Beam-profile-compensated quantum yield measurements of upconverting nanoparticles
The quantum yield is a critically important parameter in the development of lanthanide-based upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) for use as novel contrast agents in biological imaging and optical reporters in assays. The present work focuses on the influence of the beam profile in measuring the quantum yield (φ) of nonscattering dispersions of nonlinear upconverting probes, by establishing a relati
