TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis of high-quality lanthanide oxybromides nanocrystals with single-source precursor for promising applications in cancer cells imaging
AU - Yan, Dong
AU - Lei, Bo
AU - Chen, Bo
AU - Wu, Xue Jun
AU - Liu, Zhengqing
AU - Li, Na
AU - Ge, Juan
AU - Xue, Yumeng
AU - Du, Yaping
AU - Zheng, Zhiping
AU - Zhang, Hua
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the financial aid from the start-up funding from Xi’an Jiaotong University and the NSFC (Grant No. 21371140 ) and the US National Science Foundation (Grant CHE-1152609 ). This work was supported by MOE under AcRF Tier 2 (ARC 26/13, No. MOE2013-T2-1-034), AcRF Tier 1 (RG 61/12, RGT18/13 and RG5/13), and Start-Up Grant (M4080865.070.706022) in Singapore. This Research is also conducted by NTU-HUJ-BGU Nanomaterials for Energy and Water Management Program under the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) that is supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore.
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Nanocrystals of lanthanide oxybromides (LnOBrs) with low-phonon energy and high chemical stability are of particular interest for lighting and bioimaging applications. Here, for the first time, we report the synthesis of high-quality LnOBr (Ln = La, Eu, Gd, Tb) nanocrystals using the thermal decomposition of single-source precursors. Moreover, this robust and facile method can be used to synthesize optically active ultrathin EuOBr nanosheets and Eu3+-doped LaOBr nanocrystals with unique luminescence properties. Importantly, for the first time, the application of Eu3+-doped LaOBr nanocrystals in cancer cell imaging has been demonstrated.
AB - Nanocrystals of lanthanide oxybromides (LnOBrs) with low-phonon energy and high chemical stability are of particular interest for lighting and bioimaging applications. Here, for the first time, we report the synthesis of high-quality LnOBr (Ln = La, Eu, Gd, Tb) nanocrystals using the thermal decomposition of single-source precursors. Moreover, this robust and facile method can be used to synthesize optically active ultrathin EuOBr nanosheets and Eu3+-doped LaOBr nanocrystals with unique luminescence properties. Importantly, for the first time, the application of Eu3+-doped LaOBr nanocrystals in cancer cell imaging has been demonstrated.
KW - Cancer cells imaging
KW - Controlled synthesis
KW - High-quality LnOBr nanocrystals
KW - Lanthanide-containing nanomaterials
KW - Single-source precursor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apmt.2015.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.apmt.2015.06.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84976502777
SN - 2352-9407
VL - 1
SP - 20
EP - 26
JO - Applied Materials Today
JF - Applied Materials Today
IS - 1
ER -