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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 27, 期 38, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201702249
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biological windows; nanoparticles; subcutaneous thermal imaging; thermal sensing
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资金
- EU Framework Programme [COST-CM1403 action]
- FINEP (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos) [INFRAPESQ-11, INFRAPESQ-12]
- CNPq (Conselho Nacional de DesenvolvimentoCientifico e Tecnologico) grant INCT NANO(BIO) SIMES [483238/2013-9]
- CAPES (Coordenadoria de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior) [A077/2013]
- CNPq
- PVE [A077/2013]
- Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia [MAT2016-75586-C4-4-P, MAT2016-75362-C3-1-R]
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Banco Santander
Some of the old and unrealizable dreams of biomedicine have become possible thanks to the appearance of novel advanced materials such as luminescent nanothermometers, nanoparticles capable of providing a contactless thermal reading through their light emission properties. Luminescent nanothermometers have already been demonstrated to be capable of in vivo subcutaneous punctual thermal reading but their real application as diagnosis tools still requires demonstrating their actual capacity for the acquisition of in vivo, time-resolved subcutaneous thermal images. The transfer from 1D to 2D subcutaneous thermal sensing is blocked in the last years mainly due to the lack of high sensitivity luminescent nanothermometers operating in the infrared biological windows. This work demonstrates how core/shell engineering, in combination with selective rare earth doping, can be used to develop supersensitive infrared luminescent nanothermometers. Erbium, thulium, and ytterbium core-shell LaF3 nanoparticles, operating within the biological windows, provide thermal sensitivities as large as 5% degrees C-1. This record sensitivity has allowed for the final acquisition of subcutaneous thermal videos of a living animal. Subsequent analysis of thermal videos allows for an unequivocal determination of intrinsic properties of subcutaneous tissues, opening the venue to the development of novel thermal imaging-based diagnosis tools.
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