School Lecturers (April 3-4 2018)
Upconversion: Lanthanides
John A. Capobianco
Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University
Photophysical properties of the lanthanides: intermetallic communication in up and down conversion processes
Louise Natrajan
School of Chemistry, University of Manchester
Acquisition, analysis and interpretation of upconversion luminescence data
Stanley May
Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota
Probing the photophysical limits of UCNP brightness, and expanding them by controlling composition, coupling to antennas, and coherent lasing emission
Peter J. Schuck
Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Multifunctional upconversion nanoparticles for nanomedicine: Small, smart and safe
Daniel Horák
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry AS CR Prague
Luminescence Nanothermometry
Fiorenzo Vetrone
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec
Toxicity testing of nanoparticles in conventional and advanced culture systems
Eleonore Frohlich
Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz
Synthesis Approaches for Upconverting Nanoparticles
Eva Hemmer
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa
Optical trapping of upconverting nanoparticles: from fundamentals to applications
Daniel Jaque
Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Challenges in safety evaluation of upconverting nanoparticles: facing with interferences
Ivana Vinković Vrček
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb
Safe nano-innovations: Addressing nano-related safety issues along the innovation process
Andreas Falk
BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz