Transparent infrared-emitting CeF3:Yb - Er polymer nanocomposites for optical applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1884-1891

  Tan, Mei Chee ^a   Patil, Swanand D ^a   Riman, Richard E ^a  

^a Piscataway   (United States)

Author keywords

infrared emitting; phosphors; polymer composites; transparent

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROCESSING; DEAGGLOMERATION; DISPERSION STABILIZATION; HIGH-SOLIDS; IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; IN-PROCESS; INORGANIC PARTICLES; LASER MATERIALS; LOW COSTS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PARTICLE SIZE CONTROL; PARTICLE SURFACE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POWDER PROCESSING; PROCESSING STEPS; REFRACTIVE INDEX MISMATCH; SCATTERING LOSS; SOLIDS LOADING; TRANSPARENT COMPOSITES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ERBIUM; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LOADING; PHOSPHORS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SCATTERING; TRANSPARENCY; YTTERBIUM;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CERIUM; CERIUM FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); YTTERBIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CERIUM; FLUORIDES; INFRARED RAYS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 77956636118     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am100228j     Document Type: Article

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