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. 2021 Jan 8;12:35–48. doi: 10.3762/bjnano.12.3

Table 2.

Percentages of released lanthanide ions from silica-coated UCNPs obtained via ICP-OES after 24 h of dispersion in water.

Sample c = 200 μg/mL UCNP cores c = 200 μg/mL silica-coated UCNPs


Y
[%]
Yb
[%]
c (UCNP cores)
[µg/mL]
Y
[%]
Yb
[%]

UC@thin_NH2 0.97 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.03 96 1.88 ± 0.07 0.41 ± 0.05
UC@thick_NH2 0.33 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.02 33 0.97 ± 0.03 0.15 ± 0.08