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US 2022/0041926 A1Published application
Ultrabright Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsSteven Chu, Qian Liu, Yunxiang Zhang, Chunte Peng
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Abstract
An upconversion single molecule probe is provided that includes a core having a nanoparticle seed crystal, where the nanoparticle seed crystal is an upconversion seed crystal, a first shell enveloping the core, and a second shell enveloping the first shell.
Claims8
1) An upconversion single molecule probe, comprising:
- a) a core comprising a nanoparticle seed crystal, wherein said nanoparticle seed crystal is an upconversion nanoparticle seed crystal;
- b) a first shell enveloping said core;
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- c) a second shell enveloping said first shell.
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8) A method of fabricating an upconversion single molecule probe, comprising:
- a) synthesizing a core comprising a nanoparticle seed crystal, wherein said nanoparticle seed crystal is an upconversion nanoparticle seed crystal;
- b) synthesizing a first shell on said core;
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- c) synthesizing a second shell on said first shell;
- wherein synthesizing said nanoparticle seed comprises a NaREF4 seed crystal, wherein said RE is selected from the group consisting of Y, Gd, Lu, Yb, Er, Tm, Ho, Pr, Nd, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ce, Sm, and La.
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