摘要 |
The invention provides a method of determining the temperature of a luminescent nanoparticle comprising causing the nanoparticle to luminesce and measuring the luminescence lifetime of luminescent moieties of the nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle has a core-shell architecture comprising a metal and/or magnetic nanoparticle-containing core, a first shell encapsulating the core and a second shell encapsulating the first shell, wherein the second shell comprises a plurality of luminescent moieties and the first shell comprises a lower concentration or amount of luminescent moieties than are comprised in the second shell. |