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  1. Self-assembled photoadditives in polyester films allow stop and go chemical release

    Article • Acta Biomaterialia, March 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  2. Efficient Upconverting Multiferroic Core@Shell Photocatalysts: Visible-to-Near-Infrared Photon Harvesting

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, February 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  3. Development and Investigation of Ultrastable PbS/CdS/ZnS Quantum Dots for Near-Infrared Tumor Imaging

    Article • Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  4. 11 Nanothermometry Using Upconverting Nanoparticles

    Article • September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  5. Multifunctional Liposome Nanocarriers Combining Upconverting Nanoparticles and Anticancer Drugs

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, June 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  6. Enhanced photovoltaic properties in dye sensitized solar cells by surface treatment of SnO2 photoanodes

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2016, Nature

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  7. Photocleavable Hydrogel-Coated Upconverting Nanoparticles: A Multifunctional Theranostic Platform for NIR Imaging and On-Demand Macromolecular Delivery

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  8. Upconversion Enhancement in Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles Using Nanoplasmonics

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  9. Near-infrared triggered generation of reactive oxygen species from upconverting nanoparticles decorated with an organoiridium complex

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  10. Exploiting the biological windows: current perspectives on fluorescent bioprobes emitting above 1000 nm

    Article • Nanoscale Horizons, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  11. Towards understanding the unusual photoluminescence intensity variation of ultrasmall colloidal PbS quantum dots with the formation of a thin CdS shell

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  12. Sensitive Detection of ssDNA Using an LRET-Based Upconverting Nanohybrid Material

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  13. Hybrid Nanostructures for High-Sensitivity Luminescence Nanothermometry in the Second Biological Window

    Article • Advanced Materials, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  14. Photocatalysis: Harvesting Lost Photons: Plasmon and Upconversion Enhanced Broadband Photocatalytic Activity in Core@Shell Microspheres Based on Lanthanide-Doped NaYF4, TiO2, and Au (Adv. Funct. Mater. 20/2015)

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, May 2015, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  15. Harvesting Lost Photons: Plasmon and Upconversion Enhanced Broadband Photocatalytic Activity in Core@Shell Microspheres Based on Lanthanide-Doped NaYF4, TiO2, and Au

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, April 2015, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  16. Characterization of fluoride nanocrystals for optical refrigeration

    Article • March 2015, SPIE

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  17. Nd:YAG Near-Infrared Luminescent Nanothermometers

    Article • Advanced Optical Materials, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  18. Temperature-Induced Energy Transfer in Dye-Conjugated Upconverting Nanoparticles: A New Candidate for Nanothermometry

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  19. Tunable Chemical Release from Polyester Thin Film by Photocatalytic Zinc Oxide and Doped LiYF4Upconverting Nanoparticles

    Article • Biomacromolecules, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  20. Tough, In-Situ Thermogelling, Injectable Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications

    Article • Macromolecular Bioscience, January 2015, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  21. Intense ultraviolet upconversion in water dispersible SrF2:Tm3+,Yb3+ nanoparticles: the effect of the environment on light emissions

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Adolfo Speghini, Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  22. A single multifunctional nanoplatform based on upconversion luminescence and gold nanorods

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  23. Real-time, non-invasive monitoring of hydrogel degradation using LiYF4:Yb3+/Tm3+ NIR-to-NIR upconverting nanoparticles

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  24. Towards near-infrared photosensitization of tungsten trioxide nanostructured films by upconverting nanoparticles

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone, Anthony Camus

  25. Chapter 5. Luminescent Nanothermometry with Lanthanide-doped Nanoparticles

    Article • January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  26. Upconversion Enhancement in Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles Using Nanoplasmonics

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  27. Lanthanide-based nanostructures for optical bioimaging: Small particles with large promise

    Article • MRS Bulletin, November 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  28. 1.3 μm emitting SrF2:Nd3+ nanoparticles for high contrast in vivo imaging in the second biological window

    Article • Nano Research, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  29. Light Management in Upconverting Nanoparticles: Ultrasmall Core/Shell Architectures to Tune the Emission Color

    Article • ACS Photonics, August 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  30. Plasmonic Heating and Temperature-Sensing in the Terahertz Regime - Thermometry and Imaging

