Controllable energy transfer in fluorescence upconversion of NdF 3 and NaNdF4 nanocrystals

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3364-3369

  Li, M ^a   Hao, Z H ^a   Peng, X N ^a   Li, J B ^a   Yu, X F ^a   Wang, Q Q ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; NEODYMIUM;

AVALANCHE UPCONVERSION; CROSS RELAXATION; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE UPCONVERSION; FLUORIDE NANOCRYSTALS; HIGH SLOPES; SPECTRAL BROADENING EFFECTS; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION EMISSION; UPCONVERSION FLUORESCENCE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOMATERIAL; NEODYMIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEODYMIUM;

EID: 77149170039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003364     Document Type: Article

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