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SUBMITTER: Mackenzie LE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5773537 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mackenzie Lewis E LE Goode Jack A JA Vakurov Alexandre A Nampi Padmaja P PP Saha Sikha S Jose Gin G Millner Paul A PA
Scientific reports 20180118 1
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) are utilized extensively for biomedical imaging, sensing, and therapeutic applications, yet the molecular weight of UCNPs has not previously been reported. Herein, we present a theory based upon the crystal structure of UCNPs to estimate the molecular weight of UCNPs: enabling insight into UCNP molecular weight for the first time. We estimate the theoretical molecular weight of various UCNPs reported in the literature, predicting that spherical NaYF4 UCNPs ~ 10 ...[more]