    Article • January 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  31. Response to “Critical Growth Temperature of Aqueous CdTe Quantum Dots is Non-negligible for their Application as Nanothermometers”

    Article • Small, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  32. Lanthanide-Doped Upconverting Nanoparticles: Harvesting Light for Solar Cells

    Article • ChemSusChem, July 2013, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  33. Microwave-assisted cation exchange toward synthesis of near-infrared emitting PbS/CdS core/shell quantum dots with significantly improved quantum yields through a uniform growth path

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  34. Enhancing the color purity of the green upconversion emission from Er3+/Yb3+-doped GdVO4 nanocrystals via tuning of the sensitizer concentration

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor John A. Capobianco, Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  35. High Resolution Fluorescence Imaging of Cancers Using Lanthanide Ion-Doped Upconverting Nanocrystals

    Article • Cancers, October 2012, MDPI AG

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  36. Photoswitching of bis-spiropyran using near-infrared excited upconverting nanoparticles

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr MICHEL FRIGOLI, Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  37. Luminescence nanothermometry

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  38. PEG-capped, lanthanide doped GdF3 nanoparticles: luminescent and T2 contrast agents for optical and MRI multimodal imaging

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  39. Enhancing upconverted white light in Tm^3+/Yb^3+/Ho^3+-doped GdVO_4 nanocrystals via incorporation of Li^+ ions

    Article • Optics Express, December 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  40. NIR-to-NIR Two-Photon Excited CaF2:Tm3+,Yb3+Nanoparticles: Multifunctional Nanoprobes for Highly Penetrating Fluorescence Bio-Imaging

    Article • ACS Nano, November 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  41. CdTe Quantum Dots as Nanothermometers: Towards Highly Sensitive Thermal Imaging

    Article • Small, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  42. Synthesis of Ligand-Free Colloidally Stable Water Dispersible Brightly Luminescent Lanthanide-Doped Upconverting Nanoparticles

    Article • Nano Letters, February 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  43. Preferential suppression of high-energy upconverted emissions of Tm3+ by Dy3+ ions in Tm3+/Dy3+/Yb3+-doped LiYF4 colloidal nanocrystals

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  44. Water dispersible ultra-small multifunctional KGdF4:Tm3+, Yb3+ nanoparticles with near-infrared to near-infrared upconversion

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  45. CdSe Quantum Dots for Two-Photon Fluorescence Thermal Imaging

    Article • Nano Letters, December 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  46. Nanoparticles for highly efficient multiphoton fluorescence bioimaging

    Article • Optics Express, October 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  47. Upconversion in Er3+-doped Gd2O3 nanocrystals prepared by propellant synthesis and flame spray pyrolysis

    Article • Materials Research Bulletin, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  48. Temperature Sensing Using Fluorescent Nanothermometers

    Article • ACS Nano, June 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  49. Intracellular imaging of HeLa cells by non-functionalized NaYF4 : Er3+, Yb3+upconverting nanoparticles

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  50. Carbohydrate-coated lanthanide-doped upconverting nanoparticles for lectin recognition

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  51. Luminescence resonance energy transfer from an upconverting nanoparticle to a fluorescent phycobiliprotein

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  52. Colloidal Tm3+/Yb3+-Doped LiYF4Nanocrystals: Multiple Luminescence Spanning the UV to NIR Regions via Low-Energy Excitation

    Article • Advanced Materials, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  53. Lanthanide Nanocrystals: Colloidal Tm3+/Yb3+-Doped LiYF4Nanocrystals: Multiple Luminescence Spanning the UV to NIR Regions via Low-Energy Excitation (Adv. Mater. 40/2009)

    Article • Advanced Materials, October 2009, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  54. Sensitized Ce3+and Gd3+Ultraviolet Emissions by Tm3+in Colloidal LiYF4Nanocrystals

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2009, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  55. The Active-Core/Active-Shell Approach: A Strategy to Enhance the Upconversion Luminescence in Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, September 2009, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  56. Upconverting Nanoparticles: The Active-Core/Active-Shell Approach: A Strategy to Enhance the Upconversion Luminescence in Lanthanide-Doped Nanoparticles (Adv. Funct. Mater. 18/2009)

