Monodisperse upconverting nanocrystals by Microwave-assisted synthesis

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3804-3808

  Wang, Hai Qiao ^a   Nann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloids; La Mer mechanism; Microwave assisted synthesis; Nanocrystals; Upconversion

Indexed keywords

BIOANALYSIS; CONDUCTIVE HEATING; DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; IN-FIELD; LUMINESCENT NANOCRYSTALS; MEDICAL THERAPY; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; MONODISPERSE; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; REACTION CONTROL; REACTION VESSEL; SHAPED PARTICLES; UP-CONVERSION;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; MICROWAVES; NANOCRYSTALS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FLUORIDE; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM YTTRIUMTETRAFLUORIDE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SYNTHESIS;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORIDES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LITHIUM; MICROWAVES; NANOPARTICLES; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; YTTRIUM;

EID: 73249141501     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn9012093     Document Type: Article

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