Recent progress of rare earth doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles: Luminescence properties, synthesis and biomedical applications

• Published in: Acta biomaterialia Vol. 148; pp. 22 - 43
• Main Authors: Gu, Mengqin, Li, Wei, Jiang, Li, Li, Xiyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Biomedical applications; Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles; Imaging; Rare earth ions; Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles; Biomedical applications; Rare earth ions; Imaging

Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HAP NPs) are host materials and can be modified with various substrates and dopants. Among them, rare earth (RE) ions doped HAP NPs have gathered attention due to their unique physicochemical and imaging properties. Compared to other fluorescence probes, RE-doped HAP NP...