Near-infrared→Visible light upconversion in a molecular trinuclear d-f-d complex

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4108-4112

  Aboshyan Sorgho, Lilit ^a   Besnard, Céline ^a   Pattison, Phil ^b,c   Kittilstved, Kevin R ^a   Aebischer, Annina ^b   Bünzli, Jean Claude G ^b   Hauser, Andreas ^a   Piguet, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

helical structures; lanthanides; photochemistry; self assembly; upconversion

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

GREEN LIGHT; HELICAL STRUCTURES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NEAR INFRARED; NONLINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; TRINUCLEAR; UP-CONVERSION; VISIBLE LIGHT;

LIGHT;

EID: 79955447363     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201100095     Document Type: Article

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