Highly Red Light-Emitting Erbium- and Lutetium-Doped Core-Shell Upconverting Nanoparticles Surface-Modified with PEG-Folic Acid/TCPP for Suppressing Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells

• Main Authors: Kyungseop Lim (Author), Hwang Kyung Kim (Author), Xuan Thien Le (Author), Nguyen Thi Nguyen (Author), Eun Seong Lee (Author), Kyung Taek Oh (Author), Han-Gon Choi (Author), Yu Seok Youn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combined with upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) are viewed together as an effective method of ablating tumors. After absorbing highly tissue-penetrating near-infrared (NIR) light, UCNPs emit a shorter wavelength light (~660 nm) suitable for PDT. In this study, we designed...