2O7 lattice, where the Ho3+ concentration is 0.5 at.% and the Yb3+ concentration varies in the range of 10~18% at.%. Pumped by a 980 nm laser, the up-conversion (UC) green emission peak at 547 nm and the red emission at 661 nm were detected. When the doping concentration of Ho3+ and Yb3+ are 0.5 at.% and 14% at.%, respectively, the UC emission reaches the strongest intensity. The temperature-sensing performance of La2Ce2O7:Ho3+ with Yb3+ was studied in the temperature range of 303-483 K, where the highest relative sensitivity (Sr) is 0.0129 K-1 at 483 K. The results show that the powder La2Ce2O7:Ho3+, Yb3+ can be a potential candidate for remote temperature sensors.
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- Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, No. 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai 200093, China; (J.C.); (Z.H.); (D.Z.)
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Nishida K, Tseng PH, Chen YC, Wu PH, Yang CY, Yang JH, Chen WR, Pashina O, Petrov MI, Chen KP, Chu SW. Optical Bistability in Nanosilicon with Record Low Q-Factor. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:11727-11733. [PMID: 38014963 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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We demonstrated optical bistability in an amorphous silicon Mie resonator with a size of ∼100 nm and Q-factor as low as ∼4 by utilizing photothermal and thermo-optical effects. We not only experimentally confirmed the steep intensity transition and the hysteresis in the scattering response from silicon nanocuboids but also established a physical model to numerically explain the underlying mechanism based on temperature-dependent competition between photothermal heating and heat dissipation. The transition between the bistable states offered particularly steep superlinearity of scattering intensity, reaching an effective nonlinearity order of ∼100th power over excitation intensity, leading to the potential of advanced optical switching devices and super-resolution microscopy.
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- Kentaro Nishida
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 301 Gaofa third Road, Tainan 711, Taiwan
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- Institute of Photonic System, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 301 Gaofa third Road, Tainan 711, Taiwan
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- Institute of Photonic System, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 301 Gaofa third Road, Tainan 711, Taiwan
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- Physics and Engineering Department, ITMO University, St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- Physics and Engineering Department, ITMO University, St. Petersburg 197101, Russia
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- Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 301 Gaofa third Road, Tainan 711, Taiwan
- Institute of Photonics Technology, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, R.O.C
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Molecular Imaging Center, National Taiwan University, 1, Sec 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Sec 2, Guangfu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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Curchoe CL. Proceedings of the first world conference on AI in fertility. J Assist Reprod Genet 2023; 40:215-222. [PMID: 36598733 PMCID: PMC9935785 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-022-02704-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Liang Y, Zhu Z, Qiao S, Guo X, Pu R, Tang H, Liu H, Dong H, Peng T, Sun LD, Widengren J, Zhan Q. Migrating photon avalanche in different emitters at the nanoscale enables 46th-order optical nonlinearity. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 17:524-530. [PMID: 35469009 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01101-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A photon avalanche (PA) effect that occurs in lanthanide-doped solids gives rise to a giant nonlinear response in the luminescence intensity to the excitation light intensity. As a result, much weaker lasers are needed to evoke such PAs than for other nonlinear optical processes. Photon avalanches are mostly restricted to bulk materials and conventionally rely on sophisticated excitation schemes, specific for each individual system. Here we show a universal strategy, based on a migrating photon avalanche (MPA) mechanism, to generate huge optical nonlinearities from various lanthanide emitters located in multilayer core/shell nanostructrues. The core of the MPA nanoparticle, composed of Yb3+ and Pr3+ ions, activates avalanche looping cycles, where PAs are synchronously achieved for both Yb3+ and Pr3+ ions under 852 nm laser excitation. These nanocrystals exhibit a 26th-order nonlinearity and a clear pumping threshold of 60 kW cm-2. In addition, we demonstrate that the avalanching Yb3+ ions can migrate their optical nonlinear response to other emitters (for example, Ho3+ and Tm3+) located in the outer shell layer, resulting in an even higher-order nonlinearity (up to the 46th for Tm3+) due to further cascading multiplicative effects. Our strategy therefore provides a facile route to achieve giant optical nonlinearity in different emitters. Finally, we also demonstrate applicability of MPA emitters to bioimaging, achieving a lateral resolution of ~62 nm using one low-power 852 nm continuous-wave laser beam.
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- Yusen Liang
- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Experimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Experimental Biomolecular Physics, Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, Institute of Laser Life Science, Guangdong Engineering Research Centre of Optoelectronic Intelligent Information Perception, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
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Cao Y, Wu J, Zheng X, Lu Y, Piper JA, Lu Y, Packer NH. Assessing the activity of antibodies conjugated to upconversion nanoparticles for immunolabeling. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1209:339863. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.339863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Gupta M, Nagarajan R, Ramamurthy C, Vivekanandan P, Prakash GV. KLa (0.95-x)Gd xF 4:Eu 3+ hexagonal phase nanoparticles as luminescent probes for in vitro Huh-7 cancer cell imaging. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:5197-5207. [PMID: 33881075 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00539a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A facile chemical route is reported for synthesizing red-emitting photoluminescent/MRI multi-functional KLa(0.95-x)GdxF4:Eu3+ (x = 0 to 0.4) bio-compatible nanomaterials for targeted in vitro tumor imaging. Hexagonal phase pure nanoparticles show a significant and systematic change in morphology with enhanced photoluminescence due to the substitution of La3+ with Gd3+ ions. Single phase β-KLa(0.95-x)GdxF4:Eu3+ exhibits multifunctional properties, both intense red emission and strong paramagnetism for high-contrast bioimaging applications. These silica capped magnetic/luminescent nanoparticles show long-term colloidal stability, optical transparency in water, strong red emission, and low cytotoxicity. The cellular uptake of coated nanoparticles was investigated in liver cancer cell line Huh-7. Our findings suggest that these nanoparticles can serve as highly luminescent imaging probes for in vitro applications with potential for in vivo and live cell imaging applications.
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- Mohini Gupta
- Nanophotonics Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016 India. and Materials Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
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- Materials Chemistry Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
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- Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India.
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- Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016, India.
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- Nanophotonics Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 110016 India.
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De Camillis S, Ren P, Cao Y, Plöschner M, Denkova D, Zheng X, Lu Y, Piper JA. Controlling the non-linear emission of upconversion nanoparticles to enhance super-resolution imaging performance. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:20347-20355. [PMID: 33006350 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr04809g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) exhibit unique optical properties such as photo-emission stability, large anti-Stokes shift, and long excited-state lifetimes, allowing significant advances in a broad range of applications from biomedical sensing to super-resolution microscopy. In recent years, progress on nanoparticle synthesis led to the development of many strategies for enhancing their upconversion luminescence, focused in particular on heavy doping of lanthanide ions and core-shell structures. In this article, we investigate the non-linear emission properties of fully Yb-based core-shell UCNPs and their impact on the super-resolution performance of stimulated excitation-depletion (STED) microscopy and super-linear excitation-emission (uSEE) microscopy. Controlling the power-dependent emission curve enables us to relax constraints on the doping concentrations and to reduce the excitation power required for accessing sub-diffraction regimes. We take advantage of this feature to implement multiplexed super-resolution imaging of a two-sample mixture.
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- Simone De Camillis
- ARC Centre of excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. and CNBP, School of Engineering and Physics, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. and CNBP, Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- ARC Centre of excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. and School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, QLD 4072, Australia
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- ARC Centre of excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. and Institute for BioEngineering of Catalonia (IBEC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- ARC Centre of excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. and CNBP, School of Engineering and Physics, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- ARC Centre of excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.
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