Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

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Chemistry

Synthesis of Core-shell Lanthanide-doped Upconversion Nanocrystals for Cellular Applications

Xiangzhao Ai¹, Linna Lyu¹, Jing Mu¹, Ming Hu¹, Zhimin Wang¹, Bengang Xing^1,2

¹Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, ²Institute of Materials Research & Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

A protocol is presented for the synthesis of core-shell lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals (UCNs) and their cellular applications for channel protein regulation upon near-infrared (NIR) light illumination.