Principles and Applications of Up-converting Phosphor Technology

ISBN-13: 9789813292789 Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Publication date: 09/20/2019 Edition description: 1st ed. 2019 Pages: 244 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) This book presents an overview of up-converting phosphor (UCP), including UCP preparation, development of the rapid detection strips and UCP industrialization. It also discusses the wide clinical applications of this technology, such as in food poisoning, infectious diseases, drug-abuse and disaster rescue, where rapid point-of-care testing is often critical. Conventional testing methods are mainly based on gold immunochromatography, which relies heavily on results being read with the naked eye. However, up-converting phosphor technology (UPT) employs UCP particles as labels for rapid target detection. Unlike other conventional fluorescence techniques, UCP is excited by infrared light and emitted visible light. This anti-stokes phenomenon provides this special label with significant advantages, including zero