Up and Down Conversion Systems for Production of Emitted Light from Various Energy Sources

A system for energy upconversion and/or down conversion and a system for producing a photostimulated reaction in a medium. These systems include 1) a nanoparticle configured, upon exposure to a first wavelength ?1 of radiation, to generate a second wavelength ?2 of radiation having a higher energy than the first wavelength ?1 and 2 ) a metallic structure disposed in relation to the nanoparticle. A physical characteristic of the metallic structure is set to a value where a surface plasmon resonance in the metallic structure resonates at a frequency which provides a spectral overlap with either the first wavelength ?1 or the second wavelength,?2 or with both ?1 and ?2.; The system for producing a photostimulated reaction in a medium includes a receptor disposed in the medium in proximity to the nanoparticle which, upon activation by the second wavelength ?2, generates the photostimulated reaction.

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Patents:
WO 2,010,107,720

Inventor(s): VO-DINH TUAN [US]; SCAFFIDI JONATHAN P [US]; CHADA VENKATA GOPAL REDDY [US]; LAULY BENOIT [US]; ZHANG YAN [US]; GREGAS MOLLY K [

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