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Luminescent Rare-earth-based Nanoparticles: A Summarized Overview of their Synthesis, Functionalization, and Applications

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Rare-earth-based nanoparticles are currently attracting wide research interest in material science, physics, chemistry, medicine, and biology due to their optical properties, their stability, and novel applications. We present in this review a summarized overview of the general and recent developments in their synthesis and functionalization. Their luminescent properties are also discussed, including the latest advances in the enhancement of their emission luminescence. Some of their more relevant and novel biomedical, analytical, and optoelectronic applications are also commented on.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a Junta de Andalucía (Spain) Talentia Postdoc Fellowship, co-financed by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme, Grant agreement No. 267226, and by the European Commission (Grant FutureNanoNeeds to WJP). CCC acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for a Juan de la Cierva—Incorporacion contract.

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  1. AG Biophotonik, Fachbereich Physik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Renthof 7, 35037, Marburg, Germany

    Alberto Escudero, Mikhail V. Zyuzin & Wolfgang J. Parak

  2. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, C. Américo Vespucio 49, E-41092, Seville, Spain

    Alberto Escudero

  3. CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo Miramón 182, E-20009, San Sebastian, Spain

    Carolina Carrillo-Carrión & Wolfgang J. Parak

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Escudero, A., Carrillo-Carrión, C., Zyuzin, M.V. et al. Luminescent Rare-earth-based Nanoparticles: A Summarized Overview of their Synthesis, Functionalization, and Applications. Top Curr Chem (Z) 374, 48 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41061-016-0049-8

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