LIGHT-EMITTING NANOPARTICLES, CELL DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME, ANIMAL TREATMENT METHOD, MEDICAL DEVICE, CELL VISUALIZATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING INJURY TO CELL
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide light-emitting nanoparticles that exhibit light emission stability and light resistance, and are less biologically toxic.SOLUTION: Light-emitting nanoparticles contain a matrix material and a light-emitting substance included in the matrix material, wherein the matrix material contains a cationic element that is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, Si, Ca, Al and Zr, and an anionic element that is at least one member selected from the group consisting of O and P; and the concentration of the light-emitting substance in the matrix material is set to a level that results in an average distance of 1.2 nm or more between the light-emitting substances.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】発光安定性及び耐光性を備え、生体毒性の低い、発光ナノ粒子を提供すること。【解決手段】母体材料と、母体材料内に含まれる発光物質と、を含み、母体材料は、Ti、Si、Ca、Al及びZrからなる群から選択される少なくとも一種である陽イオン元素と、O及びPからなる群から選択される少なくとも一種である陰イオン元素と、を含有し、発光物質の母体材料中の濃度は、発光物質間の平均距離が1.2nm以上となる濃度である、発光ナノ粒子。【選択図】図1