Rare-Earth-Metal (Nd³⁺, Ce³⁺ and Gd³⁺)-Doped CaF₂: Nanoparticles for Multimodal Imaging in Biomedical Applications

• Main Authors: Zhenfeng Yu (Author), Yuanyuan He (Author), Timo Schomann (Author), Kefan Wu (Author), Yang Hao (Author), Ernst Suidgeest (Author), Hong Zhang (Author), Christina Eich (Author), Luis J. Cruz (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: MDPI AG, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Here, we describe the synthesis of a novel type of rare-earth-doped nanoparticles (NPs) for multimodal imaging, by combining the rare-earth elements Ce, Gd and Nd in a crystalline host lattice consisting of CaF₂ (CaF₂: Ce, Gd, Nd). CaF<sub>2</su...