Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Acc Chem Res. 2019 Aug 14;52(9):2415–2426. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00167

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

(A) Synthesis of water-dispersible and functionalizable UCNPs by the biomimetic surface engineering with phospholipids. Reproduced with permission from refs 30. Copyright 2012 Wiley. (B) (a) Schematics of synthesis of DNA-functionalized UCNPs through a one-step ligand exchange strategy. (b) Schematics of targeted imaging of cancer cells with aptamer-UCNP bioconjugates. Reproduced from refs 31. Copyright 2013 American Chemical Society. (C) Controlled hetero-assembly of DNA-Au/UCNP superstructures. (b) Confocal microscopy images of 4T1 cells with different treatment. Reproduced with permission from refs 32. Copyright 2015 American Chemical Society. (D) (a) Schematics of sequence-specific synthesis of DNA-AuNFs. (b) Dark field image of the CHO cells treated with DNA-AuNFs or without treatment. Reproduced from refs 33. Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society.