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Lanthanide-based luminescent molecular thermometers

2011; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 35; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c0nj01010c

1369-9261

Carlos D. S. Brites, Patrícia P. Lima, Nuno J. O. Silva, Ángel Millán, V. S. Amaral, Fernando Palacio, Luís D. Carlos,

Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials

Non-invasive accurate thermometers with high spatial resolution and operating at sub-micron scales, where the conventional methods are ineffective, are currently a very active field of research strongly stimulated in the last couple of years by the challenging demands of nanotechnology and biomedicine. This perspective offers a general overview of recent examples of accurate luminescent thermometers working at micrometric and nanometric scales, particularly those involving advanced Ln3+-based functional organic–inorganic hybrid materials.