Check out a new publication about the surface modification and layer-by-layer assembly on upconverting nanoparticles.

Palo, E., Salomäki, M., and Lastusaari, M., ”Surface modification of upconverting nanoparticles by layer-by-layer assembled polyelectrolytes and metal ions”, J Colloid Interface Sci. 508 (2017) 137–144.
Read online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2017.08.038