Optical Instruments, Volume. 44, Issue 5, 84(2022)

Application of upconversion luminescence materials in biological imaging and tumor theranostics

Jinliang LIU... Yuqing MIAO and Yuhao LI* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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    Category: REVIEW

    Received: Feb. 24, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 14, 2022

    The Author Email: LI Yuhao (yhli@usst.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1005-5630.2022.005.011

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