Synthesis of polyethylenimine/NaYF4 nanoparticles with upconversion fluorescence

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5786-5791

  Wang, Feng ^a,b   Chatterjee, Dev K ^a   Li, Zhengquan ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Fan, Xianping ^b   Wang, Minquan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT EMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FUNCTIONAL CHEMICAL GROUPS; INFRARED LIGHT; LANTHANIDE IONS; UPCONVERSION FLUORESCENCE;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 33846107442     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/23/013     Document Type: Article

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