Effects of size and surface on luminescence properties of submicron upconversion NaYF4:Yb, Er particles

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2042-2050

  Yuan, Du ^a   Yi, Guang Shun ^a   Chow, Gan Moog ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Currently at nanoBright Technologies Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; BALL-MILLED; CROSSRELAXATION; EMISSION INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE DYNAMICS; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; MILLING TIME; PEAK BROADENING; PEAK SHIFT; RED EMISSIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE EMISSIONS; SIZE DEPENDENT; SUBMICRON; SURFACE ENRICHMENT; SYNTHESIZED PARTICLES; THERMAL METHODS; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; UP-CONVERSION;

DIFFRACTION; ERBIUM; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE RELAXATION; YTTERBIUM;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 68149142587     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0258     Document Type: Article

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