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, September 2009, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  57. Near-Infrared-to-Blue Upconversion in Colloidal BaYF5:Tm3+, Yb3+Nanocrystals

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, May 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  58. Improving Biocompatibility of Implantable Metals by Nanoscale Modification of Surfaces: An Overview of Strategies, Fabrication Methods, and Challenges

    Article • Small, May 2009, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  59. Controlled Synthesis and Water Dispersibility of Hexagonal Phase NaGdF4:Ho3+/Yb3+Nanoparticles

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  60. Nanoscale Oxidative Patterning of Metallic Surfaces to Modulate Cell Activity and Fate

    Article • Nano Letters, February 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  61. Structural and optical investigation of colloidal Ln3+/Yb3+ co-doped KY3F10 nanocrystals

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  62. Bright White Upconversion Emission from Tm 3+ /Yb 3+ /Er 3+ -Doped Lu 3 Ga 5 O 12 Nanocrystals

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  63. Surface Nanopatterning to Control Cell Growth

    Article • Advanced Materials, April 2008, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  64. Lanthanide-doped fluoride nanoparticles: luminescence, upconversion, and biological applications

    Article • International Journal of Nanotechnology, January 2008, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  65. Synthesis of Colloidal Upconverting NaYF4 Nanocrystals Doped with Er3+, Yb3+ and Tm3+, Yb3+ via Thermal Decomposition of Lanthanide Trifluoroacetate Precursors.

    Article • ChemInform, September 2006, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  66. Synthesis of Colloidal Upconverting NaYF 4 Nanocrystals Doped with Er 3+ , Yb 3+ and Tm 3+ , Yb 3+ via Thermal Decomposition of Lanthanide Trifluoroacetate Precursors

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  67. A Spectroscopic Analysis of Blue and Ultraviolet Upconverted Emissions from Gd 3 Ga 5 O 12 :Tm 3+ , Yb 3+ Nanocrystals

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, September 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  68. Structural Investigation and Anti-Stokes Emission of Scandium Oxide Nanocrystals Activated with Trivalent Erbium

    Article • Journal of The Electrochemical Society, January 2005, The Electrochemical Society

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone, Dr Radenka Krsmanovic Whiffen

  69. Wet chemical synthesis and luminescence properties of erbium-doped nanocrystalline yttrium oxide

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, November 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  70. Significance of Yb3+ concentration on the upconversion mechanisms in codoped Y2O3:Er3+, Yb3+ nanocrystals

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, July 2004, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  71. Nanostructured Lanthanide-Doped Lu2O3Obtained by Propellant Synthesis

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, April 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  72. Optical spectroscopy of lanthanide ions in Al2O3–Nb2O5–TeO2 glasses

    Article • Optical Materials, March 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  73. Optical spectroscopy of lanthanide ions in Nb 2 O 5 -TeO 2 glasses

    Article • November 2003, SPIE

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  74. Compositional effect on the upconversion of Ta 2 O 5 and Nb 2 O 5 based tellurite glasses

    Article • November 2003, SPIE

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  75. A spectroscopic investigation of trivalent lanthanide doped Y 2 O 3 nanocrystals

    Article • Nanotechnology, November 2003, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  76. Concentration-Dependent Near-Infrared to Visible Upconversion in Nanocrystalline and Bulk Y2O3:Er3+.

    Article • ChemInform, October 2003, Wiley

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  77. Luminescence Spectroscopy and Near-Infrared to Visible Upconversion of Nanocrystalline Gd3Ga5O12:Er3+

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, October 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  78. Concentration-Dependent Near-Infrared to Visible Upconversion in Nanocrystalline and Bulk Y2O3:Er3+

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, July 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  79. Effect of Yb3+Codoping on the Upconversion Emission in Nanocrystalline Y2O3:Er3+

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, February 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  80. NIR to Visible Upconversion in Nanocrystalline and Bulk Lu 2 O 3 :Er 3+

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, June 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  81. 980 nm excited upconversion in an Er-doped ZnO–TeO2 glass

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, March 2002, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone

  82. Enhancement of Red Emission ( 4 F 9/2 → 4 I 15/2 ) via Upconversion in Bulk and Nanocrystalline Cubic Y 2 O 3 :Er 3+

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry, February 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone