Journal
DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY
Volume 22, Issue 9, Pages 1400-1411Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2017.04.003
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- A*STAR Personal Care Program
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Upconversion of light has attracted intensive studies for biomedical research, because it enables deeper tissue analysis owing to the longer wavelength of incident light, compared with conventional downconversion fluorescent materials. Triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA), as a typical mechanism of upconversion, does not necessitate high power excitation and exhibits a higher quantum yield than rare earth upconversion owing to more sensitizer options with higher absorption coefficients. A desirable wavelength range of excitation and emission can be realized by careful selection of the combination of sensitizer and activator. Therefore, TTA-UC is worth exploring further for biorelated applications, such as bioimaging and biodetection. Recent developments are reviewed in this article.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available