Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Hyo-Young Mun

Min-Gon Kim

Eun-Jung Jo

Jin-Ho Park

Ju-Young Byun

Taihua Li

Disclosed is a platform detecting glycated hemoglobin as an indicator for diabetes in the blood based on upconverting nanoparticles excited by near-infrared light and luminescence resonance energy transfer.

Composite compound comprising upconverting nanoparticle and specific receptor

The present disclosure relates to a complex for detecting a target material comprising upconverting nanoparticles; and at least one target material specific aptamer-quencher, connected through a linker with the upconverting nanoparticles, a method of preparing the same, a kit for detecting a target material comprising the same, and a method of detecting a target material using the same. According to the present disclosure, different target materials in samples can be quantified or detected accurately based on luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET) of the upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) excited by a near infrared (NIR) light source.

Complex for detecting target material and method of detecting target material using the same

Provided are a titanium dioxide-coated upconverting nanoparticle (UCNP) and a photocatalyst complex containing a gold nanorod (GNR) combined with the titanium dioxide-coated UCNP.

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Gwangju, South Korea

Hyo-Young Mun