Luminescence detection of phase transitions, local environment and nanoparticle inclusions

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-280

  Townsend, P D ^a   Yang, B ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Imperfections; Luminescence; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549111226     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510802381418     Document Type: Review

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