TWEEN coated NaYF 4:Yb,Er/NaYF 4 core/shell upconversion nanoparticles for bioimaging and drug delivery

Wenlu Ren; Gan Tian; Shan Jian; Zhanjun Gu; Liangjun Zhou; Liang Yan; Shan Jin; Wenyan Yin; Yuliang Zhao

doi:10.1039/c2ra20855e

TWEEN coated NaYF ₄:Yb,Er/NaYF ₄ core/shell upconversion nanoparticles for bioimaging and drug delivery

Wenlu Ren, Gan Tian, Shan Jian, Zhanjun Gu, Liangjun Zhou, Liang Yan, Shan Jin, Wenyan Yin, Yuliang Zhao

Houston Methodist

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By using a commercially available surfactant (TWEEN), we report a simple and efficient method to convert hydrophobic NaYF ₄:Yb,Er/NaYF ₄ core/shell upconversion nanoparticles to hydrophilic ones for bioimaging and drug delivery.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7037-7041
Number of pages	5
Journal	RSC Advances
Volume	2
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ra20855e
State	Published - Aug 28 2012

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