YVO4: REJ+ (RE = Eu, Sm, Dy, Er) nanophosphors: Facile hydrothermal synthesis, microstructure, and photoluminescence

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3050-3056

  Yan, Bing ^a   Wu, Jianhua ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CRYSTAL PHASE; HIGH PURITY; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; NANOPHOSPHORS; RARE EARTH IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SMALL PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM VANADATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ZIRCON STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ERBIUM; EUROPIUM; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; METAL IONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RARE EARTHS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZIRCON;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 70350452988     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0381     Document Type: Article

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