Remarkable enhancement of upconversion fluorescence and confocal imaging of PMMA Opal/NaYF(4):Yb(3+), Tm(3+)/Er(3+) nanocrystals.

Novel PMMA opal photonic crystal/NaYF(4):Yb(3+), Tm(3+)/Er(3+) nanocrystal composites were fabricated and tremendous improvement in upconversion luminescence (UCL) was observed under infrared 980 nm excitation. They were also explored to improve brightness of cell images.

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