Engineered solution synthesis of rare-earth nanomaterials and their optical properties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6707, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Riman, Richard E ^a   Kumar, G A ^a   Atakan, V ^a   Brennan, John G ^b   Ballato, J ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chemistry and Chemical Biology   (United States)

^c Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVOTHERMAL MEDIUM; THERMOCHEMICAL COMPUTATIONS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SOLVATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 42149103302     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.740828     Document Type: Conference Paper

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