Monodisperse silica nanoparticles encapsulating upconversion fluorescent and superparamagnetic nanocrystals

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Feb 14:(6):694-6. doi: 10.1039/b715402j.

Abstract

A new type of multifunctional silica-coated nanocomposites, detectable by their upconversion fluorescence and addressable by a magnetic field, was synthesized.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis*
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • Magnetics*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Silicon Dioxide