Hydrothermal synthesis and luminescence behavior of lanthanide-doped GdF 3 nanoparticles

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-127

  Fan, Xianping ^a   Pi, Daibo ^a   Wang, Feng ^a,b   Qiu, Jianrong ^a   Wang, Minquan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Erbium; Europium; Fluorine compounds; Luminescence; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTRA; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; NANOPARTICLES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33644937666     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2006.869670     Document Type: Article

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