«Alternative luminescent excitation and material processing paths for brightness and stability optimization of near infrared nanoprobes with biophotonic applications» project has been recently awarded for the period 2019-2021, including economic support of a doctoral position.
Personnel of Pharmacy Faculty of Complutense University-Madrid, Iberian International Nanotechnology Laboratory-Braga, Center of Ultrafast & Ultraintense Pulsed Lasers-Salamanca, and Aveiro University play several different roles in the project activity.
The project aims the development of new luminescent and magnetic nanoprobes and their excitation with commercially available and specifically developed ultrashort (fs) laser pulses and magnetic fields.
«Lanthanide-based luminescence thermosensors: From bulk to nanoscale«, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813840-3.00010-7 , Chapter 10 in the book entitled «Lanthanide-based multifunctional materials. From OLEDs to SIMs» has been published by ELSEVIER and authored by REALM.
The COST Action CM1403 “The European Upconversion Network: From the Design of Photon-upconverting nanomaterials to Biomedical Applications” was established to support research networks, training of young scientists as well as scientific conferences in countries of the European Union.
More information is available on internet: www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/cmst/CM1403.
REALM group participates in the forthcoming UPCON18 associated conference with the contribution entitled
NaT(XO4)2:Yb:Er NANOPARTICLES WITH RECORD UC THERMAL SENSITIVITY
Incorporation of Na in the dodecahedral site of the garnet structure contributes to the broadening of the Yb optical bandwidth. A reduction of the mode-locked laser pulse duration can be expected.
Tetragonal double tungstates and double molybdates with NaLn(XO4)2 formula codoped wth Yb and Er have record values of thermal sensitivity based in the upconversion monitoring technique. See publications
doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa6834
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177596
