Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7284, 2010, Pages 1061-1065

  Wang, Feng ^a   Han, Yu ^b   Lim, Chin Seong ^c   Lu, Yunhao ^a   Wang, Juan ^a   Xu, Jun ^d   Chen, Hongyu ^d   Zhang, Chun ^a   Hong, Minghui ^a,c   Liu, Xiaogang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; NANOCRYSTAL; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EMISSIVITY; ION; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DOPING; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLOR; CRYSTALLIZATION; FLUORIDES; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PARTICLE SIZE; YTTRIUM;

EID: 77649096724     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08777     Document Type: Article

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