Recent Progress in Lanthanide-Doped Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals and Nanoheterostructures: A Future Vision of Bioimaging

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Title: Recent Progress in Lanthanide-Doped Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals and Nanoheterostructures: A Future Vision of Bioimaging
Authors: Gowri Manohari Arumugam, Santhosh Kumar Karunakaran, Raquel E. Galian, Julia Pérez-Prieto
Source: Nanomaterials, Vol 12, Iss 13, p 2130 (2022)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Chemistry
Subject Terms: inorganic perovskite, lanthanide-doped nanocrystals, upconversion photoluminescence, nanoheterostructure, Chemistry, QD1-999
More Details: All-inorganic lead halide perovskite nanocrystals have great potential in optoelectronics and photovoltaics. However, their biological applications have not been explored much owing to their poor stability and shallow penetration depth of ultraviolet (UV) excitation light into tissues. Interestingly, the combination of all-inorganic halide perovskite nanocrystals (IHP NCs) with nanoparticles consisting of lanthanide-doped matrix (Ln NPs, such as NaYF4:Yb,Er NPs) is stable, near-infrared (NIR) excitable and emission tuneable (up-shifting emission), all of them desirable properties for biological applications. In addition, luminescence in inorganic perovskite nanomaterials has recently been sensitized via lanthanide doping. In this review, we discuss the progress of various Ln-doped all-inorganic halide perovskites (LnIHP). The unique properties of nanoheterostructures based on the interaction between IHP NCs and Ln NPs as well as those of LnIHP NCs are also detailed. Moreover, a systematic discussion of basic principles and mechanisms as well as of the recent advancements in bio-imaging based on these materials are presented. Finally, the challenges and future perspectives of bio-imaging based on NIR-triggered sensitized luminescence of IHP NCs are discussed.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2079-4991
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/12/13/2130; https://doaj.org/toc/2079-4991
DOI: 10.3390/nano12132130
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/fe96459e5c784ba291dcb96b38a8d601
Accession Number: edsdoj.fe96459e5c784ba291dcb96b38a8d601
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20794991
DOI:10.3390/nano12132130
Published in:Nanomaterials
Language:English